The chemotherapy of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has several limitations including resistance and toxicity of the existing drugs. Down regulation of immune system further aggravates the problems. To combat this situation we evaluated the leishmanicidal efficacy of Boerhaavia diffusa and Ocimum sanctum through oral route in L. donovani infection in BALB/c mice. Results have demonstrated maximum c...

In vitro cultivated plant cells and tissues were found to synthesize polyisoprenoids. Taxus baccata suspension cell cultures accumulated polyisoprenoids of the same pattern as the parental tissue; methyl jasmonate or chitosan treatment almost doubled their content. All the root cultures studied accumulated dolichols as predominant polyisoprenoids. Roots of Ocimum sanctum grown in vitro accumula...

Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum Linn.) herb has been known from as early as the Vedic period. Its extract has numerous pharmacological activities like hypoglycaemic, immunomodulatory, antistress, analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcerogenic, antihypertensive, CNS depressant, radioprotective, antitumour and antibacterial. The active constituents of the herb include volatile oil chiefly euge...

The phytochemicals of aqueous, methanol, ethanol and n-hexane crude extracts GC-MS the essential oils obtained by hydro-distillation solvent extraction methods Ocimum sanctum leaves grown in Nigeria were determined present study. Phytochemical analysis showed that contained saponins, terpernoids, cardiac glycosides, steroids, alkaloids, phlobatannins tannins. highest contents phenol steroid fou...

Penyakit infeksi merupakan salah satu permasalahan kesehatan di masyarakat yang tidak pernah dapat diatasi secara tuntas menjadi penyebab utama penyakit daerah tropis seperti Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui jumlah isolat ditemukan dari daun kemangi (Ocimum sanctum) memiliki daya hambat pertumbuhan pada bakteri Staphylococcus aureus, epidermidis dan Streptococcus pyogenes . ...