The aqueous extract of various parts of the plant Tephrosea Purpurea (Sarphanka) has been used in Ayurvedic and Unani medicine for a variety of infective conditions (3). The plant is indigenous to North Eastern Madhya Pradesh where decoction of the root is used by the locals for treating sore throat, upper respiratory infection and infections of the lower urinary tract and is claimed to be very...

objective: oxidative stress plays an important role in the development of diabetic complications including metabolic abnormality-induced diabetic micro-vascular and macro-vascular complications. urtica dioica l. (u. dioica) has been traditionally used in iranian medicine as an herbal remedy for hypoglycemic or due to its anti-inflammatory properties. the aim of the present study was to evaluate...

persian oak (quercus brantii lindl., the fagaceae family) is a medicinal plant which seed flour is used to treat inflammatory and gastric ulcers by the tribes in southwestern iran. the current study was done to evaluate the effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of q. brantii seed flour for treatment of gastric ulcers induced by ethanol in wistar rats. the hydro-alcoholic extract of q. brantii was t...

Abstract The current study aimed to use biological treatment using plant extracts; extracted from some locally available plants: Lawsonia inermis (Henna), and Myrtus communis (Yass), against pathogenic bacteria isolated heavy water in hospitals that do not have plants. two studied plants were different solvents (water alcohol). Diagnosis of these Gas chromatography (GC-MS) showed the alcoholic ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the antidiabetic activities of methanol and aqueous extracts of Pergularia daemia in alloxan induced diabetic rats. Methods used was methanol and aqueous extracts (250 mg/kg b.w.) of P. daemia was administered to alloxan induced diabetic mice for 21 days and blood glucose levels of the diabetic rats were monitored at intervals of hours and days throug...

The results of the current study showed that effect alcoholic extract theHydrastiscanadensisplant was more effective than aqueous on bacteria isolated from otitis media at sameconcentrations.As had highest proteusmirabilis,Staphylococcusaerues,Staphylococcus epidermidis,Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klepsiella pneumoniawith aninhibition diameter ranging (20, 18, 17, 16 ,16, 15) m...

removing the bacteria, including enterococcus faecalis, from the root canal is one of the important aims in endodontic treatment.we aimed to compare the antibacterial activity of chlorhexidine with two natural drugs. the antibacterial activities of three different propolis extracts (alcohol concentrations: 0, 15, 40%) and aloe vera gel on e. faecalis were compared using three methods: disk diff...

The aim of the present study was to isolate hepatoprotective component from Urtica dioica Linn. (whole plant) against CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity in-vitro (HepG2 cells) and in-vivo (rats) model. Antioxidant activity of hydro alcoholic extract and its fractions petroleum ether fraction (PEF), ethyl acetate fraction (EAF), n-butanol fraction (NBF) and aqueous fraction (AF) were determined by DPPH...

Objective: The present study was designed to evaluate adaptogenic activity of methanolic and aqueous extract of roots of Mikania micrantha Kunth in Wistar albino rats using different experimental models such as Anoxia stress tolerance, swimming endurance and immobilisation stress. Methods: The plant was subjected to preliminary phytochemical screening. The parameters like anoxia stress toleranc...