Keawpradub, N., Dej-adisai, S. and Yuenyongsawad, S. Antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of Thai medicinal plants named Khaminkhruea: Arcangelisia flava, Coscinium blumeanum and Fibraurea tinctoria Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol., 2005, 27(Suppl. 2) : 455-467 The stems of Arcangelisia flava, Coscinium blumeanum and Fibraurea tinctoria, collectively known in southern Thailand as Khaminkhruea, w...

background and objectives: salvia species are important because of their medicinal, traditional and economical uses. they are used traditionally for treatment of several diseases. the genus salvia is represented in the iranian flora by 61 species of which, 17 are endemic.  in the present study, the phytochemical and biological effects of two iranian salvia species have been evaluated. methods: ...

OBJECTIVES The present study investigated the toxic properties of petroleum ether extract of Wattakaka (W.) volubilis in Wistar female rats. METHODS An in vitro brine shrimp lethality bioassay was studied in A. Salina nauplii, and the lethality concentrations were assessed for petroleum ether extract of W. volubilis. A water soluble portion of the test extract was used in different concentrat...

Barringtonia acutangula (L.) gaertn. (Family: Barringtoniaceae), a medicinal small to medium evergreen tree known as ‘Hijal’, is used in diarrhoea, dysentery, colic , flatulence, cooling, aperients expectorant, stimulating emetic, astringents to the bowel, antihelminthic, bronchitis, lumber pain, hallucinations, seminal weakness, gonorrhoea and many other ailments in rural areas of Bangladesh I...

Copepods and brine shrimp, which represent different species of zooplankton with similar inertial time constant, can behave very differently when subjected to velocity gradients in unsteady or turbulent flows. Upon sensing hydrodynamic disturbances, copepods can respond with rapid acceleration and high speed. Brine shrimp, on the other hand are more passive and capable of only small relative sw...

The present study was conducted to assess the anti-inflammatory, analgesic and cytotoxic properties of 50% ethanol extract of the stem bark of Terminalia arjuna plant on laboratory animal. In vitro cytotoxicity test was studied by Brine Shrimp Lethality Bioassay and results illustrated significant (p<0.05) cytotoxicity against A. salina, that were expressed as LC50. Terminalia arjuna ethanol ex...

OBJECTIVE The present study was undertaken to evaluate the possible analgesic, neuropharmacological, anti-diarrheal, and cytotoxic activities of the ethanol extract of leaves of Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam. (Family: Solanaceae). MATERIALS AND METHODS The analgesic activity was measured by acetic acid-induced writhing inhibition test. The neuropharmacological activities were evaluated using ho...

Objective: Phototoxicity is a kind of dermatitis that is activated by exposure to ultraviolet light following the administration of some drugs or natural products. Artemia salina (A. salina) (brine shrimp) has been effectively applied for toxicity testing and is perfect for biological screening of many chemicals for simultaneous evaluation of toxicity and phototoxicity. The objective of this st...

Extracts of eleven species of Brazilian flora were subjected to a bioscreening study to detect cytotoxic activity by the brine shrimp lethality bioassay. The plants studied were: Baccharis pseudotenuifolia, Baccharis ligustrina, Baccharis platypoda, Baccharis coridifolia, Polygala paniculata, Polygala sabulosa, Croton celtidifolius, Cyathea phalerata, Trichilia catigua, Eugenia uniflora and Sch...