Commiphora mukul (Muqil or Guggul), oleo-gum, has been in use for thousands of years as a medicine Unani and Ayurvedic medicinal systems. It was primarily used swellings, inflammation, piles, arthritis urinary disorders. Among its various types Muqil-I-Arzaq, gum, having reddish hue is considered to be the best form Muqil purposes. revealed inhibit nuclear factor-kb, regulator inflammatory resp...

Trichinosis is a parasitic zoonosis caused by the nematode Trichinella spiralis. Anthelmintics are used to eliminate intestinal adults as well as tissue-migrating and encysted larvae. This study aimed to investigate the effects of ivermectin and myrrh obtained from the aloe-gum resin of Commiphora molmol on experimental trichinosis. Ninety albino mice were orally infected with 300 T. spiralis l...

The efficacy of guggulu, the gum resin of Commiphora mukul in regulating hypothyroidism was evaluated in female mice. In addition to estimating serum levels of thyroxine and triiodothyronine, hepatic 5' monodeiodinase, hepatic glucose-6-phospatase and lipid-peroxidation (LPO), the activities of the anti-oxidative enzymes, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT), were investigated. While 6...