Sidr (Zizyphus spina-christiL ) is medicinal plant with many traditional uses. The aim of the present study is to investigate the chronic effect of Sidr (Zizyphus spina-christiL ) fruit extract on norepinephrin (NE), dopamine (DA), serotonin (5-HT) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content in different brain areas (cerebellum, brain stem, striatum, cerebral cortex, hypothalamus and hippocampus...

objective: ipomoea mauritiana is used in both ayurveda and folk medicine systems. the tuberous roots are known to be diuretic, depurative, carminative, and anthelmintic. the objective of the current study was to identify phenolic antioxidants from i. mauritiana using spectrophotometric and lc-ms analysis. materials and methods: an activity-guided fractionation and purification process was used t...

Spilanthes mauritiana belonging to the family Asteraceae, was screened for biological activity against bacterial pathogen. Antibacterial activity of the plant was investigated using microbroth dilution assay and bioautography. Total phenols and tannins of the extract were 52.47 ± 2.29 and 23.9 ± 1.18 as mg of gallic acid equivalents, respectively. Total flavonoid content was 25.1 ± 0.79 as mg o...

The origins and divergence of Drosophila simulans and close relatives D. mauritiana and D. sechellia were examined using the patterns of DNA sequence variation found within and between species at 14 different genes. D. sechellia consistently revealed low levels of polymorphism, and genes from D. sechellia have accumulated mutations at a rate that is approximately 50% higher than the same genes ...

The seeds of Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. have been traditionally used for treatment of various complications including insomnia and anxiety. They are popularly used as sedative and hypnotic drugs in China, Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and other Asian countries. However, no scientific proof on hypnotic activity of Z. mauritiana seeds (ZMS) was reported. In this study, the hypnotic activity of 50% ethan...

Three quinolinone alkaloids, two acridone alkaloids and a flavones glycoside were isolated from the aerial parts of Glycosmis mauritiana. These compounds were characterized as 7, 8-Dimethoxy-2,2,6-trimethyl-pyrano quinolin-5-one, 4-Methoxy 1-methyl quinolin-2-one, 6-Hydroxy N-methyl 2,3-furo-quinolin-4-one, 1-Hydroxy-10-methyl acridone, 1Hydroxy-2, 3-dimethoxy-10-methylacridin-9-one and Luteoli...

Forest tree leaves (12 different species) of semi hilly arid region of Punjab State were collected at 30-day interval throughout the year to assess the seasonal variations in tannin profile. Tannins were extracted and fractionated from fat free samples and data were analyzed statistically by 12×12 factorial design. The leaves of Anogeissus latifolia had the highest (p<0.05) concentration of tot...