BACKGROUND Gmelina arborea Roxb (Verbenaceae), also known as "Gambhari", is an important medicinal plant in the Ayurveda. There are no meticulous scientific reports on effect of the plant on inflammation and pain. OBJECTIVE To study the anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive properties of aqueous extracts (AE) and methanol extracts (ME) of G. arborea. MATERIALS AND METHODS The AE and ME of ...

Studies suggest that garlic (A. sativum) improves memory dependent on the hippocampus. However, the effect of ethanol garlic extract on hippocampus Na+/K+ ATPase, Ca2+ ATPase, and glutamine synthetase (GS) activities as possible mechanisms in memory improvement in diabetic Wistar rats has not been reported. Twenty-four male Wistar rats weighing 200-250 g were divided into three groups with 8 ra...

This study evaluated the combination interactive effects of G. latifolium leaves and P. nitida seed extracts using a metabolic glucose tolerance test. The plant samples were extracted separately cold maceration their acute toxicities determined. Dose-response tolerant tests both plants done 2 g/kg load monitored over 0 – 1h. A 41% effect isobologram was used to determine needed dose combination...

Objective: The present study was carried out to evaluate the anticancer property of ethanol extract of Scaevola taccada leaves against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma in Swiss albino mice. Materials and Methods: The leaves powder was subjected to continuous hot extraction using ethanol and cold maceration by water to get Ethanol and Aqueous extracts, respectively. Identification of the chemical const...

Rural dwellers in Nigeria often resort to herbal remedy and dietary control in the treatment of diabetes mellitus (DM). This work was undertaken to provide the rationale for the use of the leaves of Gogronema latifolium as a traditional antidiabetic agent. Methanol extract (ME) of the leaves of G. latifolium was prepared by soxhlet extraction while the aqueous extract (AE) was prepared by cold ...

Andrographis paniculata is a herbal drug of Asian traditional medicine largely employed for the treatment of several diseases. Recently, it has been introduced in Europe for the prophylactic and symptomatic treatment of common cold and as an ingredient of dietary supplements. The active principles are diterpenes with andrographolide as the main representative. In the present study, an analytica...

in several field observation of this research ,the main ecological requirenments and ethnopharmacological data about  the traditional uses  of ziziphora clinopodioides lam. were recorded. the aerial parts of plant were collected in blooming from bovanloo mountain in september 2013 (1728 m ) in north khorasan razavi.  essential oil was obtained by hydro-distillation and  analyzed by gc-ms. metha...

peptic ulcer is one of the most prevalent gastrointestinal disorder, commonly occurs in developed countries. the present work was carried out to evaluate antiulcer effect of ipomoea batatas (l) dietary tuberous roots. the ethanolic extract of ipomoea batatas (eeib) was prepared by dynamic maceration for 7 days at room temperature using 70% ethanol (v/v). the antiulcer activity was evaluated by ...