Penyakit infeksi merupakan salah satu permasalahan kesehatan di masyarakat yang tidak pernah dapat diatasi secara tuntas menjadi penyebab utama penyakit daerah tropis seperti Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui jumlah isolat ditemukan dari daun kemangi (Ocimum sanctum) memiliki daya hambat pertumbuhan pada bakteri Staphylococcus aureus, epidermidis dan Streptococcus pyogenes . ...

Isozymes are enzymes with different molecular forms due to the differences in amino acid residues and exhibits same catalytic activity. Isozymes were also reported as biochemical genetic markers and widely used to study genetic diversity in plants. Differential expression of isozymes has attributed with different developmental stages, tissue specificity, stress factors etc. Accordingly, the exp...

Diabetes mellitus is a public health problem which leads to serious complications over time. Experimentally, many herbs have been recommended for treating diabetes. In most cases, however, the recommendations are based on animal studies and limited pieces of evidence exist about their clinical usefulness. This review focused on the herbs, the hypoglycemic actions of which have been supported by...

Fluoride is toxic to neuronal development and its excessive intake during pregnancy cause adverse effects on neonatal development. The present study examined the presence of oxidative stress during maternal exposure of fluoride and the therapeutic strategy of Aloe vera, Curcuma longa and Ocimum sanctum extracts in functional prevention of fluoride led oxidative stress. The pregnant Wistar rats ...

Objective: The plant Ocimum basilicum belonging to family Lamiaceae is used in Skin disease, eye disease, fever and wounds. The present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of Ocimum basilicum whole plant (ethanolic and aqueous extract p.o.) on gastric and duodenal ulceration. Materials and Methods: The study was carried out on duodenal ulceration models such as cysteamine induced ulcer...

<em>Ocimum sanctum</em> Linn, known as holy basil, is a larvicide, which relatively safe compared to synthetic insecticides. This study investigates the larvicidal activity of granule formulation Indonesian basil leaf extract against third larval instar <em>Aedes aegypti</em>. The leaves was obtained by maceration process with 96% ethanol. formulated various concentratio...

In recent years, oxidative stress and free radicals have been implicated in impaired wound healing. Ocimum sanctum (O. sanctum), a plant widely used in Ayurveda, possesses anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The present study was undertaken to assess the potential of alcoholic and aqueous extracts in wound healing in Wistar albino rats. The rats were divided into five groups of six an...

India leads the world in total number of diabetic cases with the estimate of 50.8 million adult populations in 2010. Overall predicted increase in number from 2010 to 2030 is 54% at an annual growth of 2.2%, which is nearly twice the annual growth of total world population. Hyperglycemia or high blood sugar is a condition in which an excessive amount of glucose circulates in the blood. Diabetes...

Twenty-three pharmaceutically important plants, namely, Elaeocarpus spharicus, Rheum emodi, Indigofera tinctoria, Picrorrhiza kurroa, Bergenia ciliata, Lavandula officinalis, Valeriana wallichii, Coleus forskohlii, Gentiana kurroo, Saussurea lappa, Stevia rebaudiana, Acorus calamus, Pyrethrum cinerariaefolium, Aloe vera, Bacopa monnieri, Salvia sclarea, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Swertia cordata, Psor...