In recent years more people throughout world are turning to use medicinal plant products in healthcare system. Worldwide need of alternative medicine has resulted in growth of natural product markets and interest in traditional systems of medicine. Herbal drug technology is used for converting botanicals materials into medicines, where standardization and quality control with proper integration...

Thirty extracts obtained from 10 endemic plant species belonging to 8 plant families used in the traditional medicine in Socotra have been tested for cytotoxic activity against FL-cells. Extracts of Eureiandra balfourii and Commiphora ornifolia showed the strongest activity against FL-cells with IC(50) < 10 microg/ml and 39.3 microg/ml respectively.

AIMS The in vitro antimicrobial activity of three essential oil samples of frankincense (Boswellia rivae, Boswellia neglecta and Boswellia papyrifera) and two essential oil samples of myrrh and sweet myrrh (Commiphora guidotti and Commiphora myrrha), collected from different regions of Ethiopia, was investigated independently and in combination to determine their anti-infective properties. ME...

Persistent and excessive stress of modern life has made us recognize with new class of disease called stress-related diseases. In Ayurveda, rasayanas have been mentioned as a set of rejuvenating measures aimed towards youthful rich life free of diseases. It promotes longevity via optimizing cellular level nourishment (Svasthasya orjaskaram). The term rasayana means transportation of nutritional...

Acute toxicity studies of crude extracts of resins of Commiphora myrrha, C. guidottii and C. erlangeriana, and pure compounds isolated from C. erlangeriana were conducted on Swiss albino mice. The extract from C. erlangeriana had a mean LD50 of 410 mg/kg body weight. However the extracts from C. myrrha and C. guidotti were not toxic at the doses tested. The pure compound isolated from C. erlang...

phytochemical screening, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of aqueous and methanolic crude extracts of commiphora kerstingii leaves were investigated. the antioxidant and antibacterial properties of different solvent extracts of commiphora kerstingii plant were scrutinized. the phytochemical screening of the various extracts was carried out using standard methods and the results revealed...