Henna (Lawsonia inermis) has been used for centuries as a herbal hair and skin dye, but very little is known about its additives and contaminants that could adversely affect human health. An analytical method was developed to determine organochlorine compounds in henna, as they are still widely used in the areas where henna is grown. Samples were sonicated with n-hexane, extracts cleansed on Fl...

Objective: The aim of the present study was to screen phytochemicals and antimicrobial activities of the extracts of three medicinal plants viz. Calotropis gigantea, Lawsonia inermis and Trigonella foenum-graecum. Methods: The methanolic extracts of the three plants were tested against clinical isolates of five bacterial strains (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Methicillin Resistant Sta...

Plants are rich source of antibacterial agents, which could be exploited in human disease management. Aqueous extracts of leaves of 46 plants selected based on an ethnobotanical survey from Mysore region Karnataka (India) were subjected to in vitro antibacterial activity assay against 14 important human pathogenic bacteria employing cup diffusion method. Antibacterial activity of the twelve pla...

Ethanolic leaf extracts of 5 medicinal plants traditionally used in medicine were studied for their antimicrobial activity against antibiotic-susceptible and resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from different clinical samples. The antimicrobial activity of plant extracts was determined by using agar well diffusion method. The plant extracts showed varied levels of antimicrobial act...

Pakistan is rich in medicinally important plants and has ancient herbal treatment methods. Present work is based on the study of six indigenous plants Eugenia jambolana, Lawsonia inermis, Momordica charantia, Morus Corresponding author: Tel.: +92-21-4610132; E-mail [email protected] M. Saeed Arayne et al. Pak. J. Pharm. Sci., 2007, Vol.20(4), 268-273 269 alba, Nigella sativa and Trigonella foe...