BACKGROUND In South Africa, Calpurnia aurea (Ait.) Benth is used to destroy lice and to relieve itches, to destroy maggots and to treat allergic rashes, particularly those caused by caterpillars. Antioxidants play an important role protecting against damage by reactive oxygen species. Plants containing flavonoids have been reported to possess strong antioxidant properties. METHODS The antibac...

BACKGROUND Extracts from Polygonum senegalensis (Polygonaceae) and Pseudocedrela kotschyi (Meliaceae) are two important traditionally used medicinal plants in rural Benin to treat many diseases and notably type 2 diabetes. The aim of the study was to investigate the α-glucosidase inhibition, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of those plants extract: Polygonum senegalensis leaves, and Pse...

background: development of biodegradable and biocompatible films based on protein polymer with strong antioxidant and antibacterial activities has gradually obtained extensive concern in the world. in this study, the improvement of gelatin film properties incorporated with ferula assa-foetida essential oil (fao) as a potential antioxidant/antibacterial wound dressing film was investigated. mate...

The present study investigated the chemical constituents isolated from Azadirachta indica chloroform extract. extraction of leaves was done using Soxhlet apparatus. To isolate and identify antibacterial fraction extract, TLC-bioautography carried out. Phenol 3,5-bis (1,1-dimethyl ethyl), Phthalic acid bis (7-methyloclyl), Dido decyl phthalates, Oxalic acid, allyl hexadecyl ester, 2-Piperidinone...

Capsicum annuum fruits have been investigated for antimicrobial activity in a number of studies. Capsaicin or other cinnamic acid pathway intermediates are often suggested to be the antimicrobial component, however there are conflicting results. No research has specifically fractionated jalapeño pepper (Capsicum annuum var. annuum) extract to isolate and identify compound(s) responsible for inh...

The present study is focused on the assessment of the medicinal therapeutic potential extracts of H. rosea to investigate their pharmacological implications based upon science proofs. The antioxidant activity of fraction of H. rosea, namely, n-hexane (HR-1), ethyl acetate (HR-2), chloroform (HR-3), and n-butanol (HR-4), was performed by using the DPPH radical scavenging method. The cytotoxicity...

Present work is directed toward the isolation and identification of biological active (antimicrobial) compound from metabolite extracted from endophytic fungus Emericella qaudrilineata(RS-5) (Accession number KC662361). Crude extracted from endophytic fungus Emericella qaudrilineata possessing antibacterial activity was subjected to bioassay guided fractionation in which toluene fraction exhibi...

Abstract: Aim/Background: Imbalance in oxidant and antioxidant leads to stress. Increased consumption of exogenous antioxidants helps neutralizing the stress thus protects cells from The study focused on isolation nutraceutical compound, dodecanoic acid marine cyanobacteria Geitlerinema sp. TRV57. Materials Methods: Various solvents were used extract acid. ability neutralize was studied by vari...

Phyllanthus niruri L. is a small annual plant grows up to 30-40 cm tall. It an herbaceous that widely distributed in the tropical and sub-tropical regions. The aerial parts of P. growing Bangladesh were investigated for moisture content ash content, total phenolic flavonoid antioxidant capacity (TAC), cytotoxicity, relative fatty acid compositions antibacterial activity. dried leaves 5 7%, resp...

The aim of this work was to evaluate chitosan edible films incorporated with the EOs of two aromatic herbs, Thymus moroderi and Thymus piperella for (i) the growth inhibition of some bacterial strains (ii) their total phenolic content (TPC), and (iii) their antioxidant activity by means of three different antioxidant tests to define if the chitosan edible films incorporated with these EOs could...