Atherothrombotic diseases such as myocardial or cerebral infarction are serious consequences of the thrombus formed xin blood vessels. Thrombolytic agents are used to dissolve the already formed clots in the blood vessels; however, these drugs have certain limitations which cause serious and sometimes fatal consequences. Herbal preparations have been used since ancient times for the treatment o...

BACKGROUND Indian medicinal plants used in the Ayurvedic traditional system to treat diabetes are a valuable source of novel anti-diabetic agents. Pancreatic α-amylase inhibitors offer an effective strategy to lower the levels of post-prandial hyperglycemia via control of starch breakdown. In this study, seventeen Indian medicinal plants with known hypoglycemic properties were subjected to sequ...

Correspondence to: Emeka E.J. Iweala, Department of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Covenant University, P.M.B 1023, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. Email: [email protected] Full Paper Preliminary qualitative screening for cancer chemopreventive agents in Telfairia occidentalis Hook.f., Gnetum africanum Welw., Gongronema latifolium Benth. and Ocimum gratissimum...

Ocimum basilicum L. belongs to the family Lamiaceae is an herb that is extensively cultivated in some countries. Arial parts, especially leaves of sweet basil are widely used to enhance the flavour of foods such as salads, pasta, tomato products, vegetables, pizza, meat, soups, marine foods, confectioneries and other products (Ghasemi Pirbalouti, 2014). Traditionally basil has Journal of Herbal...

The continuous expansion in the textile industry results high loads of coloured wastewaters that heavily pollute limited freshwater sources. Therefore, a wide array treatment methods has been used to remediate water/wastewater from dyes. One common practice is use plants degrade, absorb, metabolise, and detoxify different types pollutants, including This study employs sweet basil (Ocimum basili...

background: biosynthesis and metabolism of phytochemicals in medicinal and aromatic plants are vigorously affected by different abiotic elicitors including chemicals. objective: this experiment was designed to investigate the effects of three levels of copper sulfate (cu: 0, 5, 25 mg kg-1) and zinc sulfate (zn: 0, 10, 50 mg kg-1) and their combinations on yield, chemical compositions of essenti...

background & aim: sweet basil (ocimum basilicum), a plant that is extensively cultivated in some countries, is used to enhance the flavour of salads, sauces, pasta, confectioneries and other products as both a fresh and dried herb. the effect of foliar application of jasmonic acid and reduced irrigation on essential oil yield and chemical components of two iranian landrace of basil (ocimum ...