Clerodendrum viscosum is a traditionally used medicinal plant. The present study aimed to analyze detailed cytotoxic effect of the non-polar petroleum ether fraction (AQPEF) leaf aqueous extract C. Vent. (LAECV) in Allium cepa root tip cells. LAECV was fractionated with and tested for A. toxicity. Micronuclei, polyploidy, mitotic abnormalities were analyzed after AQPEF treatment. induced concen...

India harbors the wealthiest biodiversity of mangroves, yet utilization sequence-based DNA barcodes for characterization mangrove diversity from Indian coastal region is needed to be explored. In present study, we assessed barcode-based phylogenetics mangroves Sundarbans Delta and Kerala at ITS locus nuclear genome. The phylogenetic analysis was performed using Bayesian inference, which proved ...

The antioxidant property of jionoside D, isolated from Clerodendron trichotomum (Verbenaceae), was investigated. This compound showed scavenging activity of intracellular reactive oxygen species and of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical, as well as lipid peroxidation inhibitory activity. This radical scavenging activity of jionoside D protected the cell viability of Chinese hamster lu...

Novel polyherbal formulation (PHE) containing mainly the ethanolic extract of Adhatoda vasica Nees. (leaf), Clerodendrum serratum Linn. (root), Curcuma longa Linn. (rhizome), Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad & Wendl. (fruit) and Piper longum Linn. (fruit). HPTLC analysis of the herbal extracts of PHE revealed presence of 0.25%w/w vasicine, 3.4%w/w piperine, 1.56%w/w curcumin and 0.04%w/w solasodine....

Clerodendrum inerme is a traditionally used medicinal plant in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The present study aimed to analyze mitotic abnormality-inducing potentials leaf aqueous extract C. (LAECI) on Allium cepa root tip cells. 48-h aged A. roots were treated with LAECI (2, 4, 8 mg mL−1) for 2 4 h also allowed recover up 16 compared standard colchicine (0.4 actions. cytologi...

Sixty organic and aqueous extracts of eleven plants used for the control of malaria by local communities in Kisii District, Kenya were screened for in vitro anti-plasmodial activity. The plants selection was based on existing ethnobotanical information and interviews with local communities. The extracts were tested against chloroquine sensitive and resistant laboratory adapted strains of Plasmo...

A mini epidemic of Dipodascus capitatus (teleomorph of Geotrichum capitatum) involving three cases is reported. The index case was pulmonary infection and a fulminant course of fungal infection, which resulted in the patient's death with acute myelocytic leukemia. In the other cases, the patients were simultaneously hospitalized, the first in the intensive care unit. In all cases, D. capitatus ...