Petroleum ether extract of Caesalpinia bonduc L. (Roxb) seeds (Family: Caesalpiniaceae) was evaluated for its anti-inflammatory activity in rats. Wistar rats (120-150 g) of either sex were pretreated with petroleum ether extract of seed kernel of C. bonduc. Inflammation was induced in rat paw by injecting 0.1 ml of carrageenan (1% w/v) in subplantar region of right hind paw. Inflammation induce...

Birds do it, bees do it—and now it appears that even plants do it. No, it’s not what you’re thinking. Sexual reproduction is obviously well-known in plants. Rather, the phenomenon in question is equalizing sex chromosome expression in males and females. In animals where males are XY and females are XX, the Y chromosome has lost most of its genes, so X chromosome expression is adjusted to keep t...

This work focuses primarily on the comparative response of rat liver enzymes to oral administration of the watersoluble fraction of 95% ethanol extract of Nauclea latifolia Sm. (Rubiaceae) leaves with 10% coconut oil meal and normal rat chow fed for 8 weeks. Forty-eight mature male albino rats of the Wistar strain weighing between 200 and 230 g were divided into two experimental groups. In expe...

Bassia latifolia bud and Cajanus cajan seed were evaluated for anti-fertility activity in mature female mice. Anti-fertility activity was evaluated by observing the estrus cycle, body weight, wet weight of ovaries, steroidogenic enzymes, and substrates. Bassia latifolia bud and Cajanus cajan seed extract arrested normal oestrous cycle at dioestrous stage. The decrease in weight of ovar...

In an ongoing effort to trace the evolution of the sex chromosomes of Silene latifolia, we have searched for the existence of repetitive sequences specific to these chromosomes in the genome of this species by direct isolation from low-melting agarose gels of satellite DNA bands generated by digestion with restriction enzymes. Five monomeric units belonging to a highly repetitive family isolate...

The present study was carried out to assess the effect of leaf and bark aqueous extract of Anogeissus latifolia tree on Vigna unguiculata traditional crop to understand the suitability of treecrop combination in agricultural fields. Different concentrations of leaf (1%, 3% and 5%) and bark (1%, 3% and 5%) aqueous extract of A. latifolia were used to study radicle and plumule growth of V. unguic...

A combined approach of subwindow factor analysis and spectral correlative chromatography was used to analyze the volatile components in Radix Flemingiae Macrophyllae and Flemingiae Latifolia Benth, one of its substitutes. After extraction by a water distillation method, the volatile components in Radix Flemingiae Macrophyllae and Flemingiae Latifolia Benth were detected by GC-MS. Then the quali...

Artocarpus lakoocha (Moraceae) is a widely used medicinal plant by tribals of Jharkhand, India for the treatment of many diseases. Artocarpus lakoocha Roxb. (Hindi: Dahu, Barhal, Beng. Dahu, Sans. Lokoocha, Eng.: Monkey Jack) is a large deciduous tree reaching 15-18 m in height with a spreading head. Reviews of the records in both, traditional and scientific literature. Using DPPH and Ferric Io...

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The roots of Nauclea latifolia Smith (Rubiaceae) popularly known as "koumkouma" is used in traditional Cameroonian medicine as neuropathic pain remedy and for the treatment of headache, inflammatory pain and convulsion. This study was conducted to evaluate the antinociceptive effects of the alkaloid fraction isolated from Nauclea latifolia in neuropathic pain indu...