Nature has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands of years and an impressive number of modern drugs has been isolated from natural sources, many based on their use in traditional medicine.Plant extracts are attractive sources of new drugs and have been shown to produce promising results in the treatment of various diseases.Crataegus oxyacantha Linn., commonly known as Hawthorn, is one ...

Due to the rising disease burden, natural plant products are becoming popular today. The Hibiscus rosa sinensis Linn., which belongs Malvaceae family, is found all over world. In India's traditional medicine, its leaves, barks, roots, and flowers have been used treat a variety of illnesses. Numerous studies demonstrated antioxidant, antimicrobial, antidiabetic, antiulcer, hepatoprotective, anti...

PURPOSE As a typical Chinese herbal medicine, Citri reticulatae pericarpium (CRP) possesses various pharmacological effects involved in antioxidant ability. However, its antioxidant effects have not been reported yet. The objective of this work was to investigate its antioxidant ability, then further discuss the antioxidant mechanism. METHODS CRP was extracted by ethanol to obtain ethanol ext...

Background: Urtica dioica L. is a common Himalayan species which produces allergenic substances causing oedema and inflammation in humans. It has become a source of folk medicine for the treatment of many diseases. The leaves and roots both are used internally as a blood purifier and diuretic and an infusion of the plant is used for nasal and menstrual haemorrhage, diabetes, rheumatism, eczema,...

Antioxidant effect of Herbal product and Synthetic Methionine was evaluated in broilers. Six groups containing 12 birds in each group. Group I served as control fed with basal diet deficient with methionine. Group II served as toxic control fed with cadmium chloride at 100 ppm. Group III and IV served as positive control fed with Methiorep® at 1.4 g/kg diet and synthetic methionine at 1.2 g/kg ...

In recent years, multiple drug resistance has been developed due to indiscriminate use of existing drugs in the treatment of infectious diseases. The major thrust is to establish alternative antimicrobial agent in order to treat microbial infections with less or no toxicity and less or negligible side effects. The herbal medicines have shown potential to overcome the limitation associated with ...

Adjudge the neuroprotective ability of Ellagic acid (EA) as a constructive herbal drug to impede cholinergic dysfunctions and oxidative stress in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in chronically administered scopolamine induced Alzheimer’s type dementia in rats. Alzheimer’s type dementia was induced by chronically administered intraperitoneal injection of scopolamine (0.7 mg/kg) to rats for period of 7 ...

PURPOSE Diabetes mellitus is the most important health problem that its prevalence is increasing. Diabetes is characterized by defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. Recent studies provided evidences that loss of functional β-cell mass through apoptosis is central to the development of diabetes. The management of diabetes without any side effects is still a challenge to the medic...

Understanding of the efficacy and mechanism for the reaction of the biologically important radicals with natural and/or synthetic antioxidants is the first step towards the development of future therapeutic agents. The kinetic parameters e.g., formation and decay rate constants predict the efficacy of an antioxidant and its fate after reaction. These parameters also dictate the ease with which ...

Uncaria gambir is a member of Rubiaceae family. Information related to antioxidants and the use this plant in food cosmetic industry has been widely reported. This study aims determine physicochemical properties, phytochemical content antioxidant activity herbal tea made from claw, which was collected Pontianak City area ​​West Kalimantan. Determination properties based on measuring parameters ...