BACKGROUND Centella asiatica (CeA) is a creeper, growing in moist places in India and other Asian countries. Leaves of CeA are used for memory enhancement in the Ayurvedic system of medicine, an alternate system of medicine in India. In the present study, we investigated the role of CeA fresh leaf extract treatment on the dendritic morphology of hippocampal CA3 neurons, one of the regions conce...

The salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis Krøyer, is the major obstacle facing a sustainable future for farmers of salmonids in the North Atlantic Ocean. Medicinal compounds have been the most utilized tool to prevent salmon lice infestation; however, the active compounds have become less effective or considered environmentally unfriendly in the past years. Novel medicinal compounds are thus hi...

Green synthesis method using camomile extract was applied to synthesize silver nanoparticles to tune their antibacterial properties merging the synergistic effect of camomile and Ag. Scanning transmission electron microscopy revealed that camomile extract (CE) consisted of porous globular nanometer sized structures, which were a perfect support for Ag nanoparticles. The Ag nanoparticles synthes...

Background Venous leg ulceration (VLU) is a chronic and recurrent condition that affects around 0.12–1.1% of the Western population. One intervention that is showing promise as a treatment for VLU is horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) seed extract (HCSE), with evidence suggesting that HCSE treatment may reduce wound slough, the frequency of dressing changes and the overall cost of VLU mana...

The head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis, is an obligate ectoparasite that causes infestations of humans. Studies have demonstrated a correlation between sales figures for over-the-counter (OTC) treatment products and the number of humans with head lice. The deregulation of the Swedish pharmacy market on July 1, 2009, decreased the possibility to obtain complete sale figures and thereby the po...

The naturally occurring allilochemics play a promising role in insect control by deterring insect feeding by their effects as insect growth regulators, as antihormones or as insecticides. Effect of Tephrosia purpurea extracts on reproductive ability i.e. fecundity was reduced at more than 40.08 %. There is reduction in hatching percentage also. It may be due to reduced juvenile hormone titre wh...

Increasing evidence shows that eukaryotic microalgae and, in particular, the green microalga Chlorella, can be used as natural sources to obtain a whole variety of compounds, such as omega (ω)-3 and ω-6 polyunsatured fatty acids (PUFAs). Although either beneficial or toxic effects of Chlorella sorokiniana have been mainly attributed to its specific ω-3 and ω-6 PUFAs content, the underlying mole...

DENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP) appears to play a critical role in maintaining the integrity of the red cell. In the “Storage lesion,” the disappearance of high energy bonds represented largely by ATP correlates well with the loss of viability of erythrocytes upon reinfusion into the circulation.1’2 In early studies, erythrocyte ATP was estimated by determining “easily hydrolysable” phosphorus.1 ’4...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Euphorbia lunulata Bge extract on the proliferation of human hepatoma HepG2 cell line. METHODS Different dilutions of Euphorbia lunulata Bge extract were used to treat human hepatoma HepG2 cells. Hoechst 33258 and PI-staining fluorescence microscopy were utilized to observe the nuclear morphological changes of apoptotic cells. F...

Among various water and wastewater treatment methods, adsorption techniques are widely used to remove certain classes of pollutants due to its unique features. Thus, the aim of this data article is to synthesize zero valent iron nanoparticles (NZVI) from Nettle leaf extract by green synthesis method as an environmentally friendly technique, and to evaluate it's efficiency in the removal of furf...