Nowadays, consumers are highly worried about using chemical preservatives in foods. Thus they tend to use natural and safe food products with healthful benefits. Pomegranate and its peel can have such a role. This study aimed to determine the antioxidant activity, Total Phenolics, and Flavonoids Properties of Different Parts of Pomegranate extracts. Three types of extracts were prepared with di...

The aqueous extracts of twenty plants were screened by agar diffusion methods for their antibacterial activity against Rathyibacter tritici, a causal organism of tundu diseases of wheat. The combined extracts of leaf extracts of Datura stramonium and stem extracts of Acacia catechu in general showed a strong enhancement in activities over the individual extracts of leaves extracts of Datura str...

Experiments were carried out to test the aqueous extracts of twenty plants for their antifungal activity against Fusarium solani the causal of dry rot disease of potato. The obtained results showed a differential activity of the plant extracts against the mycelium growth. The combined leaf extracts of Lawsonia alba and stem extracts of Acacia catechu in general showed a strong enhancement in ac...

Rosa damascena (Rosaceae) has been found to act on central nervous system including the brain. Several studies confirm that Rosa damascena inhibits the reactivity of the hypothalamus and pituitary systems in rat and can suppress the reactivity of central nervous system. In traditional medicine the hypnotic effect of rose is also suggested. In the present study hypnotic effect of ethanolic, aque...

Various extracts of Sarcostemma viminale were screened for central analgesic activity by hot plate test, peripheral analgesic activity by acetic acid-induced writhings, CNS depressant activity by pentobarbitone-induced sleep and locomotor activity testing methods and anthelmintic activity on the earthworms Pheretima posthuma . Results showed that petroleum ether and ethyl acetate extracts h...

The present study describes the major content and antimicrobial activity of Azadirachta indica cell culture extracts. Major constituents of cell culture extracts were evaluated by HPLC and chromatographic analysis revealed that highest concentrations of azadirachtin (0.0069 % dry wt) synthesised by multiple shoot cultures. The results showed that multiple shoot cultures synthesised ~17-fold mor...

rosmarinus officinalis l., a medicinal herb from the labiates family, has been reported to be of potential benefit in the treatment and prevention of several diseases. in particular its phenolics have demonstrated protective effects on various types of cancer through several mechanisms. the present study aimed to determine the effects of rosemary phenolic extracts on human cell functions, with ...