At present, over 300 species of marine alien Mollusca are reported from the European waters (Streftaris et al. 2005; Zenetos et al. 2010). However, only three alien polyplacophoran have been recorded: Chaetopleura angulata (Spengler, 1797), Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825) and Chiton hululensis (E. A. Smith, 1903); the latter is considered as “questionable” (Zenetos et al. 2010). These ...

The present study was designed to investigate the possible antidiabetic, hypolipidaemic and antioxidant effects of physalis. Diabetes was induced in Albino rats by administration of alloxan monohydrate (150 mg/kg, body weight i.p). Physalis was administered at a single 1 ml dose per day to these diabetic rats for 21 days. The effect of physalis on blood glucose, serum insulin and pancreatic ins...

Kolesterol merupakan lipid dalam darah yang diproduksi oleh hati. juga faktor resiko dari penyakit kardiovaskular. Pada tahun 2018 dilaporkan 1,5% penduduk Indonesia setara dengan 1.017.290 jiwa menderita kardiovaskular dan diperkirakan akan terus bertambah setiap tahunnya. Ini mengakibatkan permintaan obat anti kolesterol pun semakin tinggi. Artikel tinjauan ini dibuat untuk mengkaji tanaman m...

Physalis minima is an important medicinal plant of Indian System of Medicine. This plant is reported for its diuretic, laxative and antiinflammatory activities. However, the plant is not well scrutinized for its antimicrobial potential. The major chemical constituents reported from the plant are phenolics and alkaloids, which suggest that the plant may turn out to be a potent antiinfective agen...

Physalis peruviana, commonly known as Cape gooseberry, is an Andean Solanaceae fruit with high nutritional value and interesting medicinal properties. In the present study we report the development and characterization of microsatellite loci from a P. peruviana commercial Colombian genotype. We identified 932 imperfect and 201 perfect Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR) loci in untranslated regions (...

Resistance to most antimalarial drugs has encouraged the development of novel drugs. An alternative source for discovering such drugs is natural products. Some Ferulago species are used in folk medicine for their sedative, tonic and anti-parasitic effects. Besides, coumarins isolated from this genus found to have in vitro anti-leishmanicidal effect. The present study is aimed to evaluate the in...

BackgroundThe prevalence of atopic dermatitis (AD) and allergic or irritant contact has been increasing significantly in the general population. Interleukin- 4 (IL-4), interleukin-6 (IL-6), immunoglobulin E (IgE) play a key role pathogenesis AD. Physalis angulata (PA) leaves reportedly have anti-inflammatory effects by impeding IL-4, IL-6, IgE. This study aimed to evaluate effect PA leaf extrac...

Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 120+6g were divided into five groups. The first group kept as normal control (-ve) group (n= 8 rats) which fed on basal diet only. The rest of rats were administered paracetamol drug at a single dose of 2 g/kg by stomach tube to induce liver injury then classified into four groups. One of them acted as control (+ve) and the other three treated groups were...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Physalis peruviana [cape gooseberry] is highly appreciated for its commercial value. The Colombian ecotype is in great demand in the international market, particularly for the unique morphological characteristics of the calyx, which has extended use as a traditional herbal remedy in Colombia because of its anti-inflammatory properties. In this work, the anti-inflammatory act...