OBJECTIVE To evaluate the antinociceptive activity of the methanol extract of Ricinus communis leaves (MRCL). METHODS Antinociceptive activity was evaluated using acetic acid induced writhing test, formalin induced paw licking and tail immersion method in mice at doses of 100, 125 and 150 mg/kg bw. RESULTS The results indicated that MRCL exhibited considerable antinociceptive activity again...

Phytochemical investigation of the rhizomes and roots of Ligularia veitchiana afforded a new triterpenoid saponin and two known neolignans named liguveitoside B (1), citrusin A (2) and citrusin B (3), respectively. This is the first demonstration of the occurrence of a 8-O-4’ neolignan and the second report on the isolation of triterpenoid saponin in the genus Ligularia. Their structures were e...

Saponins are common in a large number of plants and plant products. It is having important role in human and animal nutrition. Saponins have biological role as membrane-permeabilising, immunostimulant and hypocholesterolaemic properties and it has found to have significant affect growth and feed intake in animals. These compounds have been observed to kill protozoans, to impair the protein dige...

The whole blood, as well as the serum, of rabbits, guinea-pigs, mice, and man possess the power of inactivating bacteriophage, particularly that group which lyses staphylococci. Experiment affords conclusive proof that the cellular elements in whole blood responsible for the absorption of staphylococcus phage are, in the main, the white blood cells (Applebaum and MacNeal,8 Rakieten"9); red bloo...

In cases of bacteraemia, a rapid species identification of the causal agent directly from positive blood culture broths could assist clinicians in the timely targeting of empirical antimicrobial therapy. For this purpose, we evaluated the direct identification of micro-organisms from BacT/ALERT (bioMérieux) anaerobic positive blood cultures without charcoal using the Microflex matrix-assisted l...