UNLABELLED Plants take up an important place in traditional medicine and scientific research confirmed properties about their use as alternative therapy. Bidens tripartita, commonly known as Three-lobe Beggarticks, Three-part Beggarticks, Trifid Bur-marigold, is a flowering plant in the genus Bidens, family Compositae, subfamily Asteroideae. Evaluation of the chemical composition of this plant ...

The crude alcoholic extract of the stem bark of Acacia oxyphylla, an indigenous anthelmintic plant among the Mizo tribes of north-east India, have been demonstrated to exhibit profound anthelmintic effects on the avian gastrointestinal cestode, Raillietina echinobothrida. To further investigate the efficacy of the plant extract with a view to understanding the mode of action, vital trace elemen...

A methanolic crude extract of Parkia biglobosa was prepared and later partitioned in succession with different solvents of increasing polarity ranging from n-hexane, chloroform and ethyl acetate to butanol. Phytochemical screening of the extract revealed the presence of alkaloids, tannins, saponins, flavonoids, steroids, glycoside and sugars. The inhibition zones exhibited by the extract agains...

BACKGROUND Myrsine africana is an herbaceous plant that is traditionally used as appetizer and carminative. Locally, it is used for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, rheumatism and diarrhea by healers. The aims of the current study were to screen the crude methanol extract obtained from the aerial parts (leaves and stem) of M. africana, for antispasmodic actions on isolated tissues and f...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of aqueous extract of Scoparia dulcis on the occurrence of oxidative stress in the brain of rats during diabetes by measuring the extent of oxidative damage as well as the status of the antioxidant defense system. METHODS Aqueous extract of Scoparia dulcis plant was administered orally (200 mg/kg body weight) and the effect of extr...

The medicinal plant Olea europaea L. is a valuable one whose fruit and its oil are considered as food. There are some reports in ancient medical literature that aqueous extract of its leaves has analgesic effects. This prompted us to investigate the analgesic effect of aqueous extract of its leaves using formalin and tail-flick tests. For this purpose, male NMRI rats weighting 220-260 g were us...

This study aims to determine the antimitotic activity of the ethanolic leaf extract of C. papaya in the sea urchin (Tripneust gratilla) embryo. The inhibition of cell proliferation of the crude extract in the sea urchin embryo was observed in three different concentrations (0.5%, 1.00% and 1.5%) of the extract and two control groups. The time interval of each developmental stage of sea urchin’s...

The Dolichos biflorus is a well known medicinal plant in folklore for its medicinal properties. In herbal medicine the seeds of it are mainly used as tonic, astringent, diuretic, and are also recommended in asthma, bronchitis, urinary discharges, hiccoughs, ozoena, heart trouble and other diseases of brain. The main purpose of this study is to explore and to provide experimental data on the tra...

several therapeutic effects including hypnotic, antispasmodic, treatment of abdominal and chest pain and strengthening the heart have been described for the flowers of rosa damascena. north american indian tribes use a decoction of the roots obtained from the rosa damascena plant as a cough remedy and to treat eye problem. therefore, in the present study the antitussive effect of this plant in ...

this study was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial and antioxidant effectiveness of methanolic extract and different fractions (n-butanol, ethyl acetate, chloroform and n-hexane) of c.intybus seeds. the antimicrobial activity was determined by the disc diffusion method and minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) against a panel of microorganisms (four bacterial strains, i.e. p. multocida, ...