The ethanolic extract of the root of Tephrosia purpurea was screened for in vitro antioxidant properties using standard procedures. The ethanolic extract exhibited IC(50) values of 132.31±8.79 and 405.22±15.09 respectively in DPPH and nitric acid radical inhibition assay. These values were slightly more than those obtained for ascorbic acid and rutin used as standard. The findings justify the t...

Article history: Received on: 22/08/2012 Revised on: 05/09/2012 Accepted on: 15/09/2012 Available online: 28/09/2012 The ethanolic root extract of Saccharum spontaneum of family Poaceae was used to treatthe urolithiasis induced by glycolic acid On this course, the extract also repairs the changesthat happened in the lysosomal enzymes like β-D-glucuronidase, xanthine oxidase in liver and kidney ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the ethanolic extract of Psidium cattleianum biocompatibility by structural and functional cell viability maintenance. Cell viability was analyzed after 1 h, 3 h, 6 h, 10 h and 24 h of incubation by Exclusion Method with trypan blue and MTT assay, using human mononuclear cells (PBMC) and human periodontal ligament (PDL) cells in culture. Positive control us...

The antidiabetic activity of ethanolic extract of whole plant of Alternanthera sessilis Linn. (EEAS) was investigated in a model of streptozotocin induced diabetes in rats. The biochemical parameters studied were: plasma glucose, degree of glycosylation of hemoglobin and peripheral consumption of glucose levels on 1, 3, 7 and 10 day. Ethanolic extract had shown significant protection and lowere...

The present study establishes the analgesic and anti-pyretic activities of the ethanolic extract of leaves of Catharanthus roseus in the models used. Since antipyretic and analgesic activities are commonly mentioned as characteristic of drugs or compounds which have an inhibitory effect on prostaglandin biosynthesis, the yeast induced hyperthermia in rat model was, therefore, employed to invest...

Extracts obtained from the leaves of various Alocasia species have been used in India as folk remedy for the treatment of various inflammatory ailments including rheumatism and bruise. The ethanolic extract of leaves of Alocasia indica Schott. was evaluated by using different in vitro antioxidant models of screening like scavenging of 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH) radical, nitric oxide...

Propolis was extracted using water and various concentrations of ethanel as solvents. The extracts vvere inyestigated by measurement o £ absorption spectr-m with a UV spectrophotometer, reversed phase-high pressure thin-layer chromatography and reyersed phase-HPLC, Maximum absorption ef all extracts was 290 iim, resembling fiavo"oid compounds, and the 80% ethanolic extract showed highest absorp...

Anticonvulsant activity of aqueous (AQHE) and ethanolic (ETHE) extract of Hybanthus enneaspermus was studied using maximal electric shock (MES) and strychnine induced convulsions models. AQHE at the doses of 200 mg/kg and 400 mg/kg orally showed significant protection in both models. The activity was equipotent to phenobarbitone sodium (30 mg/kg; i.p.). The AQHE showed no neurotoxicity. Ethanol...

The ethanolic extract of the plant Pistia stratiotes (Araceae) was investigated for activity against Indian earthworms Pheretima posthuma and nematode Ascardi galli. Various concentrations (10, 20, 50 mg/ml) of ethanolic extract were tested, which involved determination of time of paralysis and time of death of the worms. It was compared with Piperazine citrate (15 mg/ml) and Albendazole (20 mg...

To study the efficacy of ethanolic extract of B. monosperma bark in cafeteria and atherogenic diet fed rats and monosodium glutamate (MSG) obese rats, different doses (200, 400 and 800 mg/kg) of ethanolic extract of B. monosperma bark showed dose dependent decrease in body weight, daily food intake, glucose, lipids, internal organs' weight and fat pad weight in cafeteria and atherogenic diet fe...