Justicia procumbens is a traditional Taiwanese herbal remedy used to treat fever, pain, and cancer. Justicidin A, isolated from Justicia procumbens, has been reported to suppress in vitro growth of several tumor cell lines as well as hepatoma cells. In this study, justicidin A activated caspase-8 to increase tBid, disrupted mitochondrial membrane potential (Delta psi(m)), and caused the release...

BACKGROUND Ethyl acetate extracts of Launaea procumbens is used for the treatment of liver dysfunction as an herbal medicine in Pakistan. In this study, the protective effects of ethyl acetate extracts were evaluated against CCl4-induced liver injuries in rat. METHODS To examine the protective effects against oxidative stress of carbon tetrachloride in rats, 30 male rats were equally divided ...

The study was conducted to evaluate the influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (Rhizophagus intradices) on growth and polyphenol production two important popular medicinal plants in Vietnam: Ehretia asperula Zoll. & Mor. Solanum procumbens Lour. results showed a significant effect these species with indices such as height, weight P content that were all higher than those non-AM plants; ...

PURPOSE The leaves of Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr. has been traditionally used as anticancer. Ethanolic extract of G. procumbens leaves (EGP) showed cytotoxic activity and anticancer activity in animal cancer model. This study was conducted to observe antiproliferative effect using male rat's liver cells induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)antracene (DMBA). METHODS Forty days old Sprague Dawley...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Microsatellite primers were developed to promote studies on the patterns of genetic diversity within Patellifolia patellaris (Chenopodiaceae) and the relationship between the three species of the genus Patellifolia. METHODS AND RESULTS The genomic sequence from P. procumbens was screened for simple sequence repeats (SSRs), and 3648 SSRs were identified. A subset of 53 SSR...

BACKGROUND The use of herbal plant extracts in wound healing is known through decades, but it is necessary to provide scientific data through reverse pharmacology. OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study is to find the mechanism behind the healing of wounds using in vitro and in vivo assays. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was designed to determine proliferation and mobilization of fibroblast...