BACKGROUND Clinacanthus nutans (Burm. f.) Lindau leaves are widely used by cancer patients and the leaf extracts possess cytotoxic and antiproliferative effects on several human cancer cell lines. However, the effect of C. nutans leaf extract on human melanoma, which is the least common but most fatal form of skin cancer and one of the most common cancers diagnosed in both sexes worldwide, is u...

Isolation of anti-proliferative compounds from plants is always hindered by the complexities plant’s nature and tedious processes. Clinacanthus nutans (Burm. f.) Lindau a medicinal plant with reported activities. Our study aimed to isolate potential present in C. plant. To start with, for our study, we came up strategy first profiling volatile leaf, stem root using GC-MS. Comparing profiles gre...

The moisture sorption isotherms of Clinacanthus nutans (C. nutans) herbal leaves were established at three different temperatures 30°C, 40°C, and 50°C, water activity between 0.3–0.9 using a static gravimetric method. results showed that equilibrium content C. increased with increasing constant temperature for both desorption adsorption isotherms. In contrast, the decreased when all exhibited T...

BACKGROUND Clinacanthus nutans is used traditionally in many parts of Asia to improve well-being, but there are limited studies on its efficacy. We explored the potential use of C. nutans for prevention of high fat and high cholesterol diet-(HFHC-) induced insulin resistance in rats. METHODS The leaf of C. nutans was extracted using water (AL extract) and methanol (AML extract), and the extra...

Dandang gendis (Clinacanthus nutans (Burm f.) Lindau) adalah salah satu tanaman yang digunakan untuk berbagai pengobatan di Indonesia. Salah kegunaannya sebagai obat analgetik. Penelitian ini bertujuan melihat pengaruh pemberian ekstrak daun dandang terhadap daya analgetik dan gambaran makroskopis pada lambung tikus putih. dilakukan dengan menggunakan acak lengkap pola searah. Hewan uji dibagi ...

Elephantopus scaber and Clinacanthus nutans are traditionally used as wound healing herb. The objective of the present study is to develop a new polyherbal formulation, by comparison, the herbal combination of Elephantopus scaber and Clinacanthus nutans as an in vitro antioxidant activity with their individual herbal activity followed by fractionation of polyherbal formulation for in vivo wound...