The efficacy of Gomphrenacelosioides extracts in traditional medicine in the treatment of infectious diseases was evaluated by biological assays. The bioactivities of the extracts of this plant were tested against organisms. The ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of the plant displayed inhibition activities on Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli a...

Oxidative stress leads to formation of free radicals, reactive oxygen species and nitrogen species, which leads to numerous pathophysiological disorders. The present study is aimed to evaluate the free radical scavenging potential of flowers of Gomphrena globosa. The extracts from the flowers of Gomphrena globosa were prepared in solvents viz. methanol, ethanol and butanol. Spectrophotmetric an...

The phytochemical profiles and bioactivities of red, white and pink globe amaranth (Gomphrena haageana K., Gomphrena globosa var. albiflora and Gomphrena sp., respectively), much less studied than the purple species (G. globosa L.), were compared. The chemical characterization of the samples included the analysis of macronutrients and individual profiles of sugars, organic acids, fatty acids, t...

Background Gomphrena perennis (Gpe) and G. pulchella (Gpu) are perennial glyphosate-tolerant amaranthaceous weeds of central northern Argentina where glyphosate-resistant soybeans grown with no-till. The study leaves morphoanatomy is important to understand environmental adaptation could be used explain herbicide absorption. Leaf surfaces species were previously described for phylogenetic studi...

BACKGROUND This paper is based on ethnobotanical interviews conducted from 1996-2000 in Trinidad and Tobago with thirty male and female respondents. METHODS A non-experimental validation was conducted on the plants used for urinary problems and diabetes mellitus: This is a preliminary step to establish that the plants used are safe or effective, to help direct clinical trials, and to inform C...