Sea buckthorn ( Hippophae rhamnoides L.) has multifarious medicinal properties including immunoregulatory effect. The total flavonoids of Hippophae rhamnoides L. (TFH) are the main active components isolated from berries of sea buckthorn. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of TFH on the cytotoxicity of NK92-MI cells and its possible mechanisms. NK92-MI cells were treated with TFH...

The pattern of serotonin was evaluated in brain of immobilized stressed rat group and in stress plus ethanolic extract of Trema orientalis and Hippophae rhamnoides along with a group of normal control.

This study aimed to investigate the changes in skin barrier function in human subjects, following long-term topical application of Hippophae rhamnoides oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion whereas effects were measred using non-invasive probes like tewameter and corneometer. For this purpose, two stable oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions were formulated one with 5% Hippophae rhamnoides extract and other witho...

Species of genus Hippophae commonly called Sea buckthorn grow in more than 30 countries of the world. Belonging to the family of Elaeagnaceae, each and every part of the plant is a source of about 190 bioactive substances which include many antioxidants. Different populations of Hippophae rhamnoides L. growing in Kargil district of Ladakh region of J&K (India) were subjected to the quantificati...

BACKGROUND Hippophae rhamnoides, a high altitude habitat plant, has been extremely used in traditional medicinal practices for treating a variety of ailments. Recently, an extract (RH-3) prepared from berries of Hippophae rhamnoides has been reported to exhibit significant radioprotection against whole body lethal irradiation. OBJECTIVE Present study was undertaken to elucidate the DNA bindin...

Hippophae rhamnoides L. and Cassia fistula L. extracts have great potential as food, medicinal, or cosmetic ingredients. The aim of our study was to assess their relative antioxidant activities and key enzymatic activities. Thereby, H. rhamnoides’ fruit and C. fistula’s pod extracts were evaluated by spectrophotometry, based on their respective total phenolic content (TPC), 2,2-diphenyl-1-picry...

Hippophae rhamnoides L. (Elaeagnaceae) is a hardy, deciduous shrub with yellow or orange berries. H. rhamnoides contains a series of chemical compounds including flavonols, sterols, lipids, triterpenoids, etc. H. rhamnoides has been used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of cough, indigestion, and blood stasis in China. Macrophages play major roles in host defense, immunity, and infla...