background & aim: antiplasmodial activity of leaf extract of breynia nivosa was evaluated to ascertain the folkloric claim of its antimalarial activity. experimental: the crude leaf extract (75 – 225 mg/kg), of breynia nivosa was investigated for antiplasmodial activity against chloroquine sensitive plasmodium berghei infections in mice. the antiplasmodial activity during early and establis...

to express their ideas, feeling, and imagination, a large number of ancient arab poets employed terminologies current in that period, especially those related to spices and herbals and their advantages. their main impetus came from their investigative instinct as well as their religious beliefs that emphasize the importance of herbals for their medical and nutritional benefits. hence, such subj...

seem to irritate, and might in that respect be considered a liquid vaseline, but purer. It was especially useful after alkaline baths in psoriasis. In the Practitioner for June there appeared an account by Dr Eoberts of Chester of forty-two cases in which he had employed this oil, to which he gave the name Oleum Deelinae. It appeared to be palliative and soothing. It was cheap, quite odourless,...