The thermal behavior of the biodegradable Calotropis procera (CP) particle-reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) biocomposites was investigated. injection molding process used to make composites, and CP particle weight percentage varied during (0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%). melt flow index, heat deflection temperature, Vicat softening point, properties composites were determined using dynamic mechanical t...

Abstract: Aim: Due to the urgent need for anticancer agents, investigation of endophytes medicinal plants growing in special environments is considered a promising approach search bioactive natural products. Materials and Methods: The ethyl acetate extracts cultures twelve endophytic fungi were isolated from Calotropis procera fam Apocynaceae, Solanum nigrum Solanaceae Forsskaolea tenacissima U...

Anti-tumor potential of root extracts of Calotropis procera: methanolic extract (CM), hexane extract (CH), aqueous extract (CW) and ethylacetate extract (CE) and its possible mechanism against Hep2 cancer cells has been investigated. Cellular proliferation activities were assayed by tetrazolium bromide (MTT) colorimetry. Morphological changes of cancer cells were observed under inverted microsc...

Antibiotic resistance among bacteria is becoming a major problem in the treatment of many infections. Hence, there is need to find an alternative way by using medicinal plants to overcome the antibiotic resistance and source of novel drug for the treatment of these bacterial diseases. This work aimed at evaluating the possibility of applying hexane extracts of Allium sativum bulbs, Calotropis p...

The latex of the plant Calotropis procera has been reported to exhibit potent antiinflammatory activity against carrageenin and formalin that are known to release various mediators. In the present study, we have evaluated the efficacy of extracts prepared from the latex of C procera against inflammation induced by histamine, serotonin, compound 48/80, bradykinin (BK), and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2...

AIM An experiment was conducted on day old 168 broiler chicks to study the effect of 0.4% as well as 0.2% Calotropis procera (madar) leaf powder and 0.0125% amprolium supplementation on parasitological parameters of broilers during mixed Eimeria species infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS Chicks were randomly divided into seven groups (I-VII) each with two replicates of 12 chicks. On 15th day of...

From different plant parts of Calotropis species (C. gigantea and C. procera), various classes of compounds such as oxypregnanes, terpenoids, sterols, cardenolides and flavonoids have been isolated. Of these compounds, the cardenolides stand out as many of them have anticancer properties. Cardenolides are C23 steroids with a five-membered unsaturated butyrolactone ring consisting of a steroid n...