BACKGROUND Previous experiments have shown that a decoction of Bauhinia forficata leaves reduces the changes in carbohydrate and protein metabolism that occur in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. In the present investigation, the serum activities of enzymes known to be reliable toxicity markers were monitored in normal and streptozotocin-diabetic rats to discover whether the use of B. ...

Methanol 70% extract of Bauhinia racemosa aerial parts was tested for antimicrobial activity against different bacterial and fungal strains and for antioxidant activity and also total content of polyphenols with phytochemical analysis of the extract was determined. The results have showed that the extract has a significant antimicrobial activity, it inhibited the growth of Bacillus subtilis and...

Bauhinia microstachya (Raddi) Macbr. (Leguminosae) is a Brazilian medicinal plant used in folk medicine to treat several ailments, including kidney disorders. This study reports on the evaluation of a methanol extract and ethyl acetate fraction from the leaves of this plant against two isolated smooth muscles, guinea-pig ileum and rat uterus, precontracted by acetylcholine, bradykinin, oxytocin...

The antidiabetic activity of aqueous, ethanolic and hexanic extracts of Bauhinia forficata was investigated in a model of alloxan-induced diabetes in rats. The biochemical parameters studied were: plasma glucose, serum triglycerides, cholesterol, high density lipoprotein (HDL), and low density lipoprotein (LDL). Extracts were administered daily for 7 d at doses of 200 and 400 mg/kg, p.o., 48 h ...

Abstract We describe a new species of rhacophorid frog the genus Gracixalus from northeast India based on molecular, morphological and acoustic evidence. The species, formally described herein as patkaiensis sp. nov. , is morphologically distinct other congeners by suite characters such snout-vent length 23.6–26.5 mm in adult males; green dorsum with irregular brown spots; dorsal skin shagreene...

The first new species of rhinatrematid caecilian in more than 50 years, Rhinatrema shiv sp. nov., is described from Guyana. The type series of 10 specimens differs from the only other species in the genus, R. bivittatum, in having a longer tail, different colour pattern, more acuminate and relatively shorter head, and in several features of the skull and mandible including dentition. Sequence d...