addition to their activity in vitro. Food ingredients usually have to undergo the processes of cooking, ingestion, absorption and metabolism before being transported to each organ and tissue in the body. They are exposed to seasonings and/or heat during cooking, and then to acidic gastric juice, alkaline intestinal juice, etc, in the digestive organs, They consequently have to be stable under t...

Abstract The aim of the research was to evaluate response three tropical species (Heliconia psittacorum, Ciperus haspan, Hedychium coronarium), respect their tolerance and removal capacity pharmaceutical personal care products (PPCPs), namely acetylsalicylic acid, ibuprofen, methyl hydrojasmonate (cis – MDJM), galaxolide, tonalide, caffeine, naproxen, ketoprofen, diclofenac. study undertaken in...

This study was aimed to investigate analgesic and neuropharmacological actions of the methanolic extract of rhizomes of Hedychium coronarium. The analgesic activity was evaluated for its central and peripheral pharmacological actions using tail immersion method and acetic acid-induced writhing test in mice respectively. The extract, at the doses of 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight, produced a...