BACKGROUND Bael (Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr.) has been widely used in indigenous systems of Indian medicine to exploit its medicinal properties including astringent, antidiarrheal, antidysenteric, demulcent, antipyretic, antiulcer, anti-inflammatory and anti cancer activities. The present study aims to evaluate the antioxidative and antiulcer effect of methanolic extract of unripe fruit of Aegle ...

My attention was first called to the subject, some years ago, by a brother officer when I was stationed in a very damp district where diarrhoea and dysentery wero not uncommon complaints. I was myself then attacked with the latter form of disease, which rapidly disappeared under bael treatment. Since then I have been frequently in localities where European medical offieera were not always prese...

Plants historically have served as models in drug development. The production of medicines and the pharmacological treatment of diseases began with the use of herbs. The antifungal activity of five different plants namely, Aegle marmelos, Carica papaya, Mentha arvensis, Nicotiana plumbaginifolia and Tamarindus indica were tested against plant pathogenic fungi Alternaria alternata. The plant ext...

Aegle marmelos, is a medicinal plant from India, used for treating cancer-related symptoms in the Indian system of medicine. Its leaf, root, bark, seed and fruits are valued highly as Ayurvedic medicine. In the present study, the active fraction of Aegle marmelos was found to induce apoptosis in Hep G2 cells through NFκB deactivation followed by activation of proapoptotic factor p53. To evaluat...

India is the largest producer of medicinal plants and rightly referred to as "the World's Botanical Garden." Medicinal play a key role in health vitality humans animals alike. Researchers have been attempting recognize validate plant-derived substances for treatment various diseases that promote compounds nutrition past few years. Bael common plant originated (Aegle marmelos). According study l...

The therapeutic value of Aegle marmelos Correa (Rutaceae), commonly known as ''Bael," has been recognized as a component of traditional medication for the treatment of various human ailments. The plant, though, being highly explored, still lacks sufficient evidences for the best variety possessing the highest degree of medicinal values. The present study is focused on phytochemical screening of...

The aqueous extract of leaf of Aegle marmelos (Bael) at the dose 50 mg/100 g body weight resulted a significant diminution in the activities of testicular key steroidogenic enzymes along with low levels of plasma testosterone and relative wet weights of sex organs in respect to control without any significant alteration in general body growth. Germ cells numbers in different generation at stage...

Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr. Serr is one of the important plant with several medicinal and nutraceutical properties. A. marmelos is commonly known as wood apple plant. A. marmelos is belonging to Rutaceae family, the family of flowering plants. A. marmelos is known for various medicinal properties in traditional medicinal system and use to cure a variety of diseases. In last few decades, A. marmel...

Bael (Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr.) is an important medicinal plant of India. Leaves, fruits, stem and roots of A. marmelos have been used in ethno medicine to exploit its' medicinal properties including astringent, antidiarrheal antidysenteric, demulcent, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory activities. Compounds purified from bael have been proven to be biologically active against several major dis...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Disease burden due to lymphatic filariasis is disproportionately high despite mass drug administration with conventional drugs. Usage of herbal drugs in traditional medicine is quite well known but largely empirical. Hence the present study was designed to screen the in vitro antifilarial effect of four herbal plants on Brugia malayi. METHODS Motility of microfilariae o...