Hedyotis Diffusa Willd has been used as a major component in several Chinese medicine formulations for the clinical treatment of colorectal cancer. However, the molecular mechanism of the anti-cancer activity of Hedyotis Diffusa Willd remains unclear. In the present study, we investigated the cellular effects of the ethanol extract of Hedyotis Diffusa Willd (EEHDW) in the HT-29 human colon carc...

Boerhaavia diffusa (Nyctaginaceae) is conventionally used in Indian Ayurvedic system to treat liver diseases. The present study was undertaken to investigate the protective role of ethanol extract of B. diffusa on hepatic antioxidant status and the levels of diagnostic markers in isoproterenol induced hepatitis in rats. The Prior oral administration of B. diffusa extract [150 mg/kg bodyweight/d...

Article history: Received on: 13/12/2012 Revised on: 04/01/2013 Accepted on: 18/01/2013 Available online: 29/01/2012 Boerhaavia diffusa Linn. has been shown to exhibit a wide range of medicinal properties for the treatment of diabetes, inflammation, stress, hepatotoxicity, jaundice and heart failure. The extraordinary antioxidant, hepatoprotective, antibiotic, antidiabetic and anticarcinogenic ...

"Ethnopharmacological" use of roots of Boerhaavia diffusa (B. diffusa) in the treatment of epilepsy in Nigerian folk medicine and reports showing the presence of a calcium channel antagonistic compound "liriodendrin" in its roots, led us to undertake the present study. The study was designed to investigate the methanolic root extract of B. diffusa and its different fractions including liriodend...

Fresh leaves of Boerhaavia diffusa and Andrographis paniculata were evaluated for nutritional and anti-nutritional compositions. The results showed that both plant leaves contained saponins, alkaloids and flavonoids. The proximate analysis and vitamin C of B. diffusa and A. paniculata included moisture (76.04% and 73.02%), carbohydrate (17.14% and 12.16%) and vitamin C (40.00 and 45.01mg/100g),...

Glandora diffusa (Lag.) D.C. Thomas (Boraginaceae) is a species traditionally consumed as an infusion. The phenolic profile of its aqueous extract was assessed by HPLC-DAD-ESI/MS(n). Twenty-seven compounds were identified, comprising caffeic and p-coumaric acids, seventeen polymers of caffeic acid and eight 3-O-glycosylated flavonols. Caffeic, rosmarinic, and salvianolic acids were the most rep...

BACKGROUND Little information is available concerning antioxidant effects of plant teas (water boiled) which are used more commonly in traditional Chinese medicine than other extracts. Thus, we addressed this issue by evaluating the ability of teas from four different plants with therapeutic potential on gynecological diseases. METHODS The aqueous extracts of Semen persicae, Leonurus cardiaca...

The search for antimicrobial agents has continued to be concentrated on the lower plants, fungi and bacteria. Less research has focused on higher plants although identified plant compounds like emetine, berberine quinine still find specialized uses. Secondary metabolites of higher plants serve as defense agent against microorganisms. Some screenings have yielded good result and few of these hav...

in view of the importance of terpene in human’s life, analyzing the relationship between them and the involved genes are of crucial necessity. the necessity is for exploring influential genes. among different plants containing terpene, artemisia is included. in this study, several genes farnesyl diphosphate synthase (fds), hydroxy-2-methyl-2-(e)-butenyl 4-diphosphate reductase (hdr) and isopent...