The Indian leadwort (Plumbago indica L.) of the family Plumbaginaceae is a plant with high pharmaceutical value, as it contains plumbagin, naphthoquinone antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer properties. Among propagation methods for leadwort, in vitro considered an effective method producing disease-free transplants short period time rate. When plants grown are transferred to ex condition, ...

The plant Plumbago zeylanica is native in Southeast Asia and is growing in Africa, too. It is a branched evergreen shrub reaching up to 2 meters. Leaves are dark-green, ovate 30 cm long and 15 cm wide. The flowers are white in dense racemes, individuals around 1cm across, flowering all the year long. In Europe Plumbago capensis is cultivated as an ornamental shrub with blue flowers. It was feat...

The present study was conducted to evaluate the hepatoprotective activity of methanolic extract of aerial parts of Plumbago zeylanica in CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity in wistar rats. Silymarin (100mg/kg, p.o.) was given as reference drug. The extract of aerial parts of Plumbago zeylanica have shown very significant hepatoprotection against CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity in wistar rats by reducing se...

Physicochemical parameters of roots of three Plumbago species, Plumbago capensis, P. rosea and P. zeylanica belonging to Plumbaginaceae were analyzed. Microbial contamination, aflatoxins, pesticide residue and heavy metal content were also determined. Attempt has also been made to estimate the biologically active chemical plumbagin present in them and the data compared. The study ensures that t...

Whereas long-day species can be brought to flower under non-inductive conditions by the application of chemicals such as gibberellic acid (see review by Lang, 1965), short-day species have been refractory so far to chemical induction. The outstanding exception is the pineapple (Ananassa sativa L.) which can be forced to flower by applications of ethylene and compounds releasing ethylene such as...

Purpose: In the Ayurvedic system of medicine, Plumbago zeylanica is one of the important medicinal plants which possess several pharmaceutical activities such as antiplasmodial, anti-microbial, antitumour, hepatoprotective, antifungal, antiinflammatory and anticancer activity. It contains several active constituents and the most important bioactive compound is plumbagin which is a naphthoquinon...

Plumbago zeylanica root has been used traditionally to treat various body ailments including liver diseases. The present study was designed to investigate the hepatoprotective effects of standardized methanolic extract of Plumbago zeylanica root on paracetamol, CCl4 and alcohol induced hepatic injuries in rats and its possible mechanism(s) of hepatoprotection. Administration of hepatotoxicants ...