1 Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, A.A. 14490, Bogotá, D.C, Colombia. 571-3165000 ext. 14662 2 Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánca “Antonio González”, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico. Francisco Sánchez 2, La Laguna, 38206, Tenerife, Islas Canarias, España 3 Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas, Facultad de Farmacia y Bio...

BACKGROUND [corrected] Plumeria acuminata belonging to the family Apocynaceae is commonly known as 'perungalli' in Tamil and is widely distributed throughout the Southern parts of India. In traditional medicinal system different parts of the plant have been mentioned to be useful in a variety of diseases. The plant material is widely used as a purgative, remedy for diarrhoea and cure for itch. ...

Apocynaceae is a large family of tropical trees, shrubs and vines with most species producing white latex. Major metabolites of species are triterpenoids, iridoids, alkaloids and cardenolides, which are known for a wide range of biological and pharmacological activities such as cardioprotective, hepatoprotective, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, anticancer and antimalarial properties. Prompt...

Plumeria alba Linn (Apocynaceae) is used in Togolese traditional medicine to treat diabetes mellitus and wounds. The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the toxicity of hydroalcoholic extract of Plumeria alba roots in Sprague Dawley rats. The acute toxicity test was conducted by administering orally dose of 5 g/Kg. General behavior and mortality were examined for up to 14 days. Th...

Belowground stormwater infrastructure has long been documented to harbor mosquitoes, including those capable of transmitting human disease pathogens (Harbison et al. 2010a). Culex quinquefasciatus Say is a widespread vector species found in the lower latitude regions of the world that is often associated with these subterranean habitats (Lines 2002, Montgomery et al. 2004, Giraldo-Calderón et a...