Original Article Ocimum sanctum Rosmarinic acid Elicitation Cell suspension Methyl jasmonate Yeast extract

The study is an attempt to investigate diuretic activity of ethanolic extract of a polyherbal formulation of three drugs Bryophyllum pinnatum, Syzigium aromaticum & Ocimum sanctum by in-vivo method described by Lipschitz et al. (1943). In the present study, the extract of polyherbal formulation (Bryophyllum pinnatum, Syzigium aromaticum & Ocimum sanctum) was found to possess significant activit...

BACKGROUND Periodontal diseases are ubiquitous, affecting all dentate animals. Regular methods for controlling it have been found to be ineffective, which have paved the way for the use of herbal products as an adjunctive to mechanical therapy as they are free to untoward effects and hence can be used for a long period of time. Ocimum sanctum is a plant which has the greater medicinal value and...

Abstract Medicinal plants are used by the practitioners and pharmacologists to prevent and cure many diseasesMedicinal plants are used by the practitioners and pharmacologists to prevent and cure many diseases for the last several thousand years. Tulsi is known as “Queen of plants” “The mother medicine of nature”. Tulsi i.e. Ocimum sanctum is a plant with enormous properties for curing and prev...

Extracts of leaves and roots of Ocimum sanctum Linn. and leaves of Bauhinia variegata Linn. were used to evaluate their antimalarial effect against Plasmodium berghei in vivo in a typical 4 day test. Water and ether soluble extracts were administered orally to experimental mice along with placebo controls. On day 4 parasitaemia in control group of mice was 25.20% ± 9.44% while in mice treated w...

BACKGROUND The present study aimed to evaluate the intracanal bacterial reduction promoted by chemomechanical preparation using three different herbal extracts named Ocimum sanctum (OS), Cinnamomum zeylanicum (CZ), Syzygium aromaticum (SA) against Enterococcus faecalis. MATERIAL AND METHODS Root canals from extracted teeth were contaminated with Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212 for 7 days and...

The present study evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of petroleum ether extract, ethanolic extract and aqueous extract of ocimum sanctum Linn (karunthulasi leaves). Extract was carried out using soxhlet apparatus. These three extract were subject to phytochemical analysis in order to find out the constituents present in the sample. Secondly, HRBC membrane stabilization was selected for fur...

In several ancient systems of medicine including Ayurveda, Greek, Roman, Siddha and Unani, Ocimum sanctum has vast number of therapeutic applications such as in cardiopathy, haemopathy, leucoderma, asthma, bronchitis, catarrhal fever, otalgia, hepatopathy, vomiting, lumbago, hiccups, ophthalmia, gastropathy, genitourinary disorders, ringworm, verminosis and skin diseases etc. The present review...

Scared Tulasi (Ocimum sanctum L.) of family Lamiaceae is a wonder ayurvedic herb which is known for its tremendous medicinal properties both in traditional folklore as well as pharmacological system of medicines. Every part of the plant finds its use in one form or the other. Keeping in view the importance of the plant, an attempt has been made to review the various studies carried out in tradi...