objective: the present study was conducted to investigate the hepatoprotective activity of hydro-ethanolic fruit extract of rosa canina (r. canina) against carbon tetrachloride (ccl4)-induced hepatotoxicity in rats. methods: male wistar albino rats were randomly divided into six groups of 8 animals of each, including control, toxic (ccl4), r. canina 250, 500, and 750 mg/kg + ccl4 and r. canina ...

Vernonia anthelmintica is a wild medicinal herb distributed throughout the India. It is used as a folk medicine against cough, skin diseases, diarrhea and fever. In the present study, ethanolic extract was obtained from seeds of Vernonia anthelmintica and phytochemical analysis was done to screen alkaloids, saponins, steroids, carbohydrates, flavonoids, glycosides, polyphenols and gums and muci...

The present study was designed to investigate the hypolipidemic effect of ethanolic extract from whole plant of Lactuca runcinata (DC.) in rats fed with atherogenic diet (AD). The acute toxicity study shows that the ethanolic extract are safe up to 2000 mg/kg, thus one tenth of this dose was consider as evaluation dose. Ethanolic extract of Lactuca runcinata was administered in doses of 200 and...

The aim of this study is to evaluate anti-inflammatory activity and to determine phytochemical constituent of ethanolic leaf extract of Aegle marmelos(L.) Corr. Serr.. Plant materials are collected from Punjab. Ethanolic extract was screened for different phytochemical constituents. Acute toxicity studies are done according to OECD guidelines. Ethanolic extracts were screened for anti-inflammat...

Arisaema speciosum is a wild lily of family Araceae. This paper reports anti-inflammatory properties of the ethanolic extract of the corm of Arisaema speciosum .The ethanolic extract of corm of Arisaema speciosum showed in vitro cytotoxic effect against Ehrlich ascitic cells. When the extract was injected in tumour bearing mice, tumour disappeared in 40% animals. Injection of ethanolic extract ...

BACKGROUND The use of cyclophosphamide in cancer therapy is usually associated with challenging immunosuppression which exposes patients to increased risk of anemia and necessitating preventive measures during therapy. This study was carried out to investigate the efficacy of the hydro-ethanolic extract of the root of Z. zanthoxyloides in preventing and/or improving cyclophosphamide induced mye...

Thestimulatory effect of the extract of Portulaca oleracea (P. olerace) on β-adrenoceptor of tracheal smooth muscle was examined.To examine β-adrenoceptor stimulatory effect, concentration response curve to isoprenaline was obtained in pre-contracted tracheal smooth muscle in the presence of three concentrations of aqueous-ethanolic extract, propranolol, and saline. Values of EC50 (the effectiv...

The hypoglycemic and anti-lipidemic effect of hydro-ethanolic extract of Ceiba pentandra Linn (FamilySterculiaceae) root extracts (CPE) were investigated in normal and alloxan-induced diabetic rats. In the present study, the animals were divided into normal control, diabetic control, diabetic treated and control treated group (n = 6). Effect of oral administration of CPE (300 mg/kg) for 30 days...

Oxidative stress induced ROS and free radicals are believed to be major cause of degenerative diseases. Naturally occurring antioxidant supplements from plants are vital to counter the oxidative damage in cells. We assessed the antioxidant potential and phytochemical constituents of crude hydro-alcoholic extract of Euphorbia neriifolia (EN) using tests involving inhibition of DPPH, H2O2, supero...

Nephrotoxicity is a major limiting factor in cisplatin treatment. In the present study hydro-ethanolic leaf extract of Emblica officinalis was investigated for its protective role in cisplatin induced nephrotoxicity. The experiment was designed for 14 days and male Wistar rats were divided into 9 groups (n = 5). Group 1 served as control (with no treatment), group 2 served as a vehicle control ...