OBJECTIVES The purpose of the present study was to investigate the anti-inflammatory properties of aqueous extract of the leaves of H. integrifolia, Planch. MATERIALS AND METHODS The hind paw edema was produced in rats by subplanter injection of carageenan. The aqueous extract of H. integrifolia, Planch. (AHI) at dose (250 and 500 mg/kg p.o) was given to observe % inhibition of paw edema whic...

Phytochemicals are secondary metabolites produced by all plants in which some has medicinal uses. The phytochemical analysis of leaf extracts in aqueous, methanol, acetone, petroleum ether and chloroform extracts of indigenous medicinally important plants of Holoptelea integrifolia and Celestrus emarginata were investigated. The phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of alkaloids, saponin...

The complex tectonic events and climatic oscillations in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), the largest and highest plateau in the world, are thought to have had great effects on the evolutionary history of the native plants. Of great interest is to investigate plant population genetic divergence in the QTP and its correlation with the geologic and climatic changes. We conducted a range-wide ph...

Alzheimer's disease the most common form of dementia in the elderly is a neurodegenerative disease that affects 44 millions of people worldwide. The first treatments against Alzheimer's disease are acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; however, these medications are associated with many side effects. Dichrocephala integrifolia is a traditional herb widely used by indigenous population of Cameroon to...

Natural products have evolved as a source of bioactive compounds and possess a potential fordeveloping novel therapeutic agents. Medicinal plants which are found on earth have renowned medicinal significance and their usages are increasing day by day in our daily life. Different researches are going on to explore the beneficial, pharmacological and medicinal properties of herbal drugs. Systemat...

Millions of people all over the world are using herbal medicines from thousands of years, due to their great interest in traditional medicines. They belief that herbal medicines might be effective in the treatment of certain diseases(Calixto, 2000).The genus Premna contains 200 species under the family Verbenaceaeall over the world and out of that approximately 30 species are present in India. ...

The various extracts of leaves Holoptelea integrifolia (Ulmaceae) were investigated for analgesic activity in mice by tail flick method. The fresh plant leaves of H. integrifolia were collected, dried, cleaned, weighed and chopped into small pieces and percolated in ethanol. The fractionation of crude extract, followed by the addition of distilled water, ethyl acetate and n-butanol to an aqueou...

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY Microsatellite markers were developed to assess the level of genetic variation and population structure in Banksia integrifolia, a widespread species endemic to eastern Australia. • METHODS AND RESULTS We used next-generation sequencing approaches to identify and develop 11 polymorphic microsatellite markers with perfect tri- and tetranucleotide repeats. We ...

In the present study, we describe and illustrate a new species, Premna bhamoensis Y. T. Tan & B. Li (Lamiaceae), from Myanmar. In the 1980s, this species was transplanted from Bhamo County in northeastern Myanmar to the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The species shows striking morphological similarity to P. menglaensis B. Li, and thus, has been misidentifi...