Henna (Lawsonia inermis L.) is a small shrub frequently cultivated in India, Persia, and along the African coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Powdered leaves of this plant, in the form of a paste, are used both as a cosmetic and as a remedy for boils, wounds, and some mycotic infections in certain countries of the Middle East. The antibacterial activity of an aqueous extract of henna leaf and some...

lawsone a natural pigment present in the henna leaves has been used as a skin and hair dye since 1400 bc. the concentration of this natural compound in leaves varies from place to place depending upon many of the environmental factors and the highest quantity reported so far is about 1% of the dry mass. heretofore, it has been reported that natural colored extracts and isolate from henna leaves...

Lawsonia inermis L. (= L. alba Lamk.), belonging to the Lythraceae family, is a very widespread medicinal plant and natural dye in the world. This herb which has interesting dyeing properties was used traditionally for centuries in Asia, in Africa for dyeing hair and painting skin and nails. Since 1890, it has been widely distributed to Europe and nowadays available in worldwide market as ingre...

A successful protocol was developed for mass propagation of Lawsonia inermis Linn., an important medicinal plant. Multiple shoots were induced in apical and axillary meristems derived from mature explants of L. inermis on Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium supplemented with 0.25 mg/l 6-benzylaminopurine (BA), 0.25 mg/l Kinetin (Kn), 0.5 mg/l ascorbic acid and 3% (w/v) sucrose. The rate of multip...

Lawsonia inermis L., or henna leaves, are usually used to treat wounds on the skin. contain naphthoquinones, flavonoids, tannins, and saponins. The antibacterial activity of L. leaf extract in various solvents has been extensively studied. However, which component is responsible for still unknown. This study was intended investigate effect fractions against Staphylococcus aureus discover chemic...

in order to examine the effect of the quantity of nitrogen fertilizer and bush density on vegetative and productive function of henna medicinal plant (lawsonia inermis)  factorial experimentation in the form of block plan was carried in three stages in agriculture research center in south of kerman  province in corp of 2012. the first factor containing nitrogen fertilizer in 4 levels including ...

This study was designed to examine, the effect of Effective aqueous extract Lawsonia inermis leaves as antioxidant on concentration Urea ,Criatinine and Histological kidneys in Albino male Rats exposed hydrogen peroxide induced oxidative stress. showed that 0.5% leds significant increase (P<0.05( serum urea creatinine comparing with control group. While (50mg/kg) led decrease (P<0.05) com...

Abstract The current study aimed to use biological treatment using plant extracts; extracted from some locally available plants: Lawsonia inermis (Henna), and Myrtus communis (Yass), against pathogenic bacteria isolated heavy water in hospitals that do not have plants. two studied plants were different solvents (water alcohol). Diagnosis of these Gas chromatography (GC-MS) showed the alcoholic ...