Melissa officinalis, Labiateae has been used for the treatment of several disorders including diseases of the heart, liver, brain, insanity, giddiness, gripping, muscular pain, asthma, hydrophobia, tuberculous glands, headache, and scabies. In the present study immunomodulatory property of isolated compound obtained from ethanolic extract of whole plant of Melissa officinalis was investigated. ...

Las plantas del género Baccharis son empleadas en la medicina popular de Sudamérica para el alivio y tratamiento diversas dolencias, entre ellas aquellas que cursan con procesos inflamatorios, por lo constituyen una fuente potencial compuestos actividad sobre sistema inmune. La creciente necesidad nuevos fármacos inmunomoduladora ha redirigido atención a las uso medicinal tradicional. Diver...

Septilin is a polyherbal preparation, claimed to be effective in conditions such as chronic stubborn URTI, tonsillitis, cutaneous infections, dental infections and also prescribed as a health supplement. In view of this, the present experimental study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of Septilin on different arms of the immune system. The experimental animals (male albino rats and mice) we...

Chlorophytum borivilianum Santapau & Fernandes (Liliaceae) is a very popular herb in traditional Indian medicine and constitute a group of herbs used as 'Rasayan' or adaptogen. Ethanolic extract of the roots and its sapogenin were evaluated for their immunomodulatory activity. Effect of azathioprine-induced myelosuppresion and administration of extracts on hematological and serological paramete...

The yield of steam distillation of frankincense essential oil (3%); and its physicochemical constants were determined. Capillary GC/MS technique was used for the analysis of the oil. Several oil components were identified based upon comparison of their mass spectral data with those of reference compounds published in literature or stored in a computer library. The oil was found to contain monot...