BACKGROUND Eight medicinal plants were tested for their antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. Different extraction methods were also tested for their effects on the bioactivities of the medicinal plants. METHODS Eight plants, namely Herba Polygonis Hydropiperis (Laliaocao), Folium Murraya Koenigii (Jialiye), Rhizoma Arachis Hypogea (Huashenggen), Herba Houttuyniae (Yuxingcao), Epipremnum ...

Nanoparticles have a size of 1nm-100nm in any one the three dimensions. Smaller nanoparticles different physical, chemical and biological properties than atoms molecules. Metals, non-oxide ceramic materials, metal oxides, silicates, polymers, organic biomolecular components can be used to create material nanoparticles. come various shapes, like spheres, platelets, cylinders, tubes. Green synthe...

A laboratory experiment was conducted to investigate the efficacy of different plant derivatives against the development of the cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus (F) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) fed on cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (W) seeds. The leaf extracts of romatic plants, Murraya koenigii and Azadirachta indica (A.Juss) were evaluated for their growth, adult mortality and oviposition inhibi...

BACKGROUND Inhibition of the proteolytic activity of 26S proteasome, the protein-degrading machine, is now considered a novel and promising approach for cancer therapy. Interestingly, proteasome inhibitors have been demonstrated to selectively kill cancer cells and also enhance the sensitivity of tumor cells to chemotherapeutic agents. Recently, polyphenols/flavonoids have been reported to inhi...

The investigation was conducted with methanolic extract of Murraya koenigii L for its anti bacterial, phytochemical screening and antioxidant capacities. Antibacterial activity of the extract was evaluated against various Grampositive and Gram-negative bacteria using agar well diffusion technique. For phytocehmical screening such as flavonoids. alkaloids, resins, glycosides, tannins, saponins, ...

The traditional use of Murraya koenigii as Asian folk medicine prompted us to investigate its wound healing ability. Three carbazole alkaloids (mahanine (1), mahanimbicine (2), mahanimbine (3)), essential oil and ethanol extract of Murraya koenigii were investigated for their efficacy in healing subcutaneous wounds. Topical application of the three alkaloids, essential oil and crude extract on ...