The Plumbago genus belongs to the Plumbaginaceae family and it is known due to its variety of biological uses, most of them attributed to the presence of naphthoquinones. Plumbagin is a naturally occurring naphthoquinone that can be obtained from roots of Plumbago scandens L. In order to find out the better technique for plumbagin extraction, were applied: static maceration, dynamic maceration,...

Tuberculosis has been a serious public health problem for a long time. With the advent of anti-tubercular antibiotics in the late 1940s, the battle against tuberculosis seemed to have been won but the multi-drug resistance; re-infection and latent infection have become the major cause of concern for the treatment of tuberculosis all over the world. In the present study derivatives of Plumbagin,...

It has been reported that the shrubby perennial herb, Plumbago zeylanica (family Plumbaginaceae), possesses antimicrobial activities5. It grows in shady places of wastelands and graveyards all over Bangladesh. Roots and aerial parts principally contain an orange yellow pigment, plumbagin, a naphthoquinone and a fatty alcohol5. Its other constituents in roots are chitranone, zeylanone, dihydrost...