BACKGROUND Xanthium indicum stem is used in folk medicine of Bangladesh to control sugar in diabetic patients and to alleviate pain. The objective of the study was to evaluate antihyperglycemic and antinociceptive activity of methanolic extract of Xanthium indicum stems (XISE) in mice. METHODS Antihyperglycemic activity was measured by oral glucose tolerance tests in glucose-loaded Swiss albi...

Kinetin and naphthaleneacetic acid were applied separately and in combination to excised leaf disks, localized areas of laminae, and petioles of detached leaves of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L., var. italica) and Xanthium (Xanthium pensylvanicum Wallr.). Senscence (measured as loss of chlorophyll) was strongly retarded by kinetin, but very slightly influenced by naphthaleneacetic acid. When th...