Alcohol and aqueous extracts from the leaves of Argemone mexicana were investigated for their anthelmintic activity against Pheretima posthuma and Ascardia galli. Five concentrations (6.25, 12.5, 25, 50 and 100 mg/ml) of each extracts were studied in activity, which involved the determination of time of paralysis and time of death of the worms. Both the extracts exhibited significant anthelmint...

and analgesic activities of Argemone mexicana Linn. (Papaveraceae) aqueous leaf extract# SOURABIE T.S., N. OUEDRAOGO, W.R. SAWADOGO, J.B. NIKIEMA, I.P. GUISSOU and O. G. NACOULMA 1 : Département Médecine Pharmacopée Traditionnelles/Pharmacie, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (MEPHATRA/PH-IRSS), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 2 : Unité de Formation et de Recherche/Sciences de la Santé (...

In vivo and in vitro sublethal exposure of abrin, glycyrrhizin (active component of Abrus precatorius seed and root), sanguinarine, protopine (Argemone mexicana seed) and oleandrin (Nerium indicum leaf) inhibited the acetylcholinesterase, lactic dehydrogenase, acid and alkaline phosphatase activity in the nervous tissue of Lymnaea acuminata. The succinic dehydrogenase activity in the nervous ti...

this experiment was conducted to evaluate the seed storage protein of seven different species of papaver in ardabil province, iran by sds-page method. by scoring banding patterns data, a total of 20 loci were identified in the species. maximum number of protein band (17 bands) was belonged to p. bracteatum and p. rhoease. minimum number of protein band (13 bands) was related to the species of p...