The methanol extracts of leaves, flowers, stem and root barks of Cassia alata showed a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity. The activity was increased on fractionation (petrol, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate), the dichloromethane fraction of the flower extract being the most effective. No activity was shown against tested moulds.

Cassia alata belongs to the family Caesalpiniaceae. Leaf extract of this plant have been reported that it posses medicinal property and used against ringworm, scabies, ulcers and other skin disease such as pruritis, eczema and itching. Many reports are available on the antimicrobial activity of the plant extracts. The aim of the present work was to estimate the antibacterial activity of the of ...

Cassia auriculata is widely distributed even in poor soil in Sri Lanka, India, Burma and cultivated in tropics. Based on Physical and Chemical methods, the flower of C. auriculata was found to contain a flavonol glycoside 5-O-methylquercetin 7-O-glucoside. The 50% acetone extract of the flower of C. auriculata showed marked anti-inflammatory activity (56%) in carrageenin induced oedema in rats.

Investigation of the effects of the extract from C. singueana leaves on stomach hydrochloric acid (Hcl) production following histamine administration and on gastric emptying was carried out in rats. Cassia singueana extract (CSE) at 250 and 750 mg/kg significantly (p<0.050) decreased both gastric free-Hcl and total acids as well as the quantity of meal emptied from the stomach when compared wit...

BACKGROUND Infectious diseases due to multidrug-resistant bacteria are one of the causes of treatment failures contributing to an increase in mortality and/or morbidity. In this study, we evaluated the antibacterial potential of different parts of six medicinal plants namely Alstonia boonei, Ageratum conyzoides, Croton macrostachys, Cassia obtusifolia, Catharanthus roseus and Paullinia pinnata ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the antioxidant activities of various parts (barks, buds, and leaves) of Cinnamomum cassia extracted with ethanol and supercritical fluid extraction (SFE). For the antioxidant activity comparison, IC50 values of the SFE and ethanol extracts in the DPPH scavenging assay were 0.562-10.090 mg/mL and 0.072-0.208 mg/mL, and the Trolox equivalent antioxidant c...

The repellent activity of methanol extracts from 23 aromatic medicinal plant species and a steam distillate against female blood-starved Aedes aegypti was examined in the laboratory by skin test and compared with that of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (deet). Responses varied according to plant species. At a dose of 0.1 mg/cm2, the repellency of extracts of Cinnamomum cassia bark (91%), Nardostachys c...

The ethanol extract of heartwood from Cassia garrettiana had strong anti-HIV-1 integrase (IN) activity with an IC50 value of 3.0 μg/mL. Therefore, its fractions and compounds were investigated for their anti-HIV-1 IN effect using the multiplate integration assay (MIA). From bioassay-guided isolation, the ethyl acetate fraction was then separated to give five compounds which are chrysophanol (1)...