The antiamoebic activity of water soluble fractions of the rind and flowers of Punicu grunutum has been assessed. The in vitro and in vivo studies, carried out on a virulent strain of Entamoebu histotyticu, exhibited encouraging results

The flowers of Malva sylvestris Linn. (Malvaceae) and Punica granatum Linn. (Punicaceae) are important medicinal plants in Iranian traditional medicine (Unani) whose have been used as remedy against edema, bum, wound and for their carminative, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activities. The diethyl ether extract of M. sylvestris and P. granatum flowers were used to evaluate the wound healin...

Melastoma malabathricum Linn. is a shrub that comes with beautiful pink or purple flowers and has berries-like fruits rich in anthocyanins. This study was carried out with the aim to evaluate the inhibitory activities of different concentrations of the M. malabathricum Linn. flower and fruit crude extracts against Listeria monocytogenes IMR L55, Staphylococcus aureus IMR S244, Escherichia coli ...

The present study was expected to evaluate anti diabetic activity ofethanol extracts of Bauhinia purpurea Linn plant parts Viz stem, root. Leaf and flowers in Wister rats.Diabetes mellitus was induced in rats by single intraperitoneal injection ofstreptozotocin (STZ, 50 mg/kg body weight). After STZ induction, the hyperglycemicrats were treated with all three extracts orally at the dose 200 mg/...