OBJECTIVE Little knowledge is available on the antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of Coccina grandis fruits and no study has reported on its cell proliferative property. The aim of this study was to examine the antimicrobial, antioxidant and cell proliferative property of fruits of C. grandis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fruits of C. grandis were extracted using water; ethanol and acetone by ...

fruits, leaves and tuberous roots of momordicia diocia are used in india as a folk remedy for treatment of a wide range of disorders. the objective of this study was to evaluate the hepatprotective activity of the fruits of momordicia diocia by preparing different extracts and the resultant extract were screened for the hepatprotective activity. the ethyl acetate and ethanolic extracts of momor...

This thesis presents four papers, studying enumerative problems on combinatorial structures. The first paper studies Forman’s discrete Morse theory in the case where a group acts on the underlying complex. We generalize the notion of a Morse matching, and obtain a theory that can be used to simplify the description of the G-homotopy type of a simplicial complex. The main motivation is the case ...

ArisaemajacquemontiiBlume (Araceae) is reputed for its physiological properties in the folk medicine system and used in Chinese herbal medicine as anti-convulsant. Methanolic extracts of roots and fruits, the chloroform extracts of roots and shoots of ArisaemajacquemontiiBlume were investigated for immunomodulatory,antileishmanialand phytotixic activities. Immunomodulatory activitywas investiga...

The aim of the present investigation was to investigate the nephro-protective activity of fruits extracts of Rubus ellipticus (Smith) at a dose of 200 mg/kg body weight on acetaminophen (APAP) induced naphro-toxicity in male albino rats. APAP significantly increased the levels of serum creatinine, serum urea, blood urea nitrogen and kidney weight while the volume of urine reduced. The pet.ether...

Methanol extracts of Callistemon viminalis (Sol. Ex Gaertner) G.Don Ex Loudon fruits, bark and leaves were tested for molluscicidal activity. Snails were collected and kept in dechlorinated water under standard condition. Ten adults Biomphalaria Alexandrina, of the same size, were introduced in plastic acquaria for each experiment. The fruits, barks and leaves were extracted with methanol and t...

Among Vaccinium species, blueberries (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) and lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) are popular in the human diet. In this study, total phenolic, total flavonoid and total monomeric anthocyanin contents in the ethanol-water extracts of blueberry and lingonberry fruits grown wild in the forests in the central region of Poland were assayed. Antioxidant activities of the extrac...