HISTOPATHOLOGICAL REPORT The brain section of control animals injected with PBS, shows normal configuration and architecture of cells in hippocampus (Figure: 74; a). In Aβ negative control, the hippocampal sections showed degenerated nerve cells and enlarged swollen nuclei as well as spongiform architecture. This swollen and enlargement indicates the presence of diffused plaques which is neurot...

The people of District Sukoharjo in the Midle Java Province have traditionally use medicinal plants for maintaining their health and to cure illness by using what so called Jamu Gendong. verification, validation standardization these general, as yet, are not satisfactory. In order obtain better understanding this Gendong, Study Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, Bioactivity has been carried out 3 Sub...

Rhizome extracts of some members of the medicinal Zingiberales are widely used in dietary intake as well as in the traditional system of medicine. Curcumin, the chrome orange-yellow coloring compound present in turmeric rhizomes, has long been known to possess antioxidant property. Crude methanol extracts of the rhizomes of 11 species--Alpinia allughas, A. galanga, Curcuma amada, C. caesia, C. ...

Alpinia galanga (Zingiberaceae) or lengkuas is one type of herbal plant that widely grown in SoutheastAsia. Various countries cultivate this medicinal plant, including Indonesia. This has a varietyof benefits and also be used as treatment for many diseases. Although the rhizome mostwidely studied part flower on can provide additional advantages,such antioxidant antimicrobial properties. Therefo...

Oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is the principal risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis. In this study, we used several methods to investigate the ability of the acetone extract from rhizomes, stems, leaves, flowers, pericarps and seeds of Alpinia zerumbet to inhibit atherosclerosis in vitro. The seed extract had the strongest activity against tyrosinase, pancreatic lipas...

Rhizomes of Alpinia galanga (Linn.) or 'Kha' in Thai are used in food and as folk medicine in South and Southeast Asia. The aims of this study were to identify the mechanism of cell death of human leukemic HL-60 and U937 cells induced by 4'-hydroxycinnamaldehyde (4'-HCA) isolated from A. galanga. 4'-HCA was cytotoxic to both cell lines in a dose-dependent manner (p<0.05) as demonstrated by MTT ...