This paper focuses on the first investigation of 19th-century manufacture red lake pigments obtained from madder by Winsor & Newton (W&N), prominent artists’ colourman at that time. The approach to their was carried out studying entries company’s book P1, found in W&N 19th Century Archive Database. Eleven production records were discovered under names such as Rose Madder, Madder Car...

Manjishtha [ Rubia cordifolia Linn] from Rubiaceae family is a useful medicinal plant used in the treatment of shotha (inflammation), udar, amavat, skin disorder. In market Deshiindigenous and Irani manjishtha is available. This study is aimed at assessing the scientific evaluation of deshi and irani Rubia cordifolia in the course of pharmacognostical and phytochemical analysis, which mainly co...

Son yıllarda tekstil tasarımında geri dönüşüm ve sürdürülebilir ekolojik kaynakların gündeme gelmesi, boya bitkisi yetiştiriciliğini kullanımını da önemli hale getirmiştir. Dolayısıyla doğal lif- lerin kaynaklı boyarmaddeler ile renklendirilmesine yönelik çalışmalar daha çok ilgi çekmek- tedir. Tekstil yüzeyleri oluşturulmasında, liflerin bitkisel boyalarla istenilen şekilde boyanabilmesi, tasa...

This study was undertaken to investigate the possible effect of hydroalcoholic root extract of Rubia cordifolia against indomethacin-induced enterocolitis in rats. Male Wistar rats received vehicle or hydroalcoholic root extract of Rubia cordifolia (300 and 600 mg/kg) for 11 consecutive days. Enterocolitis was induced by subcutaneous administration of indomethacin (7.5 mg/kg) on 8(th) and 9(th)...

BACKGROUND Cisplatin is one of the most effective chemotherapeutics against a wide range of cancers including head, neck, ovarian and lung cancers. But its usefulness is limited by its toxicity to normal tissues, including cells of the kidney proximal tubule. The purpose of the present study is to investigate whether the hydro-alcoholic extract of Rubia cordifolia could decrease the intensity o...