The antifungal activity of eight different medicinal plants namely Aloe vera, Ocimum sanctum, Cenetella asiatica, Piper betle, Calotropis gigantea, Vitex negundo, Ocimum basilicum and Azadirachta indica were tested against plant pathogenic fungus (red rot disease causing agent) Colletotrichum falcatum by agar well –diffusion method. The plants leaves were extracted with various solvents like ch...

Use of repellents seems to be most reliable method of personal protection against annoyance and infections associated with haematophagous insects. We have investigated the biting activity of Simulium and tested the repellency of five essential oils extracted from Homalomena aromatica Schott (Alismatales: Araceae), Pogostemon heyneanus Bentham (Lamiales: Lamiaceae), Citrus aurantifolia Swingle (...

Vitex agnus-castus L., (Verbenaceae) traditional Chinese medicinal plant recommended for various inflammatory ailments, but its mechanism of anti-inflammatory action is still unclear. The present study reports the anti-inflammatory activities of various extracts and elucidate possible mechanism(s) with the quantification of flavonoids by RP-HPLC. The petroleum ether, ethyl acetate, methanol and...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Disease burden due to lymphatic filariasis is disproportionately high despite mass drug administration with conventional drugs. Usage of herbal drugs in traditional medicine is quite well known but largely empirical. Hence the present study was designed to screen the in vitro antifilarial effect of four herbal plants on Brugia malayi. METHODS Motility of microfilariae o...

BACKGROUND Trypanosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease with complex clinical manifestations, tedious diagnosis, and difficult treatments. The drugs available for the treatment of this endemic disease are old, expensive, and associated with other problems including safety and drug resistant parasites. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the development of new, effective, cheap, and safe d...

To investigate the effect of Flaxseeds (Flax) or vitex Agnus-castuson (Vitex), a total 180 aged hens (58 weeks age) were divided into 5 treatment groups with 36 each as followe: 2 and 3 fed basal diet supplemented 1 g Flax/kg, respectively. And group 4 2.5 Vitex/kg, While was served control group. The experiment period lasted for two months. Flax Vitex in hens’ rations resulted significant (p ≤...

Anti-inflammatory activity of Indonesian polyherbal product containing Curcuma zanthorrhiza and Vitex trifolia as the main ingredients in carrageenan- histamine-induced inflammation Wistar rats

Vitex mollis is used in traditional Mexican medicine for the treatment of some ailments. However, there are no studies on what happens to the anti-inflammatory activity or antioxidant properties and total phenolic content of leaves and stem extracts of Vitex mollis during the digestion process; hence, this is the aim of this work. Methanolic, acetonic, and hexanic extracts were obtained from bo...

Objective: Vitex negundo, commonly known as “nirgundi” is widely used in traditional as well as in folk medicines to cure many ailments such as fever, rheumatism, gum and skin diseases and liver disorders, etc. The present study evaluated the antioxidant potency of hydroethanolic extract of Vitex negundo leaves (VNE) in Freund’s complete adjuvant (FCA) induced arthritis. Methods: Acute oral tox...