The side effects associated with the usage of synthetic antidiabetic drugs make it imperative to search for alternative drugs from medicinal plants. Therefore, this study was aimed at evaluating the α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitory potential of Calotropis procera leaf, as well as its possible mode of inhibiting these enzymes. Acetone, aqueous and ethanolic extracts of C. procera leaf was ...

Calotropis procera, a plant of family Asclepiadaceae is of immense importance as multipurpose plant with medicinal as well as traditional uses. Latex of this plant has been used to cure disease like leprosy, syphilis, inflammation, cutaneous infections, and malarial fever and in many more. In vitro culture of this pharmacologically plant is required otherwise it leads the segregated loss of des...

Study was carried out to evaluate the pathological effects of parenterally administrated “Calotropis procera extracts” in rabbits. Fresh flowery buds of C. procera were collected from the District Lahore, Pakistan. Total of 35 rabbits of either sex were purchased from the animal house of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore. Rabbits were randomly distributed in to 3 major groups...

ed by: African Index Medicus (WHO), CAB Abstracts, Index Copernicus, Global Health Abstracts, Asian Science Index, Index Veterinarius, Bioline International , African Journals online Full-text available at http://www.ajbrui.com http://www.bioline.br/md http://www.ajol.com Received: February 2007 Accepted (Revised): September 2007 Published January 2008 Full Length Research Article Antimicrobial...

It has been shown previously that the laticifer fluid of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br. is highly toxic to the egg hatching and larval development of Aedes aegypti L. In the present study, the larvicidal potential of other laticifer fluids obtained from Cryptostegia grandiflora R.Br., Plumeria rubra L. and Euphorbia tirucalli L. was evaluated. We attempted to correlate larvicidal activity with...