Aegle marmelos Correa (Rutaceae) is a prominent species in the Sub-Himalayan region, also found in central and south India, and has been widely used as remedy for diarrhea and dysentery. Unripe fruits show antiviral activity and prove to be a potent hypoglycemic agent. In this study, a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the simultaneous quantification of major furocoumarin...

Aegle marmelos leaves have been used for treatment of various liver aliments from time immemorial. Pre-treatment of A.marmelos leaves crude powder at its therapeutic dose (1000 mg/kg body weight) was carried out to determine the efficacy on aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) (1 mg/kg body weight) induced liver toxicity in rats. The crude powder of A.marmelos was found to be a potent inducer of the phase II de...

The present paper deals with the antigenotoxic activity of Aegle marmelos fruit extracts employing short term assays i.e. the SOS chromotest using Escherichia coli PQ37 and the Comet assay in peripheral human blood lymphocytes. Methanol extract and Acetone extract were quite effective in decreasing the SOS response induced by hydrogen peroxide and aflatoxin B1 in the SOS chromotest. Methanol ex...

Either the whole plant or plant products having medicinal properties are commonly known as medicinal plants. These medicinal plants are known to possess various phytochemicals, which exhibit more bioactivities such as antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer activity, etc. In this study, Aegle marmelos was collected from Chennai, crude extract of fruit and pulp of the chosen plant was subjected fo...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the antioxidant potential in herbal extract barks of five therapeutically important medicinal plants native to India, i.e. Crataeva nurvala Buch.-Ham., Buchanania lanzan Spreng., Aegle marmelos Corr., Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC., and Cedrela toona Roxb. METHODS Standardized aqueous alcoholic extracts from the selected barks having different target radicals, such as sup...