In the present study, aqueous and solvent extracts of leaves collected from nine mangrove plants were screened against Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) and Extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) strains. Out of nine mangrove plants Avicennia sp., Rhizophora sp., Ceriops decandra and Thillai species showed antimicrobial activi...

The Objective of this research was determination of antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of different plants of the families lamiaceae including several salvia species and some plants of the family Compositae e.g. Onopordon, Centaurea from Iran. The radical scavenging activities of the above-mentioned plants were measured spectrophotometrically using DPPH (2, 2 dipheny-pycryl-hydrazyl). The...

The Objective of this research was determination of antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of different plants of the families lamiaceae including several salvia species and some plants of the family Compositae e.g. Onopordon, Centaurea from Iran. The radical scavenging activities of the above-mentioned plants were measured spectrophotometrically using DPPH (2, 2 dipheny-pycryl-hydrazyl). The...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is an infectious communicable disease and the causative agent of the disease has over the years developed resistance to streamline chemotherapeutic agents with dire consequences and there is a need for development of new and more potent alternatives. METHODS Constituents of leaves material of Combretum heroroense, Citrus lemon and Apodytes dimidiata were serially extra...

BACKGORUND The three stages of Snehapaka formulations namely Mridu, Madhyama and Khara Paka have been characteristically advocated for different routes of administration-Nasya, Pana/Basti and Abhyanga, respectively. Guidelines or established method for post-formulation characterization for the same is hardly available. OBJECTIVE The present communication is the comparative study of Mridu, Mad...

The roots of Nardostachys jatamansi have been used as a substitute for valerian in Iranian traditions. Moreover, six species from Valeriana genus such as V. sisymbriifolia grow in Iran which has not been studied yet. We aimed to study of antioxidant effect of Valeriana officinalis, Nardostachys jatamansi and Valeriana sisymbriifolia and comparing their content of valerenic acid and valepotriate...

Plant extracts have a long history to be used in folk medicine. Cassia alata extracts are known to exert antibacterial activity but details on compounds and mechanism of action remain poorly explored. We purified and concentrated the aqueous leaf extract of C. alata by reverse phase-solid phase extraction and screened the resulting CaRP extract for antimicrobial activity. CaRP extract exhibited...