Ethnopharmacological relevance: Bombax costatum Pellegr. et Vuillet. (Bombacaceaea) is a plant used in traditional medicine Cameroon to treat memory impairment, anxiety, insomnia and agitation. Aim of the study: The aqueous extract evaluated for its anxiolytic like effect mice using experimental models. Materials methods: administered orally mice. They were tested one hour later stress-induced ...

Background & Aim: Chorisia is an important Bombacaceous plant that is traditionally used for a variety of ailments. Due to its richness in several bioactive phytocompounds, some Chorisia species showed a wide range of important biological effects. Accordingly, the present work was undertaken to comparatively evaluate the antioxidant potential and effects on adipogenesis of <em...

Background & Aim: Chorisia is an important Bombacaceous plant that is traditionally used for a variety of ailments. Due to its richness in several bioactive phytocompounds, some Chorisia species showed a wide range of important biological effects. Accordingly, the present work was undertaken to comparatively evaluate the antioxidant potential and effects on adipogenesis of <em...

Performance of seedlings of seven rain forest, canopy dominant Shorea species was studied in a transplant experiment in forest sites a t three different elevations (low, mid and high) M-ithin the humid zone of southlt-est Sri Lanka. Five species generally inhabit lo~vto mid-elevations, one at midand lo~ver montane elevations, and one exclusively at lower montane elevations. Temperature, rainfal...