Lagerstroemia speciosa known as “natural plant insulin” effective on the treatment of diabetes due to its insulin-like activity, and because of other bioactive components has been widely exploited from its natural habitat and hence shows a decline in population along with low regeneration. Flowering and fruiting phenology in 10 natural populations across Southern Western Ghats, India was observ...

air pollutants are reported to increase the specific ige response to allergens. to study allergen proteins and determine the effect of air pollutants on the allergenic potential of pollen extracts, the extracts were injected intraperitoneally and subcutaneously in guinea pigs. the results were analyzed by skin prick test (spt), elisa and sds-page followed by immunoblotting. the pollen extract o...

Palaeobotanical investigations were conducted on plant macrofossils obtained from the Middle Siwalik sediments of Sarkaghat, Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh, India as part this current communication. This study discovered existence two previously unknownfossil species that correspond to taxa are now living, Lagerstroemia Linn. and Millettia Wight & Arn. families Lythraceae Fabaceae, respec...

The purpose of this research was to construct a nursing care concept, based on the understanding of nurses and students from an undergraduate course. This is a qualitative study. A focus group was used to construct a nursing care concept for use in undergraduate teaching. The research was carried out at Faculdade Católica Rainha do Sertão in Quixadá, CE, Brazil, from August to December 2007. Th...

Medicinal plants in genus Lagerstroemia were investigated for phytochemical contents by GC-MS and HPLC with ethanol and hexane extracts and their toxicity MTT and comet assay on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). γ-Sitosterol is the major component found in all species at 14.70-34.44%. All of the extracts, except for L. speciosa ethanol extract, showed high percentages of cell vi...

Objective: DLBS3233 is a standardized extract combination containing Lagerstroemia speciosa and Cinnamomum burmannii. The effect of DLBS3233 on adipocyte differentiation was examined in this study. Methods: 3T3-L1 pre-adipocyte was used to investigate gene expression using the real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RTPCR) method. Oil red-O staining for detecting lipid format...