Diabetes Mellitus is characterized by elevated plasma glucose concentrations resulting from insufficient insulin. The present study was aimed to investigate the hypolipidemic effect of Coccinia indica aqueous leaf extract in alloxan induced diabetic rats. The results of this study revealed that a continuous administration of Coccinia indica extract for 21 days prevents the elevation of the leve...

Xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity has been reported from different plants such as Cinnamomum cassia, Chrysanthemum indicum, Lycopus europaeus, Polygonum cuspidatum, Acacia confuse, Coccinia grandis, Datura metel, Strychnos nux-vomica, Vitex negundo, Coccinia grandis, Vitex negundo, Fraxinus angustifolia, Pistacia lentiscus, Hyptis obtusiflora, H. lantanaefolia, Artemisia vulgaris, Caesalpini...

The aim of the present study is to find the effectiveness of reported phytocompounds from Coccinia grandis fruits against Alzheimer's disease. Acetylcholinesterase is an important target in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and it was taken as a receptor for this study. The reported phytocompounds were taken as ligand molecules and the 3D structure of human acetylcholinesterase was retrieved...

Coccinia grandis yang dikoleksi dari Jayapura memiliki dua varian berbeda pada bentuk, ukuran buah, dan corak buahnya. Pertelaan kunci determinasi kedua disajikan dalam makalah ini.

BACKGROUND Role of herbs in the management and control of diabetes has emerged fast over the years. We assessed the efficacy of Coccinia grandis (locally known as Ken, Kovakka) leaves as a hypoglycemic agent. METHODS Double-blind phase I clinical trial was conducted at the general hospital and a private hospital in Matara in August 2009. All the participants were given a common meal for dinne...

Pentastomiasis is an emerging snake-borne parasitic zoonosis in the tropics. We describe a molecular and morphological study to diagnose a cluster of asymptomatic abdominal human infections caused by Armillifer grandis. The findings may indicate a silent epidemic in a rural area where severe symptomatic ocular cases with the same parasite species have recently surfaced. Molecular diagnostics ar...

background: to study the chemical constituents and larvicidal activity of essential oil extracted from the leaves of coccinia grandis against three mosquito species. methods: essential oil was extracted by hydro distillation using clevenger apparatus and was analyzed for chemical constituents by gas chromatography-mass spectrophotometry (gc-ms). larvicidal activity was recorded after 12 and 24h...

Cucurbits are rich source of protease inhibitors. A protein of 14.3 kDa designated as Coccinia grandis protease inhibitors (CGPI) was isolated from leaves of Coccinia grandis and purified to homogeneity by ammonium sulfate precipitation, Sephadex G-75 column, DEAE Sepharose column and TrypsinSepharose affinity chromatography. The purity was checked by reversed phase chromatography. The molecula...

BACKGROUND To study the chemical constituents and larvicidal activity of essential oil extracted from the leaves of Coccinia grandis against three mosquito species. METHODS Essential oil was extracted by hydro distillation using clevenger apparatus and was analyzed for chemical constituents by gas chromatography-mass spectrophotometry (GC-MS). Larvicidal activity was recorded after 12 and 24h...

This study examined a non-insecticidal tactic for suppressing boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman, damage to cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L. In cage assays, kaolin, a reflective white mineral, applied to excised cotton squares or to the cotton foliage, initially resulted in lower levels of boll weevil injury to squares than nontreated squares. Boll weevil oviposition and feeding on ka...