Background: It seems that Vinca. herbacea has an anti-tumor effect. Here, the immunotherapeutic effect of this compound is assessed against human ovarian cancer (SKOV3) cells because of the high incidence of this tumor in women. Materials and Methods: The cytotoxic activity of V. herbacea extract against human ovarian cancer (SKOV3) cells was determined by MTT assay. The apoptosis-inducing pote...

indole ahloids of vinca species are valued greatly in medical sciences, one reason being for their use as powerful anticancer agents. there are four species of vinca in iran: v. rosea, v. major, v. minor and v. herbacea. in previous investigations, we found that these plants have considerable alkaloid similarity (58.8- 75%). therefore, chromosomic and electrophuretic studies followed after inve...

Indole ahloids of Vinca species are valued greatly in medical sciences, one reason being for their use as powerful anticancer agents. There are four species of Vinca in Iran: V. rosea, V. major, V. minor and V. herbacea. In previous investigations, we found that these plants have considerable alkaloid similarity (58.8- 75%). Therefore, chromosomic and electrophuretic studies followed after i...

On direct comparison by TLC and IR we established that the alkaloids A-5 and A-4, first isolated from Vinca herbacea W. K . 1 are identical to the oxindole alkaloid majdine (I), later isolated from Vinca major L. 2' 3 and with its isomer isomajdine (II), prepared by heating of (I) in acetic anhydride 2. Based upon some spectroscopic evidence it was claimed2, that majdine was a diastereomer of c...

To control blood glucose level as close to normal is a major goal of treatment of diabetes mellitus. Hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia are the major risk factors for cardiovascular complications, the major cause of immature death among the patients with type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this study is to determine the hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of Salicornia herbacea in animal model of ...

Bone-related complications are among the highest concerning metabolic diseases in the modern world. Bone fragility and susceptibility to fracture increase with age and diseases like osteoporosis. Elevated adipogenesis in bone results in osteoporosis and loss of bone mass when coupled with lack of osteoblastogenesis. In this study the potential effect of Salicornia herbacea extract against osteo...

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don is a plant which produces anticancer and anti-mitotic indole alkaloids. Colchicine is an anti-mitotic drug. Anti-mitotic effects of Vinca herbacea Waldst. & Kit. indole alkaloids is unknown. The study were evaluated the antimitotic effect of alkaloids of V. herbacea, Catharanthus roseus andcolchicineon mitosis and microtubule arrangement of human blood cells. In t...

Antibacterial and antioxidant activity, total phenolic and flavonoid concentrations of aqueous, ethanol and ethyl acetate extracts from the leaves and flowers of Erica herbacea L. were studied. In vitro antibacterial activity of the extracts was determined by macrodilution method. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) have been determined. Testing w...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to observe the effects of Salicornia herbacea L. powder ingestion on carbohydrate metabolism in STZ-induced diabetic rats. METHODS To achieve this objective, 35 Sprague-Dawley male rats were raised with feed mixed with Salicornia herbacia L. powder and given specific periods to swim for 5 weeks. There was no significant difference in the insulin increase r...

Cancer is deadliest disease ever known. Vinca extract has the potential and beneficial in treating various cancer conditions. However, till date no known syrup of plant or its been formulated. a debilitated condition formulation evaluation herbal alcoholic vinca may serve patient compliance ease administration by oral route. The was formulated using Vinca. Syrups are easy to formulate help over...