Evaluation of the effect of hydroalcoholic extracts of Cassia occidentalis in mast cell degradation induced by clonidine in Rats. The effect of oral administration of hydroalcoholic extract of Cassia occidentalis leaves on clonidine induced mast cell degradation has been studied and is compared with the effect of oral administration of Sodium cromoglycate as standard on rats. A clonidine result...

Evaluation of the effect of hydroalcoholic extracts of Cassia occidentalis in paw edema induced by Carrageenan in Rats. The effect of oral administration of hydroalcoholic extract of Cassia occidentalis seeds on carrageenan induced inflammation has been studied and is compared with the effect of oral administration of Diclofenac sodium as standard on rats. A carrageenan resulted in paw edema. S...

We investigated cases of the annual seasonal outbreaks of acute hepato-myo-encephalopathy in young children in western Uttar Pradesh for causal association with Cassia occidentalis poisoning, by a prospective survey in 2006. During September-October homes of 10 consecutive cases were visited and history of eating Cassia beans was obtained in all. Nine children died within 4-5 days. There appear...

Background & Objectives. The plan of this work was to study the larvicidal activity of Cassia occidentalis (Linn.) against the larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus. These larvae are the most significant vectors. They transmit the parasites and pathogens which cause a deadly disease like filariasis, dengue, yellow fever, malaria, Japanese encephalitis, chikungunya, and so forth, which are considered...

and is of very common occurrence in all these provinces. The plant is avoided by all grazing animals, and it is curious, considering how wide its distribution, how seldom poisoning from it is seen. A Burmese girl, aged about 3 years, was found playing with about 2 dozens of the half-ripe legumes of the plant, and two hours later, about 2 P.M., she was asked by her mother what she had done with ...

The aim of the present investigation is to study different pollen parameters such as shape, size, colpa and exine ornamentation for the taxonomic assessment of the groups of plants. The pollen morphology of some plant taxa of the family Fabaceae growing in the area of Arambagh of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India were studied using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM)...

The alcoholic and aqueous extracts of five medicinal plants (Cassia fistula, Albizia lebbeck, Cassia occidentalis , Sphaeranthus indicus and Vitex nigundo) collected from Uttarakhand, North India; were evaluated for antibacterial activity by Agar diffusion method against medically important bacteria viz. B. subtilis, K. pneumonia, E. coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, S. aure...

Effect of the leaves suspension Cassia occidentalis on elimination excess iron from artificially overloaded rabbits was studied. Leaves C. (250mg/kg) were used for rabbits. Rabbits divided into three groups; five weeks and then treated with selected herb four weeks. Iron concentrations in serum body organs like heart, liver kidneys assayed all groups after overloading jectosol plus injections a...