abstract          background and objective: according to iranian, asian, indian, and chinese traditional medicine, basil is used in the treatment of different diseases. in this study, the effect of basil on lowering the blood glucose was examined in healthy and diabetic rats.         methods: sixty wistar rats were divided into a control group(n=10), a basil receiving group (n=20) and a diabeti...

Nature has provided a complete storehouse of remedies to cure ailments of mankind. About 80% of the world's population depends wholly or partially on traditional medicine for its primary health care needs. Pharmacognosy is mainly concerned with naturally occurring substances having a medicinal action. Morphological and anatomical characters play a vital role in crude drug standardization. Howev...

Plants have been used for the treatment of various diseases for thousands of years. Plants and plant-products are good sources of medications and provide raw materials for modern pharmaceuticals used for various ailments. Ocimum sanctum and Ocimum gratissimumis known to be an important medicinal plants from the ancient period in India. Thisstudy was carried out to investigate the phytochemical ...

The present experiment was designed to make a systematic study of experimentally induced immunotoxicity of endosulfan and its amelioration with Ocimum sanctum in male Wistar rats at 6, 3 and 1.5 mg / Kg b.wt to groups II, III and IV by mixing in ground nut oil for 6 weeks. To the groups V, VI and VII in addition to endosulfan as above mentioned dose, Ocimum sanctum was given at 200 mg / kg b.wt...

Ocimum sanctum is a medicinal plant which has been used studied for various properties and used in various conditions.In the present study, ocimum sanctum was investigated for its effects against swimming stress induced ulcers in albino rats. The effects were compared with ranitidine. The leaf extract of ocimum sanctum showed significant antiulcer activity in the dose of 100 mg/kg and 200 mg/kg...

The anti-trypanosomal effects of aqueous extract of the leaf of Ocimum gratissimum were evaluated in both in-vitro and in-vivo studies. The anti-trypanosomal activity of the extract against Trypanosoma brucei was investigated in-vitro. The survival and motility of the trypanosomes were completely inhibited within two hours of incubation in various concentrations of the extract. Parasite surviva...

Article history: Received on: 02/11/2015 Revised on: 17/01/2016 Accepted on: 10/02/2016 Available online: 28/05/2016 Ocimum sanctum (Lamiaceae) commonly known as tulsi, is well known for its excellent nutritional and medicinal values throughout the world. The present study was undertaken to test the effect of methanolic extract of Ocimum sanctum leaves (50, 100 and 200mg/kg, p.o) on psychosis e...

The present investigation was conducted to determine the effect of PBZ and ABA on total phenol contents in different parts of Ocimum sanctum. Paclobutrazol (PBZ) a triazole fungicide, having plant growth regulator (PGR) properties, is reported to inhibit gibberellic acid biosynthesis and increase in abscisic acid and cytokinin contents. So, it necessitates the need to investigate the efficacy o...