objective: phototoxicity is a kind of dermatitis that is activated by exposure to ultraviolet light following the administration of some drugs or natural products. artemia salina (a. salina) (brine shrimp) has been effectively applied for toxicity testing and is perfect for biological screening of many chemicals for simultaneous evaluation of toxicity and phototoxicity. the objective of this st...

Objective: Phototoxicity is a kind of dermatitis that is activated by exposure to ultraviolet light following the administration of some drugs or natural products. Artemia salina (A. salina) (brine shrimp) has been effectively applied for toxicity testing and is perfect for biological screening of many chemicals for simultaneous evaluation of toxicity and phototoxicity. The objective of this st...

A new species of Psoralea is described. Psoralea margaretiflora C.H. Stirton & V.R. Clark is endemic to the Sneeuberg Centre of Floristic Endemism, Eastern Cape, South Africa. This resprouter is characterised by its small greenish-white flowers with a small trifid purple nectar patch and translucent veins; 5(-7)-pinnate leaflets; multi-branching erect short seasonal flowering shoots; and tall h...

Fruits of Embelia drupacea known locally as Ambat are traditionally employed as laxative, antiseptic and antihelmintic and could be use as substitute for Ayurvedic drug ‘Vidanga’ Embelia ribes Burm F. ‘Vidanga’ contains as many as 35 bioactive compounds of which Embelin is most important one. Quntitation of embelin from fruits of E. drupacea also belonging to family Myrsinaceae by development a...

Fruits of Embelia drupacea known locally as Ambat are traditionally employed as laxative, antiseptic and antihelmintic and could be use as substitute for Ayurvedic drug ‘Vidanga’ Embelia ribes Burm F. ‘Vidanga’ contains as many as 35 bioactive compounds of which Embelin is most important one. Quntitation of embelin from fruits of E. drupacea also belonging to family Myrsinaceae by development a...

The Psoralea corylifolia is commonly known as babchi or bakuchi, used to cure psoriasis, leprosy, leucoderma, diabetes, indigestion, constipation, cardiac failure, coughs, asthma and osteoporosis. The present study was aimed to investigate the Physico-chemical and preliminary phytochemical screening of Psoralea corylifolia seeds. The extracts of Psoralea corylifolia seeds were prepared using di...

1984 Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 11, No. 12, December 2005 Yong-Zhen Zhang,* Cheng-Long Xiong,* Dong-Lou Xiao,* Ren-Jie Jiang,† Zhao-Xiao Wang,‡ Ling-Zhu Zhang,§ and Zhen F. Fu¶ *Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China; †Yancheng Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yanchen, China; ‡Guizhou Center for Disease Control and Preven...

Ethanolic extracts of 20 plant species, selected from the ethnobotanical literature, were analysed for their pharmacological potential as antineoplastic agents against the HEp-2 cell line. Psoralea corylifolia and E. grandidens were the most efficacious species eliciting IC50 values of 22 microg/ml and 57 microg/ml respectively. Psoralea corylifolia, additionally tested against lung carcinoma (...

A new species of Psoralea is described. Psoralea karooensis C.H. Stirt., Muasya & Vlok is endemic to mountain streams in the Klein Karoo region of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The new species is characterised by its flexuose habit of many stiff bare stems with the seasonal shoots arising apically in clusters and its greenish cream flowers borne at the apex of 10-12 mm long peduncles...