wtorek, 31 stycznia 2012

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (31-33), 2011

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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (31), 2011



Contents:

Review



Ali Ghasemzadeh and Neda Ghasemzadeh

Flavonoids and phenolic acids: Role and biochemical activity in plants and human



Research Articles



Dougnon J. T., Edorh A. P., Bankole H. S., Kpodekon M. and Gbenou J.

Efficiency of ethanol extract of Moringa oleifera lam leaves for the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infections in chicks


A. B. Aliyu, A. M. Musa, M. S. Abdullahi, M. A. Ibrahim, M. B. Tijjani, M. S. Aliyu and A. O. Oyewale

Activity of saponin fraction of Anisopus mannii against some pathogenic microorganisms


Deny Susanti, Muhammad Taher, Nissad Attoumani and Farediah Ahmad

Free radical scavenging and antibacterial activities of Malaysian guttiferae plants


Faten Medini, Riadh Ksouri, Hanen Falleh, Wided Megdiche, Najla Trabelsi and Chedly Abdelly

Effects of physiological stage and solvent on polyphenol composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Limonium densiflorum


Yi Bi, Jingwei Tian, Chunmei Ji, Jiangfeng Zhang, Nan Wang, Naicai Jiang, Haijun Sun and Qingguo Meng

Ocotillol-type derivatives (II) synthesis and protective effects on cultured anoxia/reoxygen injury myocardiocytes


Rashmi, K. P. Singh and Suchita Arya

Phytochemical profile and evaluation of insecticidal efficacy of Calotropis procera against defoliators


Yi Cheng, Chang-Ho Kim, Dong-Il Shin, Seong-Min Kim, Han-Mo Koo and Yong-Jin Park

Development of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers to study diversity in the herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora)


Neelam Singh, Mukesh Kumar Meena and Vidya Patni

In vitro rapid multiplication of a highly valuable medicinal plant Naringi crenulata (Roxb.) Nicolson


Yan Shen, Wei-Jun Chen, Xin-Tao Lei, Hong-Bo Shao, Min-MinTang and Yan Li

Effects of plant growth regulators and temperature on seed germination of yellow nut-sedge (Cyperus esculentus L.)


Xiao-yang Wang, Li-ping Liu, Rui-xin Zhu, Ting-guo Kang, Ling-jiang Tong, Hua Xie and Hong-bing Wang

Cytotoxic activities of some selected medicinal plants of the genus Euphorbia


Barbara Kołodziej, Radosław Kowalski and Bogdan Kędzia

Antibacterial and antimutagenic activity of extracts aboveground parts of three Solidago species: Solidago virgaurea L., Solidago canadensis L. and Solidago gigantea Ait.


Abdoulaye Touré, Calixte Bahi, Karamoko Ouattara, Joseph Alico Djama and Adama Coulibaly

Phytochemical screening and in vitro antifungal activities of extracts of leaves of Morinda morindoides (Morinda, Rubiaceae)


Kazhila C. Chinsembu, Marius Hedimbi and Wellencia C. Mukaru

Putative medicinal properties of plants from the Kavango region, Namibia


Han-Yeol Yang, Sang-Wook Lim and Seung-Cheol Lee

Protective effect of far-infrared treated rice hull extract on lipid peroxidation in phospholipid bilayer


Wen-yi Kang, Yuan-yuan Li, Xue-zhu Gu, Qi-tai Xu and Xuan Huang

Antioxidant activities, a-glucosidase inhibitory effect in vitro and antihyperglycemic of Trapa acornis shell in alloxan-induced diabetic rats


Mohajeri Daryoush, Amouoghli Tabrizi Bahram, Doustar Yousef and Nazeri Mehrdad

Brassica rapa L. extract alleviate early hepatic injury in alloxan-induced diabetic rats


Pornkamon Sakong, Tueanjit Khampitak, Ubon Cha’on, Chadamas Pinitsoontorn, Pote Sriboonlue, Puangrat Yongvanit and Patcharee Boonsiri

Antioxidant activity and bioactive phytochemical contents of traditional medicinal plants in northeast Thailand


Bancha Yingngam, Nuttapun Supaka and Wandee Rungseevijitprapa

Estrogen-like activities and cytotoxicity effects of Thai herbal medicines as natural ingredients in anti-ageing


Ogunmoyole T., Kade I. J. and Korodele B.

In vitro antioxidant properties of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of walnut (Juglans regia)


Zheng Zhu, Qiao-Yan Zhang, Lu-Ping Qin, Han-Chen Zheng, Zai-Xing Chen, Dong-Fang Zhang, Li-Hong Li, Xin Jin, Chang-Ji Yuan and Yu-Shan Li

Comparative pharmacokinetics of icariin in plasma after oral administration of Er-Xian decoction or pure icariin in rats


Nahid Mahmoud AL Ameen, Faisal Altubaigy, Tamanna Jahangir, Idriss Abdalla Mahday, Esmaeel Abdurrahman Mohammed and Omer Abdel Aziz Musa

Effect of Nigella sativa and bee honey on pulmonary, hepatic and renal function in Sudanese in Khartoum state


Benmehdi Houcine, Azzi Rachid, Djaziri Rabah, Lahfa Farid, Benariba Nabila and Tabti Boufeldja

Effect of saponosides crude extract isolated from Citrullus Colocynthis (L.) seeds on blood glucose level in normal and streptozotocin induced diabetic rats


Hédia Hannachi, Walid Elfalleh, Imen Ennajeh, Mejda Laajel, Mohamed-Larbi Khouja, Ali Ferchichi and Nizar Nasri

Chemicals profiling and antioxidants activities of Acacia seeds


Lan Cheng, Zhongzhe Cheng, Haixing liu, Hui Zhang, Wenjie Zhang, Yang Du, Yunjiao Wang, Haibo Li, Xixiang Ying and Tingguo Kang

Liquid chromatographic (LC) determination of four bioactive compounds in the Portulaca oleracea L.


A.Sivakumar and G. Jayaraman

Anti-tuberculosis activity of commonly used medicinal plants of south India


M. S. H. Akash, K. Rehman, F. Rasool, A. Sethi, M. A. Abrar, A. Irshad, A. Abid and G. Murtaza

Alternate therapy of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with Nigella (Ranunculaceae)


Yuejin Zhang, Yalin Qin, Zhen Wang, Lijun Guo, Xin Chen, Zongsuo Liang and Hongbo Guo

DNA isolation and optimization of sequence-related amplified polymorphism-polymerase chain reaction (SRAP-PCR) condition for endangered Polyporus umbellatus


Jianxin Chen, Xueling Ma, Huihui Zhao, Ying Yang, Jing Han, Shuzhen Guo, Bing Liu, Jian Ni and Wei Wang

Biological effects based quality control of a traditional Chinese medicine


Liu Wei, Li Feng, Zhuang Li and Zhang Zhen-Qiu

Comparison of the tissue distributions of flavonoids after oral administration of pure baicalin, Radix scutellariae and Scutellariae-Paeoniae couple extracts to rats


Rainer W. Bussmann and Ashley Glenn

Traditional knowledge for modern ailments – plants used for the treatment of diabetes and cancer in Northern Peru


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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (32), 2011


Contents:

Review



M. Akram, M. Saim Jamil, Zahid Mehmood, Muhammad Akram, Muhammad Khurram Waqas, Zafar Iqbal, Aubid Allah Khan and H. M. Asif

Flavonoids and phenolic acids: Role and biochemical activity in plants and human


M. Akram, Muhammad Irfanullah Siddiqui, Naveed Akhter, Muhammad Khurram Waqas, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Akram, Aubid Allah Khan, Asadullah Madni and H.M. Asif

Herbal treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: A review



Research Articles



Saadat Parhizkar, Latiffa A. Latiff, Sabariah Abdul Rahman, Rashid Ibrahim, Mohammad and Aziz Dollah

In vivo estrogenic activity of Nigella sativa different extracts using vaginal cornification assay


Xiaoli Zhou, Shaoning Cheng, Yanli Yang, Yiming Zhou, Wen Tang, Xiaojing Zhang, Qing Wang and Zongjie Li

Toward a novel understanding of buckwheat self-defensive strategies during seed germination and preliminary investigation on the potential pharmacological application of its malting products


Sasidhar Pasumarthi, Murali Krishna Chimata, Chellu S. Chetty and Suresh Challa

Screening of phytochemical compounds in selected medicinal plants of Deccan Plateau and their viability effects on Caco-2 cells


Chun Xiao, Qingpin Wu, Jianbin Tan, Wen Cai, Xiaobing Yang and Jumei Zhang

Inhibitory effects on ?-glucosidase and hypoglycemic effects of the crude polysaccharides isolated from 11 edible fungi


Necdet Camas and Omer Caliskan

Breaking of seed dormancy in Hypericum leptophyllum Hochst., an endemic Turkish species


Mahdi Valiei, Ali Shafaghat and Farshid Salimi

Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the flower and root hexane extracts of Althaea officinalis in Northwest Iran


Thanchanok Muangman, Wichet Leelamanit and Prapaipat Klungsupaya

Crude proteins from pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp) possess potent SOD-like activity and genoprotective effect against H2O2 in TK6 cells


Richa Sharma, Gajanand Sharma and Meenakshi Sharma

Additive and inhibitory effect of antifungal activity of Curcuma longa (Turmeric) and Zingiber officinale (Ginger) essential oils against Pityriasis versicolor infections


Reena Parida and Yogamaya Dhal

A study on the micro-propagation and antioxidant activity of Piper longum (an important medicinal plant)


Luciana N. Andrade, Josemar S. Batista and Damiao P. de Sousa

Spasmolytic activity of p-menthane esters


Ji-wen Sheng, Dong-mei Liu, Zhi-jian Li, Li Qi and Wei-fen Zhang

Bioactivity-guided fractionation for antioxidant property of Athyrium multidentatum (Doll) Ching. rhizome


Mona Abdel Latif Khalil and Saad Mohamed Hussein Ayoub

Analysis of the essential oil of Vetiveria nigritana (Benth.) Stapf root growing in Sudan


Durre Shahwar, Sami Ullah, Muhammad Asam Raza, Uzma Sana, Asma Yasmeen, Sadia Ghafoor and Naeem Ahmad

Acetylcholine esterase and antioxidant potential of some members of Asteraceae and Euphorbiaceae


Mustaq Ahmed, Noor Aslam, Rahmat Ali Khan, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Farid Ullah Khan, Abdus SaboorShah and Mir Sadiq Shah

Antimicrobial activity of crude methanolic extract of Periploca aphylla


W. S. Jung, I. M. Chung, S. H. Kim, M. Y. Kim, A. Ahmad and N. Praveen

In vitro antioxidant activity, total phenolics and flavonoids from celery (Apium graveolens) leaves


Haroon Khan, Shafiq Ahmad Tariq and Murad Ali Khan

Biological and phytochemical studies on corms of Colchicum luteum Baker


Haitian Zhao, Zhenyu Wang, Cuilin Cheng, Lei Yao, Lu Wang, Weihong Lu, Xin Yang and Fengming Ma

In-vitro free radical scavenging activities of anthocyanins from three berries


Vinay Kumar, A. K. Bhatnagar and J. N. Srivastava

Antibacterial activity of crude extracts of Spirulina platensis and its structural elucidation of bioactive compound


A. Ghasemi Pirbalouti, B. Hamedi, F. Malek Poor, E. Rahimi, and R. Nasri Nejhad

Inhibitory activity of Iranian endemic medicinal plants against Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio harveyi


Zhili Xu, Xiansheng Meng, Mingbo Zhang and Tingguo Kang

Bi-directional regulation of ginsenoside Re on smooth muscle myosin of gizzard


Yongzhan Bao, Wanyu Shi and Jianhua Qin

Effects of Chinese herbal formula “Kangshu I” on the blood heat shock protein (HSP70) and levels of some hormones in heat-stressed cows


H. Abbaspour, S. Saeidi-Sar and H. Afshari

Improving drought tolerance of Pistacia vera L. seedlings by arbuscular mycorrhiza under greenhouse conditions


M. Akram, Muhammad Irfanullah Siddiqui, Naveed Akhter, Muhammad Khurram Waqas, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Akram, Aubid Allah Khan, Asadullah Madni, H. M. Asif

Ethnobotanical survey of common medicinal plants used by people of district Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (33), 2011


Contents:

Review



Rocha R. P., Melo E. C. and Radünz L. L.

Influence of drying process on the quality of medicinal plants: A review


Maryam Haghighi and Maryam Mozafariyan

The introduction of extinct endemic vegetables of Iran


Roohi Aslam, Nazish Bostan, Nabgha-e-Amen, Maleeha Maria and Waseem Safdar

A critical review on halophytes: Salt tolerant plants


Irwandi Jaswir, Dedi Noviendri, Reno Fitri Hasrini and Fitri Octavianti

Carotenoids: Sources, medicinal properties and their application in food and nutraceutical industry


Mohamed Abdalla Estai, Farihah Suhaimi, Ahmad Nazrun Shuid, Srijit Das and Ima-Nirwana Soelaiman

The use of traditional treatment modalities with special mention of Piper sarmentosum in treatment of bone fracture


Zhou Chen-Guang, Yang Jing-Li, Liu Li-Kun, Liang Cheng-Nan, Xia De-An and Li Cheng-Hao

Research progress in somatic embryogenesis of Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus Maxim.)


Irwandi Jaswir and Hammed A. Monsur

Anti-inflammatory compounds of macro algae origin: A review


Nema R. and Garg H. K.

Certain medicinal plants have anticancer potential


Swapna M.M, Prakashkumar R., Anoop K.P., Manju C.N. and Rajith N.P

A review on the medicinal and edible aspects of aquatic and wetland plants of India


Ismail Adam Arbab, Ahmad Bustamam Abdul, Mohamed Aspollah, Rasedee Abdullah, Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab, Syam Mohan and A. H. A. Abdelmageed

Clausena excavata Burm. f. (Rutaceae): A review of its traditional uses, pharmacological and phytochemical properties


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poniedziałek, 30 stycznia 2012

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (26-30), 2011

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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (26), 2011


Contents:

Review



Sun Yan-Lin, Liu Lin-De and Hong Soon-Kwan

Eleutherococcus senticosus as a crude medicine: Review of biotechnological effects


A. Maroyi and L. J. G. van der Maesen

Gloriosa superba L. (family Colchicaceae): Remedy or poison?


Muhammad Akram, Naveed Akhtar, H. M. Asif, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah, Tariq Saeed, Arshad Mahmood and Nadia Shamshad Malik

Treatment of premenstrual syndrome



Research Articles



Mohd Fahami Nur Azlina, Yusof Kamisah, Reeny FA Rahman and Othman Faizah

Piper sarmentosum Roxb protects lungs against oxidative stress induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats


Jegede I. A., Ibrahim, J. A. and Kunle O. F.

Phytochemical and pharmacognostic studies of the leaf and stem-bark of Anthocleista vogelii (Planch)


Muhammad Azam Khan, Shahzad Akbar Khan, Muhammad Akhtar Qureshi, Gulzar Ahmed, Mir Ajab Khan, Mazhar Hussain and Ghulam Mujtaba Ghulam

Ethnobotany of some useful plants of Poonch Valley Azad Kashmir


Jin-Jie MA, Li-Ping KANG, Wen-Bin ZHOU, He-Shui YU, Ping LIU and Bai-Ping MA

Identification and characterization of saponins in extract of Ziziphi spinosae Semen (ZSS) by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-quadrupole time-of-?ight tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-QTOF-MSE)


Milić MATOVIĆ, Biljana BOJOVIĆ and MARINA JUŠKOVIĆ

Composition of essential oils from three classes of juniper fruit from Serbia


Sadia Ata, Faiza Farooq and Shabnam Javed

Elemental profile of 24 common medicinal plants of Pakistan and its direct link with traditional uses


Muhammad Shehzad, Asif Tanveer, Muhammad Ayub, Khuram Mubeen, Naeem Sarwar, Muhammad Ibrahim and Imran Qadir

Effect of weed-crop competition on growth and yield of garden cress (Lepidium sativum L.)


Pansa Monkheang, Runglawan Sudmoon, Tawatchai Tanee, Kowit Noikotr, Nat Bletter and Arunrat Chaveerach

Species diversity, usages, molecular markers and barcode of medicinal Senna species (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae) in Thailand


Fadlina Chany Saputri and Ibrahim Jantan

Effects of selected medicinal plants on human low-density lipoprotein oxidation, 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radicals and human platelet aggregation


Tsu-Shing Wang, Chong-Kuei Lii, Yuan-Ching Huang, Jen-Yun Chang and Fang-Yue Yang

Anticlastogenic effect of aqueous extract from water yam (Dioscorea alata L.)


Chih-Chien Lin, Chao-Hsun Yang, Pey-Shiuan Wu, Chang-Chin Kwan and Yi-Shyan Chen

Antimicrobial, anti-tyrosinase and antioxidant activities of aqueous aromatic extracts from forty-eight selected herbs


Ahmad Yari Khosoushahi, Hossein Naderi-Manesh and Yadollah Omidi

Effects of Camellia sinensis L. extract and cysteine on browning, growth and paclitaxel production of subcultured Taxus brevifolia L. calli


Yashwant S. Rawat and Colin S. Everson

Inula racemosa Hook. f: A potential medicinal crop in the cold desert agro-ecosystem of North Western Himalaya, India


Riffat Ayesha, Noreen Fatima, Misbah Ruqayya, Hina Faheem, Khalid Mahmood Qureshi, Ishfaq Ahmad Hafiz, Khalid Saifullah Khan, Usman Ali and Atif Kamal

Influence of different growth media on the fruit quality and reproductive growth parameters of strawberry (Fragaria ananassa)


Mohammed Adefa Seid and Berhanu Abraha Tsegay

Ethnobotanical survey of traditional medicinal plants in Tehuledere district, South Wollo, Ethiopia


Uzma Bashir, Arshad Javaid and Rukhsana Bajwa

Comparative tolerance of different rice varieties to sunflower phytotoxicity


Akhtar Rasul, Naveed Akhtar, Barkat Ali Khan, Tariq Mahmood, Shahiq uz Zaman, Atif Ali, Haji M. Shoaib Khan and Rashida Parveen

Evaluation for antierythmic and depigmenting effects of a newly formulated emulsion containing basil extract


Riaz Ullah

Immunomodulatory activities of different crude fractions of Nepeta juncea


H. M. Asif, M. Akram, Shahab Uddin, Zahoor Ul Hasan, Abdul Sami, Asif Iqbal, Umar Tauseef and Abdul Bari

Myrtus communis Linn. (Pharmacological activity)




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (27), 2011


Contents:

Research Articles



Sergio Mota-Fernández, José David Álvarez-Solis, Miguel Abud-Archila, Luc Dendooven and Federico A. Gutiérrez-Miceli

Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and phosphorus concentration on plant growth and phenols in micropropagated Aloe vera L. plantlets


Soo-Hyun Park, Yun-Beom Sim, Seon-Mi Kim, Yu-Jung Kang, Jin-Koo Lee, Soon-Sung Lim, Jin-Kyu Kim and Hong-Won Suh

Antinociceptive profiles and mechanisms of orally administered Aster Koraiensis extract in the mouse


KADJA Amani Brice, MAMYRBÉKOVA-BÉKRO Janat Akhanovna, BENIE Anoubilé, BOUA Boua Benson, N’GAMAN Kohué Christelle and BEKRO Yves-Alain

Erythrophleum africanum Afzel. (Caesalpiniaceae), an African toothpick: Phytochemical screening, total flavonoid content and antioxidant activity


Baolin Bian, Agnieszka Lower-Nedza, Jianfang Song, Hongjie Wang and Adelheid Brantner

Validation of a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the quality control of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) formulation, Traditional Chinese formula Huanglianjiedutang (HLJDT)


Jinwei Xia, Xiuzhen Zhang, Xiyun Ye, Jiang Liu, Lishan Wang and Yuan Zhong

Intervention study of Ginkgo biloba extract in rat model of lipid-induced insulin resistance


Daniel Zin Hua Wong and Habsah Abdul Kadir

Antioxidative and neuroprotective effects of Loranthus parasiticus (L.) Merr (Loranthaceae) against oxidative stress in NG108-15 cells


S. Habib Naqvi, M. Umar Dahot, M. Rafiq, M. Yakoub Khan, Imran Ibrahim, Khalid H. Lashari, Asghar Ali and A. L. Korai

Anti-microbial efficacy and biochemical analysis from different parts of Acacia nilotica L. and Ricinus communis L. extracts


Jegede, A., Oladosu, P., Ameh, S., Kolo, I., Izebe, K., Builders, P., Yahaya T., Okhale, S., Mustapha, B., Busu, S., Shittu, H. and Gamaniel, K.

Status of management of diabetes mellitus by traditional medicine practitioners in Nigeria


El-Adawi H., El-Azhary D., Abd El-Wahab A. and El-Shafeey M. and Abdel-Mohsen M.

Protective effect of milk thistle and grape seed extracts on fumonisin B1 induced hepato- and nephro-toxicity in rats


Heng Zhao, Yang Zhang, Bo Liu, Ke Meng and Chunyan Wang

Effects of salidroside on the protection of diabetic encephalopathy and improvement of abilities of learning and memory in rat


Kuipo Yan, Yong Guo, Zhihua Xing, Xing Wei, Shengping Dai, Xinhua Sun and Min Duan

Dan-Shen-Yin has integrated protective effects in diabetic atherosclerosis rat models


Mozhgan Farzami Sepehr, Seyed Behnameddin Jameie and Bahareh Hajijafari

The Cuscuta kotschyana effects on breast cancer cells line MCF7


Suzana Augustino, John B. Hall, Fortunatus B. S. Makonda and Romanus C. Ishengoma

Medicinal Resources of the Miombo woodlands of Urumwa, Tanzania: Plants and its uses


Samaneh Ghasemi Fard, Rosalina Tan Roslan Tan, Ajwad Awad Mohammed, Goh Yong Meng, Sharifah Kharidah Syed Muhamad, Karim Alwan AL-Jashamy and Suhaila Mohamed

Wound healing properties of Eucheuma cottonii extracts in Sprague-Dawley rats


M. Shaban, M. F. Ali and Mohamed H. Gaber

Photochemical targeted drug delivery of liposomal membrane embedded photoreceptor hypericin




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (28), 2011


Contents:

Review



Saeed Ahmad, Huma Rao, Muhammad Akhtar, Irshad Ahmad, Muhammad Munawar Hayat, Zafar Iqbal and Nisar-ur-Rahman

Phytochemical composition and pharmacological prospectus of Ficus bengalensis Linn. (Moraceae)- A review


Research Articles



Jia-bin Deng, Chun-bang Ding, Li Zhang, Rui-wu Yang and Yong-hong Zhou

Authentication of three related herbal species (Curcuma) by DNA barcoding


Hongfang Zhao, Linzhang Huang, Luping Qin and Baokang Huang

Antioxidative and anti-inflammatory properties of Chushizi oil from Fructus Broussonetiae


Yu Jiang, Chun-bang Ding, Li Zhang, Ruiwu Yang, Yonghong Zhou and Li Tang

Identification of the genus Epimedium with DNA barcodes


Raihana R., Faridah Q. Z., Julia A. A., Abdelmageed A. H. A. and Mihdzar Abdul Kadir

In vitro culture of Curcuma mangga from rhizome bud


Tehmina Asmat, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed, Muhammad Zafar, Fouzia Manzoor, Mamoona Munir, Kulsoom Akhtar, Shazia Bashir, Tehmeena Mukhtar, Madiha Ambreen and Sidra Nisar Abbasi

Pollen morphology of selected species of Scrophulariaceae of District Dir Upper, Pakistan


Baoli Xu, Xiankuan Li, Yongrui Bao, Huijie Guan, Liang Xu and Bing Wang

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) determination of the trace element of Physalis alkekengi L. and its influence on the succession cropping obstacle


Ajibade A. J., Fakunle P. B., Ashamu E. A. and Owolabi S. O.

Some morphological changes on the kidney of adult Wistar rats following administration of crude extract of Ocimum gratissimum


Faiza Khan, Zubaida Yousaf, Sumaria Rani and Farah Khan

Taxonomic treatment of medicinally important arboreal flora of tropical and subtropical region based on leaf epidermal anatomical markers


Seyyed Najmedin Mortazavi, Mahmoud Mohebbi and Yavar Sharafi

Effects of nanosilver and sucrose on vase life of cut Rose flower (Rosa hybrid cv. ‘Royal’)


Firoz Anwar, Salem S. Alghamdi, Megahed H. Ammar and K. H. M. Siddique

An efficient in vitro regeneration protocol for faba bean (Vicia faba L.)


Farah Khan, Amina Younas, Shabnum shaheeen, Zubaida Yousaf, Khadija Gilani, Maleeha Munawar, Zaryab Khalid Sial, Mushtaq Ahma2 and Muhammad Zafar

Scavenging evaluation of copper and cadmium during in vivo and in vitro growth of Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. by atomic absorption spectroscopy


Umar K. J., Rabah A. B., Na’ala M., Bello M., Ibrahim M. L. and Garba M.

Antibacterial and phytochemical screening of methanolic extract of Celosia leptostachya Benth leaves on some selected clinical isolates





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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (29), 2011


Contents:

Research Articles



Jin-Taek Hwang, Chang Won Ahn, Hyun Jin Kim, Kyung Ae Lee, Ock Jin Park and Dae Young Kwon

Black soybean peptide mixture purified from Rhynchosia volubilis exerts antioxidant activity against H2O2-induced cytotoxicity and improves thrombosis



Buket Kunduhoglu, Mine Kurkcuoglu, Mehmet Emin Duru and Kemal Husnu Can Baser

Antimicrobial and anticholinesterase activities of the essential oils isolated from Salvia dicroantha Stapf., Salvia verticillata L. subsp. amasiaca (Freyn and Bornm.) Bornm. and Salvia wiedemannii Boiss.


Ghassem Habibi Bibalani

Average stem biomass of Prangos cheilanthifolia as a medicinal plant in Shanjan Rangelands, East Azerbaijan, Iran


Wenqian Chen, Yanqing Zhang, Junbo Xie, Tianyan Zhou and Wei Lu

Antagonism activity against acute myocardial ischemia of Paeoniflorin and its pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modeling in rats



Adel Kadri, Zied Zarai, Ines Ben Chobba, Ahmed Békir, Néji Gharsallah, Mohamed Damak and Radhouane Gdoura

Chemical constituents and antioxidant properties of Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oil cultivated from the South-Western of Tunisia


Javid Hussain, Najeeb ur Rehman, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Liaqat Ali, Riaz Ullah, Fazal Mabood, Hidayat Hussain and Mohammad Ismail

Nutritional prospects and mineral compositions of selected vegetables from Dhoda sharif – Kohat


Fatemeh Ashtiania and Fatemeh Sefidkonb

Tropane alkaloids of Atropa belladonna L. and Atropa acuminata Royle ex Miers plants


Qiu-Mei Quan, Zeng-Li Fang, Wei Wu and Yun-xiang Li

Comparative analysis of morphological characteristics and effective composition content of wild and cultivated Epimedium pubescens and Epimedium wushanense (Berberidaceae)


Kai Zhao, Zhugang Li, Nan Ge, Xiuliang Li, Xin Wang and Dongpo Zhou

Investigation of fermentation conditions and optimization of medium for taxol production from taxol-producing fungi


Sumana Das, Kuntal Das and Veenapani Dubey

Inhibitory activity and phytochemical assessment of ethno-medicinal plants against some human pathogenic bacteria


Marcel Pârvu, Alina Elena Pârvu, Laurian Vlase, Oana Roşca-Casian, Ovidiu Pârvu and Mihai Puşcaş

Allicin and alliin content and antifungal activity of Allium senescens L. ssp. montanum (F. W. Schmidt) Holub ethanol extract


Chunhui Yin, Peiqin Li, Hongjun Li, Lijian Xu, Jianglin Zhao, Tijiang Shan and Ligang Zhou

Enhancement of diosgenin production in Dioscorea zingiberensis seedling and cell cultures by beauvericin from the endophytic fungus Fusarium redolens Dzf2


Hai-jin Shen, Qiao-sheng Guo and Hai-ling Fang

Impact of different colored shade polyethylene and maturation on development of flavonoids and phenolic acids in flowers of Chrysanthemum indicum L.


Xian-zhong Peng, Shao-shui Chen, Fang-ling Ning, Mian-li Li

Evaluation of in vitro antioxidant and antitumour activities of Astragalus membranaceus aqueous extract


Erkan Kalipci

Investigation of decontamination effect of Phragmites australis for Konya domestic wastewater treatment


E. Mohiuudin, M. Akram, Naveed Akhtar, H. M. Asif, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah, Tariq Saeed, Arshad Mahmood and Nadia Shamshad Malik

Medicinal potentials of Alpinia galanga


L. L. Zhai, T. Liu, H. Q. Xie, Y. H. Xie and Q. Mu

Inhibition effects on HBV replication by hydrophobic extracts from Ferula ferulaeoides (Steud.) Korov



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (30), 2011


Contents:

Review



Yazdani, D., Tan, Y. H., Zainal Abidin, M. A. and Jaganath, I. B

A review on bioactive compounds isolated from plants against plant pathogenic fungi



Research Articles



Olivera Politeo, Irena Botica, Tea Bilusic, Mila Jukic, Ivana Carev, Franko Burcul and Mladen Milos

Chemical composition and evaluation of acetylcholinesterase inhibition and antioxidant activity of essential oil from Dalmatian endemic species Pinus nigra Arnold ssp. dalmatica (Vis.) Franco


Tauheeda Riaz, Muhammad Athar Abbasi, Aziz-ur-Rehman, Tayyaba Shahzadi, Sabahat Zahra Siddiqui, Hira Khalid and Muhammad Ajaib

In vitro assessment of fortification from oxidative stress by various fractions of Rhynchosia pseudo-cajan


Qizhi Wang, Aoxue Luo, Yijun Fan, Aoshuang Luo and Jianfu Liu

In vitro antioxidant activity of Polysaccharide from Sedum aizoon L. extracts


Mehdi Ghanavati, Sadollah Houshmand, Hossein Zainali and Farid Ejlali

Salinity effects on germination and growth of chamomile genotypes


F. Akwatulira, S. Gwali, P. Ssegawa, J. B. L. Okullo, S. B. Tumwebaze, J. R. Mbwambo and A. Muchugi

Vegetative propagation of Warburgia ugandensis Sprague: An important medicinal tree species in eastern Africa


Oyebanji, Olanike Bukola and Saba, Adebowale Bernard

Phytochemistry and in vitro anti-oxidant activities of Stellaria media, Cajanus cajan and Tetracera potatoria methanolic extracts


Baoyang Wei, Liang Cao, Shunxiang Li, Dan Huang, Guangxian Cai and Lu Xiangyang

Population structure of Euodia rutaecarpa in China revealed by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP)


Francis M. Awah, Chika M. Kamen, Ifeobu C. Ezenwa, Ken Francis Ogbudumukpa and Magdalene P. Umoh

In vivo antioxidant potentials of Stachytarpheta angustifolia leaf extract on acute butylated hydroxytoluene-induced oxidative stress in Wistar rats


Jia-bin Deng, Chun-bang Ding, Li Zhang, Rui-wu Yang and Yong-hong Zhou

Authentication of three related herbal species (Curcuma) by DNA barcoding


L. Maness, N. Sneed, B. Hardy, J. Yu, M. Ahmedna and I. Goktepe

Anti-proliferative effect of Pleurotus tuberregium against colon and cervical cancer cells


B. M. Agaie and P. A. Onyeyili

In vitro anthelmintic activity of the aqueous leaf extract of Anogeissus leiocarpus and its phytochemical, proximate and elemental contents


Jameel Bzour, Sawsan Oran, Mohammad Khaleel, Sundus Mashallah and Yasser Bustanji

Inhibitory effects of methanolic extract of Salvia fruticosa Mill. on pro-inflammatory cytokines production in RAW 264.7 in vitro cellular model and in Balb/c mice in vivo animal model


Min Zhang, Navam S Hettiarachchy, Ronny Horax, Arvind Kannan, Apputhury Praisoody M. D., Arumugam Muhundan and Chandrasekhara Reddy Mallangi

Phytochemicals, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of Hibiscus sabdariffa, Centella asiatica, Moringa oleifera and Murraya koenigii leaves


Fatima N. and Anis M.

Thidiazuron induced high frequency axillary shoot multiplication in Withania somnifera L. Dunal


Smail Aazza, Badiâ Lyoussi and Maria G. Miguel

Antioxidant activity of some Morrocan hydrosols




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (21-25), 2011

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (21), 2011


Contents:

Research Articles


U. U. Pateh, I. M. Sule, I. Iliya, A. K. Harun, A. H. Yaro, A. A. Ambi and A. M. Musa

Analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of the methanolic extract of the rhizomes of Stylochiton lancifolius pyre and Kotchy (Araceae) in rodents


Apaporn Boonmee, Chantragan Srisomsap, Aphichart Karnchanatat and Polkit Sangvanich

Biologically active proteins from Curcuma comosa Roxb. rhizomes


Alya Maimoona, Ismat Naeem, Zeb Saddiqe and Niaz Ali

Analysis of total flavonoids and phenolics in different fractions of bark and needle extracts of Pinus roxburghii and Pinus wallichiana


Chia-Yuan Liu, Yuen-Liang Lai, Chin-Ping Lin, Yu-Tse Wu, Tung-Hu Tsai and Yu-Jen Chen

Anti-tumor effect of Archidendron lucidum (benth) against esophageal cancer, colorectal cancer and hepatoma


Jun-Li Hong, Hai-Yan Zhou, Jie Zhu, Li Li, Pan Shu, Xiao-Ying Qin, Gang Wu, Bin-Bin Lin, Guo-Kai Wang, Qiang Wang and Min-Jian Qin

Comparative analysis of major constituents in Viola yedoensis Makino and different species from the Genus Viola by high-performance liquid chromatography with chemometrics methods


Aimin Ji, Yufa Yao, Ou Che, Bingjun Wang, Liang Sun, Xiaodong Li and Feng Xu

Isolation and characterization of sulfated polysaccharide from the Sargassum pallidum (Turn.) C. Ag. and its sedative/hypnotic activity


Rabia Naz, Asghari Bano, Humaira Yasmin, Samiullah and Uzma Farooq

Antimicrobial potential of the selected plant species against some infectious microbes used


F. Goodarzi, R. Darvishzadeh, A. Hassani and A. Hassanzaeh

Study on genetic variation in Iranian castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) accessions using multivariate statistical techniques


Sha Sha Chu, Shao Liang Liu, Qi Zhi Liu, Zhi Long Liu and Shu Shan Du

Composition and toxicity of Chinese Dracocephalum moldavica (Labiatae) essential oil against two grain storage insects


Wei Li, Qiong Liu, Lin He, Juan-juan Bi and Xiu-feng Ye

Effect of ursolic acid extracted from Chinese herbs on the proliferation of vascular endothelial cells and its underlying mechanisms



Sang-Kyung Shin, Tae-Wang Kim, So-Young Youm, Youngsoo Kim and Byeongwoo Ahn

Quercetin 3-O-ß-(2"-galloyl)-rhamnopyranoside promotes the differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells or early progenitor cells into erythroid lineage in mice


Tan K. Lee and Charles S. Vairappan

Antioxidant, antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of essential oils and ethanol extracts of selected South East Asian herbs


Abolghasem Jouyban, Mohammadali M. Shoja, Mohammad Reza Ardalan, Maryam Khoubnasabjafari, Alireza Sadighi, R. Shane Tubbs, Paul S. Agutter and Kamyar Ghabili

The effect of quince leaf decoction on renal injury induced by hypercholesterolemia in rabbits: A pilot study


Hedi Mighri, Ahmed Akrout and Mohamed Neffati

Assessment of essential oil yield of Artemisia herba-alba cultivated in Tunisian arid zone


W. S. Tavares, I. Cruz, F. Petacci, S. S. Freitas, J. E. Serrao and J. C. Zanuncio

Insecticide activity of piperine: Toxicity to eggs of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and phytotoxicity on several vegetables


Chao Sun, Yongqiao Sun, Jingyuan Song, Chenji Li, Xiwen Li, Xiaowei Zhang, Ying Li, Songnian Hu, Hongmei Luo, Yingjie Zhu and Shilin Chen

Discovery of genes related to steroidal alkaloid biosynthesis in Fritillaria cirrhosa by generating and mining a dataset of expressed sequence tags (ESTs)


Nyenje M. and Ndip R. N.

In-vitro antimicrobial activity of crude acetone extract of the stem bark of Combretum molle against selected bacterial pathogens


K. Abdullahi, M. G. Abubakar, R. A. Umar, M. S. Gwarzo, M. Muhammad and H. M. Ibrahim

Studies on the larvicidal efficacy of aqueous extracts of Striga hermonthica (Delile) Benth and Mitracarpus scaber (Zucc) on Culex quinquefasciatus (culicidae) mosquito larvae




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (22), 2011


Contents:

Review


Ajay Thakur

Juglone: A therapeutic phytochemical from Juglans regia L.


Hyoungmin Suh, Se Myung Seo, Su Young Woo and Dong-Sup Lee

Forest cultivated ginseng in Korea: All cure medicinal plants


M. Akram, Naveed Akhtar, H. M. Asif, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah, Tariq Saeed, Arshad Mahmood and Nadia Shamshad Malik

A review of diabetes mellitus


Ghazala Shaheen, Irshad Ahmad, Arshad Mehmood, Naveed Akhter, Khan Usmanghani, Tahira Shamim, S. M. Ali Shah, Laila Sumreen and M. Akram

Monograph of Vaccinium macrocarpon


Research Articles


Egunyomi, A., Gbadamosi, I. T. and Animashahun, M. O.

Hypoglycaemic activity of the ethanol extract of Ageratum conyzoides linn. shoots on alloxan-induced diabetic rats


Chhaya Rathore, K. R. Dutt, Shobharam Sahu and Lokesh Deb

Antiasthmatic activity of the methanolic extract of Physalis angulata Linn.


Palwinder Kaur, Nilesh Kumar, T. N. Shivananda and Gagandeep Kaur

Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of the plant extracts of Mimosa pudica L. against selected microbes


Sarah Khorasaninejad, Amir Mousavi, Hassan Soltanloo, Khodayar Hemmati and Ahmad Khalighi

The effect of drought stress on growth parameters, essential oil yield and constituent of Peppermint (Mentha piperita L.)


Akuodor G. C., Mbah C. C., Anyalewechi N. A., Idris-Usman M. Iwuanyanwu T. C. and Osunkwo U. A.

Pharmacological profile of aqueous extract of Bridelia ferruginea stem bark in the relief of pain and fever


Zaixiang Lou, Hongxin Wang, Jing Li, Song Zhu, Wenping Lu and Chaoyang Ma

Effect of simultaneous ultrasonic/microwave assisted extraction on the antioxidant and antibacterial activities of burdock leaves


Gholamreza Dehghan Noudeh, Fariba Sharififar, Effat Behravan, Ehsan Mohajeri and Vahid Alinia

Medicinal plants as surface activity modifiers


Ka Hee Kwon, Min Ki Hong, Sun Young Hwang, Bo Youn Moon, Sook Shin, Jin Hong Baek and Yong Ho Park

Antimicrobial and immunomodulatory effects of Aloe vera peel extract


Zaki Tubesha, Shahid Iqbal and Maznah Ismail

Effects of hydrolysis conditions on recovery of antioxidants from methanolic extracts of Nigella Sativa seeds


Ali Al Shawi, Josphert N. Kimatu, Muhammad Khan and Kawkab Ali Hussain

Enhancement of induced apoptosis in human melanoma A375 by a combination of natural compounds


Nian XIN, Wei LI, Yu-Juan LI, Xiao-Ke MA, Zhen-Ping FU and Yan LI

Study of antivirus, antibacteria and immune functions of Gaoreqing freeze-dried powder


Gui Zhi Fan, Xiao Dong Wang, Xiao Can Li, Jin Sheng Fan, Qiao Li Zhai and Ya Guang Zhan

Effect of fungal elicitor on carbon and nitrogen status and triterpenoid production in cell suspension cultures of Betula platyphylla Suk.


Xinhui Zhang, Xueyan Fu, Duoyong Lang, Caifang Zhang, Li Zhou and Yunsheng Zhao

Sophora alopecuroides L. response to salt stress at germination and seedling growth stages


Yinfen Su, Shengkun Li, Na Li, Liling Chen, Jiwen Zhang and Junru Wang

Seven alkaloids and their antibacterial activity from Hypecoum erectum L.


Abi-Ayad M., Abi-Ayad F. Z., Lazzouni H. A., Rebiahi S. A., Ziani_Cherif C. and Bessiere

Chemical composition and antifungal activity of Aleppo pine essential oil


Keyong Ho Lee, Kyung-Sook Whang and Ki - Hyeong Rhee

Effects of Lonicera japonica Thunb. on dextran sulfate sodium-induced experimental colitis in mice


Musa A. M., Aliyu A. B., Abdullahi M. I., Yaro A. H., Magaji M. G., Hassan H. S. and Iliya, I.

Bioactive chalcone from Indigofera pulchra


Christine Oryema, Remigius Bukenya Ziraba, Olwa Odyek, Nelson Omagor and Alfonse Opio

Phytochemical properties and toxicity to brine shrimp of medicinal plants in Erute county, Lira district, Uganda


Ayse Gul Ince, Fitnet Yildiz and Mehmet Karaca

The MAGi DNA extraction method for fresh tissues and dry seeds



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (23), 2011


Contents:

Review



Hamidreza Arab, Ahmad Maroofian, Shayan Golestani, Hooman shafaee, Keyvan Sohrabi and Ali Forouzanfar

Review of the therapeutic effects of Camellia sinensis (green tea) on oral and periodontal health



Research Articles



Shuxian Cai, Jianan Huang, Li-li Wang, Xin-rong Dong, Yu-shun Gong, Juan Li, Qing Li, Zhong-hua Liu and Guo-an Luo

Inhibiting effects of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) on the formation of age pigment in vitro and in vivo


Naif Obaid Al-Harbi

Effect of marjoram extract treatment on the cytological and biochemical changes induced by cyclophosphamide in mice


Aleksandra Đorđević, Bojan Zlatković, Jelena Lazarević and Radosav Palić

A detailed chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Hypericum richeri Vill. subsp. grisebachii (Boiss.) Nyman essential oil from Serbia


Erhua Rong, Zhiguo Zhao, Zhihong Zhao, Jinhu Ma, Weidong Zang, Lishan Wang, Dongli Xie and Wude Yang

Wheat cold and light stress analysis based on the Arabidopsis homology protein-protein interaction (PPI) network


Doaa Ezz-Din, Mohamed S. Gabry, Abdel Razik H. Farrag and Ahmed E. Abdel Moneim

Physiological and histological impact of Azadirachta indica (neem) leaves extract in a rat model of cisplatin-induced hepato and nephrotoxicity


Hai-jin Shen, Qiao-sheng Guo and Hai-ling Fang

Toxicological evaluation of carotenoid-type extracts from Flos Chrysanthemi Indici


Zang Pu, Pengju Zhang, Gao Yugang, Hao Jianxun, Wang Yaxing, Li Ran, Yang He, Li Xue, Li Ping, Daowei Zhou and Lianxue Zhang

The evaluation of contents of nine ginsenoside monomers in ginseng hairy roots by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)


Adeel Mahmood, Aqeel Mahmood, Ishrat Naveed, Mazhar Mustafa Memon, Hadi Bux, M. Younas Majeed, Ghulam Mujtaba and M. Saqlain Mumtaz

Indigenous medicinal knowledge of common plants used by local people of Hattian Bala District, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Pakistan


Vali Rabiei, Elham Shirzadeh, Hosaine RabbiAngourani and Yavar Sharafi

Effect of thyme and lavender essential oils on the qualitative and quantitative traits and storage life of apple ‘Jonagold’ cultivar


I. Rajpar, Y. M. Khanif, Zia-ul-hassan, A. N. Shah, M. Arshad and S. Galani

Growth, herb yield and phytochemical contents in a medicinal herb Andrographis paniculata under saline irrigation


Keivan Zandi, Boon-Teong Teoh, Sing-Sin Sam, Pooi-Fong Wong, Mohd Rais Mustafa and Sazaly AbuBakar

In vitro antiviral activity of Fisetin, Rutin and Naringenin against Dengue virus type-2


Zaman Sher, Mohammad Ibrar and Ishfaq Hameed

Setting pharmacognostic standards for Convolvulus arvensis Linn.


Muhammad Altaf Hussain, Muhammad Qayyum Khan, Nazar Hussain and Tariq Habib

Antibacterial and antifungal potential of leaves and twigs of Viscum album L.


K. Diba, M. Gerami Shoar, M. Shabatkhori and Z. Khorshivand

Anti fungal activity of alcoholic extract of Peganum harmala seeds


K. H. Lee, A. M. Padzil, A. Syahida, N. Abdullah, S. W. Zuhainis, M. Maziah, M. R. Sulaiman, D. A. Israf, K. Shaari and N. H. Lajis

Evaluation of anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-nociceptive activities of six Malaysian medicinal plants


Chunyan Qian

Effects of electroacupuncture at Quchi point on vascular smooth muscle cells apoptosis of two kidney one clip hypertensive rates (2K1C-RHR) in carotid artery


Jitendra Kumar, Gyan P. Mishra, Harvinder Singh, Ravi B. Srivastava and Pradeep K. Naik

Congruence of inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) and random amplification of polymorphic deoxyribonucleic acid (RAPD) markers in genetic characterization of Artemisia annua in the trans-Himalayan region


Mahmood, A. A., Fouad AL-Bayaty, Noor, S. M., Wasman S. Q. and Saba F. Hussain

Anti-ulcerogenic effects of Nagilla sativa in ethanol-induced gastric injuries in rats


Zengjun Guo, Ying Xu, Ling Han, Xiaoqian Bo, Chen Huang and Lei Ni

Antioxidant and cytotoxic activity of the acetone extracts of root of Euphorbia hylonoma and its ellagic acid derivatives


Azam Habibi, Gholamreza Heidari, Yosuf Sohrabi, Hedieh Badakhshan and Khosro Mohammadi

Influence of bio, organic and chemical fertilizers on medicinal pumpkin traits


Carmo F. S., Diniz C. L., Pereira M. O., Santos-Filho S. D. and Bernardo-Filho, M.

Characterization of physicochemical parameters and the effect on the labeling of blood constituents with technetium-99m of a Solanum melongena commercial extract


Li Dahui, Wang Zaigui and Zhang Yunhua

Antifungal activity of extracts by supercritical carbon dioxide extraction from roots of Echinacea angustifolia and analysis of their constituents using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)


Mohammad Reza Haj Seyed Hadi, Mohammad Taghi Darz, Zohreh Ghandehari and Gholamhossein Riazi

Effects of vermicompost and amino acids on the flower yield and essential oil production from Matricaria chamomile L.


Lee Ke Yao, Sarah Liana Abdul Razak, Nazhirah Ismail, Ng Chun Fai, Mohd. Hafis Asyraf Muhamad Asgar, Nursyahirah Mohd Sharif, Goon Jo Aan and Zakiah Jubri

Malaysian gelam honey reduces oxidative damage and modulates antioxidant enzyme activities in young and middle aged rats


Mohammad Narimani-Rad, Ali Nobakht, Habib Aghdam Shahryar, Jafar Kamani and Alireza Lotfi

Influence of dietary supplemented medicinal plants mixture (Ziziphora, Oregano and Peppermint) on performance and carcass characterization of broiler chickens


Yong-chun Jin, Hua-liang Liu and Ke Yuan

Simultaneous determination of seven effective constituents in the leaves of bamboo by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC)


Harleen Kaur Nadha, Rahul Kumar, Ram Kumar Sharma, Manju Anand and Anil Sood

Evaluation of clonal fidelity of in vitro raised plants of Guadua angustifolia Kunth using DNA-based markers


Azizuddin and Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary

Antibacterial, phytotoxic, insecticidal and cytotoxic potential of Vitex agnus-castus


Hooshang Vahedi, Maliha Nasrabadi, Jalil Lari and Majid Halimi

Volatile constituents and antimicrobial activities of Pterocephalus canus



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (24), 2011


Contents:



Review



Sajid Khan, Abdul Hannan, Khan Usmanghani, Shahab Uddin, Halima Nazar, E. Mohiuddin and M. Akram

Sinusitis review


M. Akram, Shahab-uddin, Afzal Ahmed, Khan Usmanghani, Abdul Hannan, E. Mohiuddin, M. Asif and S. M. Ali Shah

Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (Medicinal uses)


S. M. Ali Shah, Naveed Akhtar, M. Akram, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah, Tariq Saeed, Khalil Ahmed and H. M. Asif

Pharmacological activity of Althaea officinalis L.


Hongbo Guo, Zongsuo Liang and Yuejin Zhang

On-farm conservation of genetic diversity for endangered medicinal plants


Ya-wen Zeng, Juan Du, Xiao-ying Pu, Shu-ming Yang, Tao Yang and Ping Jia

Strategies of functional food for hypertension prevention in China



Research Articles



Zhu-Jun Wang, Qiang Zhang and Xin-Huai Zhao

Induced-differentiation of two flavones and two flavonols on a human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cell line (KYSE-510)


H. M. Abd El-Samad, M. A. K. Shaddad and N. Barakat

Improvement of plants salt tolerance by exogenous application of amino acids


Sae-Rom Lee, Hye-Hyun Shin, Ji-Hyun Jeong, Keum Taek Hwang and Tae-Young Kim

Effect of ethanol concentrations and extraction time on acanthoside-D and total polyphenol contents and antioxidant activities in ethanol extracts of eleuthero


Sultan Ayaz, Abdul Hannan, Khan Usmanghani, Halima Nazar, E. Mohiuddin, M. Akram and M. Ibrahim Khan

ScaNeem: Herbo-mineral therapy for scabies


Abdolhossein Rustaiyan, Katayoun Javidnia, Mohammad Hossein Farjam, Mohammad Kazem Mohammadi and Nima Mohammadi

Total phenols, antioxidant potential and antimicrobial activity of the methanolic extracts of Ephedra laristanica


Govindappa M, Naga Sravya S, Poojashri M. N., Sadananda T. S., Chandrappa C. P., Gustavo Santoyo, Sharanappa P and Anil Kumar N. V.

Antimicrobial, antioxidant and in vitro anti-inflammatory activity and phytochemical screening of water extract of Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc.


Hyun Kim and Mi-Jang Song

Oral traditional knowledge for the treatment of digestive system diseases investigated in North Jeolla Province, Korea


Wan Yong Ho, Swee Keong Yeap, Chai Ling Ho, Abdul Rahim Raha, Abdul Aziz Suraini and Noorjahan Banu Alitheen

Elephantopus scaber induces cytotoxicity in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells via p53-induced apoptosis


Ghiasuddin, Taj Ur Rehman Mohammad Arfan, Wajiha Liaqat waliullah, Abdur rauf, Inamullah Khan Ghulam Mohammad and Mohammad Iqbal Choudhary

In-vitro pharmacological investigations of aerial parts of indigofera heterantha


Megdiche Ksouri Wided, Chaouachi Feten, M’Rabet Rawya, Medini Feten, Zaouali Yosr, Trabelsi Nejla, Ksouri Riadh, Noumi Emira and Abdelly Chedly

Antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of Frankenia thymifolia Desf. fractions and their related biomolecules identification by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)


Chrystian Araújo Pereira, Luciana Lopes Silva Pereira and Angelita Duarte Correa

High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of Hoodia gordonii commercial powder


El Mokhtar El Ouariachi, Julien Paolini, Abdelhamid Bouyanzer, Pierre Tomi, Belkheir Hammouti, Rachid Salghi, Lhou Majidi and Jean Costa

Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of essential oils and solvent extracts of Thymus capitatus (L.) Hoffmanns and link from Morocco


A. A. Albajali, A. H. Nagi, M. Shahzad, M. Ikram Ullah and S. Hussain

Effect of Allium sativa L. on pancreatic ß. cells in comparison to Nigella sativa L. in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats


Kumara Swamy M., Neeraj Pokharen, Santosh Dahal and Anuradha M.

Phytochemical and antimicrobial studies of leaf extract of Euphorbia neriifolia


YAN Shu-xun, Wang Ying, Zhang bin, Feng Zhi-hai, Lv Jiu-sheng, Sun Ya-ru and Lin Yan-jie

Triptolide inhibits cytokine-induced activation of retro-ocular fibroblasts from patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy


Mohammad Reza Safari Motlagh and Armin Javadzadeh

Study of the reaction of major weeds and some rice cultivars to Fusarium equiseti


Shabnum Shaheen, Mushtaq Ahmad, Farah Kkan, Muhammad Zafar, Mir Ajab Khan, Shazia Sultana, Shahid Abbas, Muhammad Jamil and Sartaj Khan

Systematic application of palyno-anatomical characterization of Setaria species based in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and light microscope (LM) analysis


Ammar Imad Hazim, Muzaimi Mustapha and Sharif Mahsufi Mansor

The effects on motor behaviour and short-term memory tasks in mice following an acute administration of Mitragyna speciosa alkaloid extract and mitragynine


Gagoonani Shahnaz, Enteshari Shekoofeh, Delavar Kourosh and Behyar Moohamadbagher

Interactive effects of Silicon and Aluminum on the malondialdehyde (MDA), proline, protein and phenolic compounds in Borago officinalis L.


Esmail Nabizadeh, Elnaz Taherifard and Farzad Gerami

Effect of pruning lateral branches on four varieties of medicinal castor bean plant (Ricinuscommunis L.) yield, growth and development


Ghiasuddin, Taj Ur Rehman, Mohammad Arfan, Wajiha Liaqatwaliullah, Abdur rauf, Inamullah Khan, Ghulam Mohammad and Mohammad Iqbal Choudhary

Antimicrobial, insecticidal and phytotoxic activities of Indigofera heterantha roots


Zizhen Liu, Xiaohong Wang, Qiang Zhang, Meng Shen and Gaimei She

Quantitative determination of total aconitines in commercial Aconitum L. Chinese medicine


Y. Wen Xu, Lei Liu, Dan Zhao, Yu Ting Zou, Jian Wei Zeng and Wei Wu

Aliphatic aldehyde rich volatile constituents of Houttuyania cordata from southwest China


Meili Gao, Yongfei Li and Jianxiong Yang

Protective effect of Pedicularis decora Franch root extracts on oxidative stress and hepatic injury in alloxan-induced diabetic mice


Saleh Al-Quran

Conservation of medicinal plants in Ajlun woodland / Jordan


S. A. M. Ali, S. M. A. ElBadwi, T. M. Idris and K. M. Osman

Hepatoprotective activity of aqueous extract of Khaya senegalensis bark in rats


K. N. Ting, M. Othman, G. Telford, G. Clarke, T. D. Bradshaw, T. J. Khoo, H. S. Loh, C. Wiart, D. Pritchard and J. R. Fry

Antioxidant, cytoprotective, growth inhibitory and immunomodulatory activities of extracts of Dysoxylum cauliflorum Hiern., a Malaysian Meliaceae


Mamoona Munir, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed, Abida Bano, Sidra Nisar Ahmed, Kanwal Tariq, Saira Tabassum, Tehmeena Mukhtar, Madhia Ambreen and Shazia Bashir

Foliar epidermal anatomy of some ethnobotanically important species of wild edible fruits of northern Pakistan


Yu Sheng, Yang Liu, Xiaodong Huang, Guangxin Yuan and Ming Guan

Purification, chemical characterization and in vitro antioxidant activities of alkali-extracted polysaccharide fractions isolated from the fruits of Schisandra chinensis


Guowu Yu, Weidong Zang, Xianquan Yang, Lishan Wang, Zongxiang Tang and Peigao Luo

Meta-analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana under abscisic acid and salt stress


Limin Li, Benguo Liu and Xueling Zheng

Bioactive ingredients in adzuki bean sprouts


Wei Liu, Yuchi He, Jun Xiang, Chunhua Fu, Longjiang Yu, Jinming Zhang and Maoteng Li

The physiological response of suspension cell of Capparis spinosa L. to drought stress


Yanping Hu, Li Wang and Yi Li

Inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR) primer screening and preliminary evaluation of genetic diversity in Rheum tanguticum


B. Sadeghi-Nejad, J. Saki, S. Khademvatan and S. Nanaei

In vitro antileishmanial activity of the medicinal plant - Satureja khuzestanica Jamzad

Hassan Javed Chaudhary, Asma Zeb, Asghari Bano, Fahd Rasul, M. Farooq Hussain Munis, Shah Fahad and Wajid Naseem

Antimicrobial activities of Sapium sebiferum L. belonging to family Euphorbiaceae


Muhammad Riaz, Mansoor Ahmad and Najmur Rahman

Antimicrobial screening of fruit, leaves, root and stem of Rubus fruticosus


Zhi-liang Huang, Jie Jin, Xiang-min Tong, Qun-zheng Yang, Bao-luo Gu, Jian-chao Wang, Yuedi-shen and Jun-jun Xie

The immunomodulatory effects of Cordyceps sinensis on dendritic cells derived from chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)


Hyoungmin Suh, Se Myung Seo, Dong-Sup Lee and Su Young Woo

Net photosynthesis of Panax ginseng on the different age in mountain area, Korea


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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (25), 2011


Contents:

Review



Faisal Zakai, Shahab Uddin, M. Akram, E. Mohiuddin, Abdul Hannan and Khan Usmanghani

Introduction to male infertility


Sun Yan-Lin, Liu Lin-De and Hong Soon-Kwan

Eleutherococcus senticosus as a crude medicine: Review of biological and pharmacological effects


Baratali Siahsar, Abdol Shakoor Raissi, Abolfazl Tavassoli and Mohammad Rahimi

Pattern of gene and enzyme in secondary pathways of medicinal plants



Research Articles



Paul V. Tan, Christophe Mezui and Maurice Boda

Anti-Helicobacter and gastroduodenal cytoprotective actions of the leaf aqueous extract of Ocimum suave (Lamiaceae)


M. Otroshy and K. Moradi

Micropropagation of medicinal plant Dracocephalum kotschyi Boiss. via nodal cutting technique


Ill-Min Chung, Praveen Nagella, Young-Sup Ahn Seok-Ju Kim and Ateeque Ahmad

Composition of the essential oil and petroleum ether extract of Lycium chinense Miller fruits and antioxidant activity of its several extracts


Mhemmed Gandour, Wael Tamaalli, Najla Trabelsi, Kamel Hessini, Khaled Sebei, Ahmed Debez and Chedly Abdelly

How to optimize the seed and seed-oil production in the cash crop halophyte Cakile maritima?



Jintakorn Kuvatanasuchati, Surat Laphookhieo and Pirasut Rodanant

Antimicrobial activity against periodontopathic bacteria and cytotoxic study of Cratoxylum formosum and Clausena lansium


Tao He, Haitao Wang, Lina Yang and Zhigang Zhao

Micropropagation of Anisodus tanguticus and assessment of genetic stability of regenerated plants using inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) marker


Adel Kadri, Zied Zarai, Ines Ben Chobba, Ahmed Békir, Néji Gharsallah, Mohamed Damak and Radhouane Gdoura

Chemical constituents and antioxidant properties of Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oil cultivated from South-Western Tunisia


Zhe-xiong Jin and Bao-Qing Wang

In vitro antioxidant activity of acetone extracts from Chinese herb agrimony leaves


Hakimeh Oloumi and Neda Hassibi

Study the correlation between some climate parameters and the content of phenolic compounds in roots of Glycyrrhiza glabra


Amir Muhammad Khan, Rizwana Aleem Qureshi, Faizan Ullah, Syed Aneel Gilani, Asia Nosheen, Sumaira Sahreen, Muhammad Khan Laghari, Muhammad Yousif Laghari, Shafiq-Ur-Rehman, Ishtiaq Hussain and Waheed Murad

Phytochemical analysis of selected medicinal plants of Margalla Hills and surroundings


Xinyan Wang, Jinxiu Xu, Mu Yang and Hong Zhou

Chloroform extract of Tibetan herbal medicine Dracocephalum tanguticum Maxim. inhibits proliferation of T98G glioblastomas cells by modulating Caspase-3 cleavage and expression of Bax and p21


Zhiwei Cui, Lixue Chen, Gui Bei, Lianlian Chen, Tan Ge, Guangcheng Qin and Jiying Zhou

Tetrandrine attenuates NF-?B activation in trigeminal ganglia by blocking calcium channel in a rat model of migraine


Asad Zia, Bin Guo, Ikram Ullah, Riaz Ahmad, Mubarak Ali Khan, Bilal Haider Abbasi and Ya-hui Wei

Salinity tolerance and site of K+ accumulation in four maize varieties grown in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa region of Pakistan


Ravi Kumar, Nandini Sharma, Sonia Malik, Shashi Bhushan, Upendra Kumar Sharma, Devla Kumari, Arun Kumar Sinha, Madhu Sharma and Paramvir Singh Ahuja

Cell suspension culture of Arnebia euchroma (Royle) Johnston – A potential source of naphthoquinone pigments


Rahmat Ali Khan, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Sumaira Sahreen, Nasir Ali Shah, Jasia Bokhari, Maria Shabbir, Umbreen Rashid and Shumila Jan

Potassium bromate (KBrO3) induced nephrotoxicity: Protective effects of n-hexane extract of Sonchus asper


Hong-Keun Oh, Soo Jeong Park, Hae Dalma Moon, Seung Hwan Jun, Na-Young Choi and Yong-Ouk You

Tribulus terrestris inhibits caries-inducing properties of Streptococcus mutans


Kim Wei Chan, Shahid Iqbal, Nicholas M. H. Khong and Abdul Salam Babji

Preparation of deodorized antioxidant rich extracts from 15 selected spices through optimized aqueous extraction


Sonia Hamlaoui-Gasmi, Meherzia Mokni, Nadia Limam, Ferid Limam, Mohamed Amri, Ezzedine Aouani and Lamjed Marzouki

Grape seed extract mitigates garlic-induced oxidative stress in rat spleen and plasma


Ahmad Reza Golparvar and Babak Bahari

Effects of phenological stages on herbage yield and quality/quantity of oil in garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.)


Rasa Kaledaite, Jurga Bernatoniene, Daiva Majiene, Katerina Dvorackova, Ruta Masteikova, Jan Muselik, Zenona Kalveniene, Julius Liobikas and Arunas Savickas

Investigation of antiradical activity of Salvia officinalis L., Urtica dioica L., and Thymus vulgaris L. extracts as potential candidates for a complex therapeutic preparation


RenJie Liang

Effect of exercise and Lycium barbarum extract on serum Fe level and liver antioxidant enzyme activities rats fed with Fe-rich diet


Asif Iqbal, M. Akram, Hasan Ali, Naveed Akhtar, Saeed Ur Rashid Nazir, Irshad Ahmad, Asim Awan and H. M. Asif

Prevalence of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Gadap Town Karachi, Pakistan


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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (16-20), 2011

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (16), 2011


Contents:

Review



Abdallah Atia, Zouhaier Barhoumi, Rabhi Mokded, Chedly Abdelly and Abderrazak Smaoui

Environmental eco-physiology and economical potential of the halophyte Crithmum maritimum L. (Apiaceae)


S. Ghuman and R. M. Coopoosamy

Crude sample preparation, extraction and in vitro screening for antimicrobial activity of selected wound healing medicinal plants in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A review


Maryam Khoubnasabjafari and Abolghasem Jouyban

A review of phytochemistry and bioactivity of quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.)


Weiping He and Baokang Huang

A review of chemistry and bioactivities of a medicinal spice: Foeniculum vulgare


M. Akram, H. M. Asif, Naveed Akhtar, Pervaiz A. Shah, M. Uzair, Ghazala Shaheen, Tahira Shamim, S. M. Ali Shah and Khalil Ahmad

Tribulus terrestris Linn.: A review article


Research Articles



Rand Riadh Hafidh, Abdulamir A. S., Law Se Vern, Fatimah Abu Bakar, Faridah Abas, Fatemeh Jahanshiri and Zamberi Sekawi

Novel in-vitro antimicrobial activity of Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek against highly resistant bacterial and fungal pathogens


Dibyendu Talukdar

Isolation and characterization of NaCl-tolerant mutations in two important legumes, Clitoria ternatea L. and Lathyrus sativus L.: Induced mutagenesis and selection by salt stress


Yan LI, Hao-bin HU, Xu-dong ZHENG, Ji-hua ZHU and Li-ping LIU

Composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oil from the aerial part of Artemisia annua


Ali Mohammadzadeh K. H., Yarahmadi S. H., Tabibi S. J. and Ebrazeh A.

Statistical evaluation and comparison of operational indices and analyzing cost-benefit of different regions of Iranian program of screening for congenital hypothyroidism


Sadananda T. S., Nirupama R., Chaithra K., Govindappa M., Chandrappa C. P. and Vinay Raghavendra B.

Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of endophytes from Tabebuia argentea and identification of anticancer agent (lapachol)


Yang He, Pei Hou, Gang Fan, Zhen Song, Huai Liu, Yufeng Li and Yi Zhang

Internal transcribed spacers (ITS) identification of Angelica anomala Lallem Chuanbaizhi (in Chinese) cultivars collected in Sichuan and their molecular phylogenetic analysis with other Angelica L. species


N. Al-Henhena, A. A. Mahmood, A. Al-magrami, A. B. Nor Syuhada, A. A. Zahra, M. D. Summaya, M. S. Suzi and I. Salmah

Histological study of wound healing potential by ethanol leaf extract of Strobilanthes crispus in rats


Dehpour A. A., Babakhani B., Khazaei S. and Asadi M.

Chemical composition of essential oil and antibacterial activity of extracts from flower of Allium atroviolaceum


Shan Gong, Qian Liang, Chiyi Kwok, Zhenlun Gu, Jin Tao and Xinghong Jiang

‘Naobitong’ reduces hyperalgesia, decreases interleukin-6 level and ameliorates inflamed joint in arthritic rats


Sarfaraz Khan Marwat, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Khalid Usman, Abdul Aziz Khakwani, Said Ghulam, Naveed Anwar, Muhammad Sadiq and Shah Jehan Khan

Medico-ethnobotanical studies of edible wild fruit plants species from the flora of north western Pakistan (D. I. Khan district)


Tie-shan Wang, Li-jing Chen, Sheng-tan Zhang, Jing-ming Lin and Zhao-yu Wang

Purified alkaloid extract of Scutellaria barbata inhibits proliferation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE-1 cells by inducing apoptosis and cell cycle arrest at S phase


Shabnam Javed, Amna Javaid, Zaid Mahmood, Arshad Javaid and Fouzia Nasim

Biocidal activity of citrus peel essential oils against some food spoilage bacteria


Aoxue Luo and Yijun Fan

Antioxidant activities of berberine hydrochloride


Samiullah, Asghari Bano, Rabia Naz and Humaira Yasmin

In vitro inhibition potential of Lespedeza bicolor Turcz against selected bacterial and fungal strains


Susi Endrini

Antioxidant activity and anticarcinogenic properties of “rumput mutiara” {Hedyotis corymbosa (L.) Lam.} and “pohpohan” {Pilea trinervia (Roxb.) Wight}


Elham Rastegari, Zalinah Ahmad, David F. Spencer and Maznah Ismai

Two-dimensional profiling of proteins from Curculigo latifolia fruit by three different extraction protocols


Shahram Khademvatan, Jasem Saki, Mohammad Javad Gharavi and Fakher Rahim

Allium sativum extract induces apoptosis in Leishmania major (MRHO/IR/75/ER) promastigotes


Liang Zhen Hong

Radix linderae essential oil improving the immunity activities and preventing the occurrence of decubitus in aged people


Fan Siew Loh, Rita Muhamad Awang, Dzolkhifli Omar and Mawardi Rahmani

Insecticidal properties of Citrus hystrix DC leaves essential oil against Spodoptera litura fabricius


M. Saiful Islam, Sekendar Ali, Masudur Rahman, Rabiul Islam, Ashraf Ali, A. K. Azad and Md. Rafikul Islam

Antidiabetic, cytotoxic activities and phytochemical screening of Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) K. Heyne root


Seint San Aye and Masaru Matsumoto

Effect of some plant extracts on Rhizoctonia spp. and Sclerotium hydrophilum


Ali Shafaghat

Antioxidant, antimicrobial activities and fatty acid components of leaf and seed of Bupleurum lancifolium Hornem.


Nobakht A., Norani J. and Safamehr A.

The effects of different amounts of Mentha pulegium L. (pennyroyal) on performance, carcass traits, hematological and blood biochemical parameters of broilers


Peng Ai-mei, Cao Jia and Cui Shi-tao

Revealing candidate genes of lung adenocarcinoma by bioinformatics analysis


Tan Eng Chong, Foo Gen Teck, Wong Sher Ming, Noorsaadah Abd Rahman, Norzulaani Khalid, Saiful Anuar Karsani, Shatrah Othman and Rohana Yusof

Optimization of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis protocols for Boesenbergia rotunda in vitro suspension culture


Igor A. Rodrigues, Daniela S Alviano, Marta T. Gomes, Davi O. Silva, Rosemar Antoniassi, Antonio Jorge R. Silva, Humberto R. Bizzo, Celuta S. Alviano, Alane B. Vermelho and Maria do Socorro S. Rosa

In vitro anti-Leishmania amazonensis activity of the polymeric procyanidin-rich aqueous extract from Syagrus coronata


O. O. Olajuyigbe and A. J. Afolayan

In vitro antibacterial activities of the methanol extract of Ziziphus mucronata Willd. subsp. mucronata Willd.


Shabnum Shaheen, Mushtaq Ahmad, Farah Khan, Muhammad Zafar, Shazia Sultana, Mir Ajab Khan, Muhammad Khan Leghari, Muhammad Jamil and Hina Fatima

Morpho-playnological and foliar epidermal anatomy of genus Cenchrus L.


Reza Ebrahimi Hariry

Anticonvulsant effects of hydroalcoholic extract of Melissa officinalis on pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) model of convulsion in mice


Shiguang Sun, Xiaodi Sun, Qinggui Zhou, Hui Yan, Xiumin Li, Jie Cui, Jianfang Liu, Shujie Wang, Lihua Li and Shoucheng Liu

Establishment and standards for “high risk medicines” management system


Dongjie Shang, Lili Zhang, Shuying Han and Guiyun Wang

Adjuvant effect of a novel water-soluble polysaccharide isolated from the stem of Physalis alkekengi L. var. francheti (Mast.) Makino


Song Yi Koo, Kwang Hyun Cha, Dae-Geun Song, Donghwa Chung, Dong-Un Lee and Cheol-Ho Pan

Amplification of allyl isothiocyanate in red cabbage using high hydrostatic pressure treatment


H. M. Asif, Khan Usmanghani, Naveed Akhtar, M. Uzair, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah, M. Akram and Zahoor-ul-Hasan

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in gastroenterological disorders in Shifa Ul Mulk Memorial Hospital Karachi, Pakistan


Sirvan Atashak, Maghsoud Peeri, Afshar Jafari and Mohammad Ali Azarbayjani

Effects of ginger supplementation and resistance training on lipid profiles and body composition in obese men


O. A. Sodipo, F. I. Abdulrahman, U. K. Sandabe and J. A. Akinniyi

Total lipid profile and faecal cholesterol with aqueous fruit extract of Solanum macrocarpum in triton-induced hyperlipidaemic albino rats


S. M. Jodi, T. Adamu, U. Abubakar, M. G. Abubakar, U. M. Chafe, V. E. Ukatu, D. M. Sani and S. Adamu

Effects of treatment with ethanol extract of Gardenia sokotensis on haematological and biochemical changes in Trypanosoma brucei brucei infected rabbits


A. Shojaii, A. Goushegir, F.Hashem Dabaghian, M. Abdollahi Fard, H. Fallah Huseini

Herbs and herbal preparations for glycemic control in diabetes mellitus (a systematic review)


Maher Obeidat

Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants against multidrug resistant skin pathogens


Sudawadee Yotarlai, Vipavadee Chaisuksunt, Kanokporn Saenphet and Paiwan Sudwan

Effects of Boesenbergia rotunda juice on sperm qualities in male rats


Xiao-Ying Cao, Chang-Gen Li, Qian Miao, Zhu-Jun Zheng and Ji-Hong Jiang

Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a leaf-specific expressing 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase gene from Michelia chapensis Dandy


Ala Issa, Mohammad Mohammad, Mohammad Hudaib, Khalid Tawah, Talal Abu Rjai, Sawsan Oran and Yasser Bustanji

A potential role of Lavandula angustifolia in the management of diabetic dyslipidemia


Y. Wen Xu, Qian Rong Cai, Dan Zhao and Wei Wu

Monoterpene composition of flower and bract from Houttuynia cordata


Sobia Chohan, Rashida Atiq, Mirza Abid Mehmood, Safina Naz and Saleem Haider

Efficacy of few plant extracts against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. gladioli, the cause of corm rot of gladiolus


Muhammad Ismail, Shafiq-ur-Rahman, Naveed Muhammad, Nadeem Mohani, Muhammad Asif Khan2, Barkatullah and Javid Hussain

Pharmacognostic and phytochemical investigation of the stem bark of Pistacia integerrima Stew ex Brandis


Xihai Li, Jun Peng, Yanfang Xu, Mingxia Wu, Hongzhi Ye, Chunsong Zheng, Guangwen Wu, Huifeng Xu, Xuzheng Chen and Xianxiang Liu

Tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) promotes chondrocyte proliferation via pushing the progression of cell cycle


Annabelle A. Herrera, Rich Ericson C. King and Lerrie Ann D. G. Ipulan

Effects of oral administration of crude leaf extracts of Aglaia loheri Blanco and Ardisia pyramidalis (Cav.) Pers on mouse embryo morphology and maternal reproductive performance


C. M. Ashraf, Shahid Iqbal and Dildar Ahmed

Nutritional and physicochemical studies on fruit pulp, seed and shell of indigenous Prunus persica


Hongbo Zhao, Huiqin Zheng, Xianglong Li, Rongyan Zhou and Lanhui Li

Characterization, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) identification and variation of goat c-Kit gene in different populations


N. D. Kannan and G. Kulandaivelu

Drought induced changes in physiological, biochemical and phytochemical properties of Withania somnifera Dun.


Jyoti Ashok Chavan, Santosh Jalindar Patil and Ganesh Parashram Bhawane

Screening of aqueous plant extracts against Beauveria Bassiana infection to 5th instar larvae of Bombyx mori L.


Madeeha Malik, Shahzad Hussain, Farnaz Malik, Tipu Sultan, Hussain Ali, Abdul Hameed, Naila Abbasi and Khan Usmanghani

The effect of supplemental dietary chromium on blood glucose, body weight and liver enzymes of rabbits


Shaker A. Seddiek, Mohamed M. Ali, Hanem F. Khater and Mohamed M. El-Shorbagy

Anthelmintic activity of the white wormwood, Artemisia herba-alba against Heterakis gallinarum infecting turkey poults


Muhammad Rashid Awan, Zafar Iqbal, Syed Muqarab Shah, Zafar Jamal, Gul Jan, Muhammad Afzal, Abdul Majid and Alia Gul

Studies on traditional knowledge of economically important plants of Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Pakistan


Ying Zhang, Qing Li, Wen-tao Liu, Xiao-hui Chen, Ying Zhang, Xian-min You, Gui-xin Zou, Ting-guo Kang and Kai-shun Bi

Simultaneous quantification of schisandrin and gomisin A in rat plasma by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS): Application to a pharmacokinetic study


Gerard L. Penecilla and Celia P. Magno

Antibacterial activity of extracts of twelve common medicinal Plants from the Philippines


A. Namuli , N. Abdullah, C. C. Sieo, S. W. Zuhainis and E. Oskoueian

Phytochemical compounds and antibacterial activity of Jatropha curcas Linn. extracts


Hossein Afshari, Mostafa Eftekhari, Miad Faraji, Abdol Ghaffar Ebadi and Abbas Ghanbarimalidareh

Studying the effect of 1000 grain weight on the sprouting of different species of Salvia L. grown in Iran




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (17), 2011


Contents:

Mini Review


M. Akram, Naveed Akhtar, H. M. Asif, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah, Tariq Saeed, Arshad Mahmood and Nadia Shamshad Malik

Butea monosperma Lam.: A review


Review


M. Akram, H. M. Asif, M. Uzair, Naveed Akhtar, Asadullah Madni, S. M. Ali Shah, Zahoorul Hasan and Asmat Ullah

Amino acids: A review article


Du Jing, Wan Deguang, Huang Linfang, Chen Shilin and Qin Minjian

Application of chemometrics in quality evaluation of medicinal plants


Olawole O. Obembe, Tanveer Khan and Jacob O. Popoola

Use of somatic embryogenesis as a vehicle for cotton transformation


Research Articles


Momoh, M. A. and Muhammed, U.

Toxicological and hypoglycemic studies on the oil extracted from seeds of Khaya senegalensisis on blood glucose levels of alloxan-induced diabetic albino rats


S. Haripriya and Usha Chandrasekhar

Immunocompetence potential of Tinospora cordifolia on selected postmenopausal women


Gao Chen, Biao Liu, Miao Jiang, Yong Tan and Ai-ping Lu

Functional networks for Salvia miltiorrhiza and Panax notoginseng in combination explored with text mining and bioinformatical approach


Sun Cunhua, SHI Jian-jie, WANG Dan, LI Bai-wei and SUN Dong

Effects on physiological and biochemical characteristics of medicinal plant pigweed by drought stresses


Eman M. El-Sayed, Amal, S. Abd El-azeem Abeer, A. Afify, Manal H. Shabana and Hanaa H. Ahmed

Cardioprotective effects of Curcuma longa L. extracts against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in rats


Ling-Yun Cai, Feng-Xiang Shi and Xia Gao

Preliminary phytochemical analysis of canthopanan trifoliatus (L.) Merr


Aglaia Liopa-Tsakalidi, Georgios Zakynthinos, Theodoros Varzakas and Ioannis Nickolaos Xynias

Effect of NaCl and GA3 on seed germination and seedling growth of eleven medicinal and aromatic crops


Olgica Stefanovic, Milan S. Stankovic and Ljiljana Comic

In vitro antibacterial efficacy of Clinopodium vulgare L. extracts and their synergistic interaction with antibiotics


Sabahat Zahra Siddiqui, Muhammad Athar Abbasi, Aziz-ur-Rehman, Tauheeda Riaz, Tayyaba Shahzadi, Muhammad Ajaib and Khalid Mohammed Khan

Olea ferrugenia: A potential natural source of protection from oxidative stress


Dyamavvanahalli Lakshmanachar Shrisha, Koteshwara Anandrao Raveesha and Nagabhushan

Bioprospecting of selected medicinal plants for antibacterial activity against some pathogenic bacteria


Riaz Ur Rehman, Khan Usmanghani, Halima Nazar, Shahab uddin, M. Akram, H. M. Asif, Zahoor U. l. Hasan

Clinical study on the management of obesity with certain natural medicine


Dawood Khan, Khan Usmanghani, Shahab Uddin, E. Mohiuddin, Halima Nazar, M.Akram, H.M. Asif, Sultan Ayaz, Ibrahim Khan

Clinical evaluation of herbal medicine for treatment of bacillary dysentery


Chandan Kumar Pati and Aloke Bhattacharjee

Alleviation of seed deterioration and enhancement of plant potential of a pea species using selected medicinal plant extracts


MIdadul Haq, Wirakarnain Sani, A. B. M. S. Hossain, Rosna Mat Taha and K. M. Monneruzzaman

Total phenolic contents, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza


A. Ghasemi Pirbalouti, G. H. Rahnama, F. Malekpoor and H. Roohi Broujeni

Variation in antibacterial activity and phenolic content of Hypericum scabrum L. populations


Quanjun Yang, Mingsong Fan, Bin Wu, Zhaolin Sun, Xiaolan Cui, Xiaowei Du and Chenggang Huang

Quality assessment for fructus Gardeniae by multi-component quantification, chromatographic fingerprint and related chemometric analysis


Emira Noumi, Mejdi Snoussi, Najla Trabelsi, Hafedh Hajlaoui, Riadh Ksouri, Eulogio Valentin and Amina Bakhrouf

Antibacterial, anticandidal and antioxidant activities of Salvadora persica and Juglans regia L. extracts


Emira Noumi, Mejdi Snoussi, Hafedh Hajlaoui, Najla Trabelsi, Riadh Ksouri, Eulogio Valentin and Amina Bakhrouf

Chemical composition, antioxidant and antifungal potential of Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) and Eucalyptus globulus essential oils against oral Candida species


Keivan Saeb, Ali Askar Kiaee, Mahmoud Asadi, PourShamsian Khalil, Jafari Hajati Razieh and Eslami Alireza

Investigation of the effect of light intensity on five essential oils of Hypericum perforatum L: A case study of Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran


Siavash Hosseinpour Chermahini, Fadzilah Adibah Abdul Majid and Mohamad Roji Sarmidi

Antioxidant properties of cashew leaves' extracts before and after treatment with activated carbon used in cosmetics


Ali Ghasemzadeh and Neda Ghasemzadeh

Optimization of flavonoids extraction process from mulberry (Morus alba L.) leaves


Tauheeda Riaz, Muhammad Athar Abbasi, Tayyaba Shahzadi, Aziz-ur-Rehman, Sabahat Zahra Siddiqui and Muhammad Ajaib

Colebrookia oppositifolia: A valuable source for natural antioxidants


Shyam Kumar R., Naif Abdullah Al-Harbi and Thajuddin N.

Macromolecular and fatty acid profile studies on symbiotic cyanobacterial isolates of cyanolichens


Kun Silprasit, Supaporn Seetaha, Parinya Pongsanarakul, Supa Hannongbua and Kiattawee Choowongkomon

Anti-HIV-1 reverse transcriptase activities of hexane extracts from some Asian medicinal plants


J. J. Kiplimo, C. A. Everia and N. A. Koorbanally

Novel polyene from Vernonia urticifolia (Asteraceae)


Ibegbulem, C. O., Eyong, E. U. and Essien, E. U.

Polymerization inhibition activity of Raphia hookeri palm sap and its effect on osmotic fragility of sickle cell red blood cells


Wu Xiong-Zhi, Zhang Shuang-Xia, Zhu Cong and Chen Dan

Effects of sulfated polysaccharide extracted from Prunella vulgaris on endothelial cells


Najihah Mohd. Hashim, Mawardi Rahmani, Shireen Shaharina Shamaun, Gwendoline Cheng Lian Ee, Mohd Aspollah Sukari, A. Manaf Ali, and Rusea Go

Dipeptide and xanthones from Artocarpus kemando Miq.


Mostafa A. A., Al-Rahmah A. N. and Abdel-Megeed A.

Evaluation of some plant extracts for their antifungal and antiaflatoxigenic activities


Usama Waheed Hawas, Eman Fadl Ahmed, Amal Fadl Abdelkader and Hanan Ahmed Anwar Aly Taie

Biological activity of flavonol glycosides from Rumex dentatus plant, an Egyptian Xerophyte


Mohammad Hossein Aarabi, Mohammad Esmaeil Shahaboddin, Karim Parastouei, Mitra Motallebi, Akbar Jafarnejad, Mehdi Mirhashemi and Gholam A. Hamidi

Evaluation of 11-hydroxy-?8-THC-dimethylheptyl effects on cytokines profile and locomotor tests in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis


Abdolhossein Rustaiyan, Katayoun Javidnia, Mohammad Hossein Farjam, Fateme Aboee-Mehrizi and Elham Ezzatzadeh

Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of the Ephedra sarcocarpa growing in Iran


O. S. Olorunnisola, G. Bradley and A. J. Afolayan

Ethnobotanical information on plants used for the management of cardiovascular diseases in Nkonkobe Municipality, South Africa


Ying Chen, Qing-Wen Zhang, Song-Lin Li, Yan Yi, Jing Zhao, Ying Wang, and Wen-Cai Ye

PSidium guajava, a potential resource rich in corosolic acid revealed by high performance liquid chromatography


Danyang Dou, Wanjun Tao, Lingling Li, Tingjian Jia, Yiding Dou, Wings T. Y. Loo, Mary N. B. Cheung and Ziyuan Luo

The effect of polysaccharide peptide and taxol on human solid tumor tissue in vitro


Liangbin Zhou, Yan Liang, Wenqiong Wang, Haibo Tan, Menghua Xiao, Chen Fan and Rongmin Yu

Biotransformation of 4-phenylcoumarin by transgenic hairy roots of Polygonum multiflorum


Shabnum Shaheen, Mushtaq Ahmad, Farah Khan, Muhammad Zafar, Mir Ajab Khan, Asghari Bano, Shazia Sultana, Muhammad Jamil, Gul Jan and Muhammad Khan Leghari

Micormorphological diversity in leaf epidermal anatomy of Brachiaria species using elemental dispersive spectrophotometer analysis


Musa S. Musa, Fathelrhman E. Abdelrasool, Elsheikh A. Elsheikh, Lubna A. M. N. Ahmed, Abdel Latif E. Mahmoud and Sakina M. Yagi

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in the Blue Nile State, South-eastern Sudan


Huaxi Xiao, Qinlu Lin, Gao-Qiang Liu, Yue Wu, Wei Tian, Wei Wu and Xiangjin Fu

Effect of green tea polyphenols on the gelatinization and retrogradation of rice starches with different amylose contents


Pengfei Liu, Wanyu Shi, Yantao Zhao and Xiuhui Zhong

Effects of Chinese herbal formula Maxing Shigan powder on IgA secreting cells in chicken bronchus


Heidar Meftahizade

Evaluation of antibacterial activity and wound healing of Pistacia atlantica and Pistacia khinjukn


Lamia Yacoubi, Lotfi Rabaoui, Mohamed Hédi Hamdaoui, Sami Fattouch, Raja Serairi, Nadia Kourda and Saloua Ben Khamsa

Anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory effects of Trigonella foenum-graecum Linnaeus, 1753 (Fenugreek) seed extract in experimental pulmonary fibrosis


Kefei Hu, Yonghua Li, Yukai Du, Benwei Su and Dong Lu

Analysis of 1-deoxynojirimycin component correlation between medicinal parasitic loranthus from loranthaceae and their mulberry host trees


Talibi I., Amkraz N., Askarne L., Msanda F., Saadi B., Boudyach E. H., Boubaker H., Bouizgarne B. and Ait Ben Aoumar A.

Antibacterial activity of moroccan plants extracts against Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, the causal agent of tomatoes’ bacterial canker


Ezzeddine Saadaoui, Arbi Guetat, Nizar Tlili, Mohamed El Gazzah and Abdelhamid Khaldi

Subspecific variability of Tunisian wild populations of Capparis spinosa L.


Gian Gabriele Franchi, Cristina Nencini and Elga Collavoli and Paola Massarelli

Composition and antioxidant activity in vitro of different St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) extracts


Nobakht Ali

Effects of different levels of chicory (Cichorium intybus L.), zizaphora (Zizaphora tenuior L.), nettle (Urtica dioica L.) and savoury (Satureja hortensis L.) medicinal plants on carcass characteristics of male broilers


Halil Ozkol, Ismail Koyuncu and Yasin Tuluce

Some medicinal plants counteract alterations of neuroendocrine stress response system, oxidative and nitrosative stress caused by repeated restraint in rats


Mammedova Z. A. and Ibadullayeva S. J.

Antimicrobe characteristics of essence oils of some species of the Nepeta L. Genus


Le Ying, Ping Xu, Shuangru Huang and Yuefei Wang

Antioxidant activity of bioactive compounds extracted from Ampelopsis grossedentata leaves by optimized supercritical carbon dioxide


Tariq Mahmood, Faiza Meer, Faiza Munir, Nazia Nazar and Ishrat Naveed

Genetic diversity of selected Apocynaceae species based on chloroplast gene rps11


Gölge Sarikamiş and Ruhsar Yanmaz

Effects of cultivar and developmental stage on glucosinolates in garden cress (Lepidium sativum L.)


Mostafa, Farajpour. Mohsen, Ebrahimi. Reza, Amiri, Seyed Ahmad Sadat Nori and Rasoul Golzari

Investigation of variations of the essential oil content and morphological values in yarrow (Achillea santolina) from Iran




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (18), 2011


Contents:

Review



Yongsi Zhang, Changmin Liao, Jun Li and Xiaohong Liu

A review on resource status, bioactive ingredients, clinical applications and biological progress in Bergenia



Research Articles



Francisco E. B. Junior, Edinardo F. F. Matias, Dayanne R. Oliveira, Andreza G. B. Ramos, Cícera N. Fernandes, Heloisa H. F. Souza, Luiz J. Lacerda Neto, Anita O. B. Pereira, Mariana K. A. Araruna, Francisco A. V. Santos, Henrique D. M. Coutinho, Jose G. M. Costa, Marta R. Kerntopf and Irwin R. A. Menezes

Modulatory antibiotic activity and chemical composition of hydroalcoholic extract of Croton campestris


Yasser Bustanji, Ala Issa, Ahlam Moulay, Mohammad Hudaib, Khaled Tawaha, Mohammad Mohammad, Saja Hamed, Ihab Masri and Feras Q. Alali

Hormone sensitive lipase inhibition by selected medicinal plants


Md. Sazedul Karim Sarker and Chul Ju Yang

Eosungcho (Houttuynia cordata) with multi strain probiotics as alternative to antibiotic for broiler production


Fu-kang Gao, Ying-hui Yong, Chuan-chao Dai

Effects of endophytic fungal elicitor on two kinds of terpenoids production and physiological indexes in Euphorbia pekinensis suspension cells



Mohammad Shafie B. Shafie, Sayed M. Zain Hasan, Abdullah M. Zain and Ramisah M. Shah

RAPD and ISSR markers for comparative analysis of genetic diversity in wormwood capillary (Artemisia capillaris) from Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia


Mehdi Monfared, Abolfazl Kamkar, Sahar Ghaffari Khaligh, Ashkan Jebelli Javan, Farzad Asadi and Afshin Akhundzadeh Basti

Antioxidative effects of Iranian Urtica dioica L. extracts on the oxidation of sunflower oil


Alireza Azizzadeh Delshad, Mohsen Naseri, Maedeh Parvizi, Noor Fattah and Maryam Sharayeli

The Iranian traditional herbal medicine ostokhodus can prevent axotomy-induced apoptosis in spinal motoneurons in neonate rats[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 4446 - 4451



Meifang Peng, Zhihua Liao, Yue Zheng, Chunxian Yang, Lingjiang Zeng, Min Chen, Xingjia Ming and Xiaozhong Lan

Establishment of a high frequency plant regeneration system of Rauvolfia verticillata via somatic embryogenesis


Chia-Yuan Liu, Yuen-Liang Lai, Chin-Ping Lin, Yu-Tse Wu, Tung-Hu Tsai and Yu-Jen Chen

Anti-tumor effect of Archidendron lucidum (benth) against esophageal cancer, colorectal cancer and hepatoma


A. H. A. Abdelmageed, Q. Z. Faridah, F. M. A. Norhana, A. A. Julia and Midhzar Abdul Kadir

Micropropagation of Etlingera elatior (Zingiberaceae) by using axillary bud explants


Xiaozhong Lan, Suxia Ren, Yijian Yang, Min Chen, Hong Quan and Zhihua Liao

Molecular cloning and characterization of the gene encoding pinoresinol synthase from Tibet Dysosma


José R. Santin, Alessandro Silveira, Elisa Muller, Vanessa D. Claudino, Alexandre B. Cruz, Cristiani Bürger, Rilton A. de Freitas and Angela Malheiros

Evaluation of the acute toxicity, genotoxicity and mutagenicity of ethanol extract of Piper aduncum


Masoud Kazemi, Mohammad Dakhili, Abolfazl Dadkhah, Zahra Yasrebifar and Kambiz Larijani

Composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the essential oil of Artemisia kermanensis Podl., an endemic species from Iran [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 4481 - 4486


C. H. Ahn, Y. S. Kim, S. Lim, J. S. Yi and Y. E. Choi

Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis and RAPD-derived sequence characterized amplified regions (SCAR) marker development to identify Chinese and Korean ginseng


Adeel Mahmood, Rizwana Aleem Qureshi, Aqeel Mahmood, Yasmin Sangi, Hamayun Shaheen, Ijaz Ahmad and Zerqa Nawaz

Ethnobotanical survey of common medicinal plants used by people of district Mirpur, AJK, Pakistan


M. Akram, M. Uzair, Nadia Shamshad Malik, Arshad Mahmood, Naila Sarwer, Asadullah Madni and H. M. Asif

Mentha arvensis Linn.: A review article


Arifa Tahir and Rabia Moeen

Comparison of antibacterial activity of water and ethanol extracts of Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze against dental caries and detection of antibacterial components


Cibele Bonacorsi, Luiz Marcoks da Fonseca, Maria Stella G. Raddi, Rodrigo R. Kitagawa, Miriam Sannomiya and Wagner Vilegas

Relative antioxidant activity of Brazilian medicinal plants for gastrointestinal diseases


Nizar Tlili, Ahlem Bargougui, Walid Elfalleh, Saida Triki and Nizar Nasri

Phenolic compounds, protein, lipid content and fatty acids compositions of cactus seeds


Ishfaq Hameed and Farrukh Hussain

Stomatal studies of some selected medicinal plants of family solanaceae


Hossein Ahmadi Chenarbon, Saeid Minaei and Akbar Arabhosseini

Effective parameters on drying of Hypericum perforatum L. leaves


Fatemeh Nejatzadeh Barandozi, Sattar Tahmasebi Enferadi, Mohammad Reza Naghavi, Mohammad Esmaiel Hassani, Younes Mostofi and Amir Mousavi

Effects of fertilizer on morphological traits in Aloe vera


An Na Yang, Lin Lu, Chen Xi Wu and Ming Mei Xia

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with Huangshan Magnolia (Magnolia cylindrica)


Lianhua Wu, Yougen Wu, Qiaosheng Guo, Shaopeng Li, Kaibing Zhou and Junfeng Zhang

Comparison of genetic diversity in Pogostemon cablin from China revealed by RAPD, morphological and chemical analyses


Jing Li Yang, Chen Guang Zhou, Bo Zhao, Chun Lian Jin, Teng Zhang and Cheng Hao Li

Rapid direct adventitious shoot organogenesis and plant regeneration from mature seed explants of Phellodendron amurense Rupr.


Mustafa Türk, Bulent Kaya, Yusuf Menemen and Serpil Oguztüzün

Apoptotic and necrotic effects of plant extracts belonging to the genus Alchemilla L. species on HeLa cells in vitro



Hong Zhang, Zhen Wu, Youming Li, Jing Xu, Ling Shen, Zhigang Wu and Lei Geng

Parthenolide augments the anticancer effects of 5-fluorouracil on cell apoptosis and decreased NF-kB activity in a gastric cancer cell line


Carolina Lopes Bastos, Camila Souza da Mata, Vitor Hugo Maia, Rafael Augusto Xavier Borges, Luciana Ozório Franco, Paulo Cavalcanti Gomes Ferreira and Neusa Tamaio

Anatomical and molecular identification of “guaco” Mikania glomerata and Mikania laevigata (Asteraceae), two important medicinal species from Brazil


Naser Montazeri, Elham Baher, Fateme Mirzajani, Zahra Barami and Soghra Yousefian

Phytochemical contents and biological activities of Rosa canina fruit from Iran


Nisar Ahmad, Bin Guo, Hina Fazal, Bilal Haider Abbasi, Chun-Zhao Liu, Tariq Mahmood and Zabta Khan Shinwari

Feasible plant regeneration in black pepper from petiole explants


A. H. Beiki, F. Keify and J. Mozafari

Rapid genomic DNA isolation from corm of Crocus species for genetic diversity analysis


Arash Khaki, Fatemeh Fathi Azad, Mohamad Nouri and Amir Afshin Khaki

Effects of basil, Ocimum basilicum on spermatogenesis in rats


Mahdi Shirdel, Alireza Motallebi-Azar, Sirous Masiha, Najmedin Mortazavi, Mansour Matloobi and Yavar Sharafi

Effects of inorganic nitrogen source and NH4+: NO3- ratio on proliferation of dog rose (Rosa canina)


Eun-Ju Jung, Myung-Suk Bae, Eun-Kyung Jo, Young-Hong Jo and Seung-Cheol Lee

Antioxidant activity of different parts of eggplant


Zakaria El-Khayat, Jihan Hussein, Tahany Ramzy and Magdy Ashour

Antidiabetic antioxidant effect of Panax ginseng


Sha Sha Chu, Shao Liang Liu, Qi Zhi Liu, Zhi Long Liu and Shu Shan Du

Composition and toxicity of Chinese Dracocephalum moldavica (Labiatae) essential oil against two grain storage insects


Dalel Brahmi, Yousra Ayed, Chayma Bouaziz, Lazhar Zourgui, Wafa Hassen and Hassen Bacha

Hepatoprotective effect of cactus extract against carcinogenicity of benzo(a)pyrene on liver of Balb/C mice


Dossou Sika Salomé Kpoviessi, Fernand A. Gbaguidi, Cosme Kossouoh, Pierre Agbani, Eléonore Yayi-Ladekan, Brice Sinsin, Mansourou Moudachirou, Georges C. Accrombessi and Joëlle Quetin-Leclercq

Chemical composition and seasonal variation of essential oil of Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst subsp birrea leaves from Benin


Zengjun Guo, Ying Xu, Ling Han, Xiaoqian Bo, Chen Huang and Lei Ni

Antioxidant and cytotoxic activity of the acetone extracts of root of Euphorbia hylonoma and its ellagic acid derivatives


Saeed Tajbakhsh, Mahsa Ilkhani, Abdolhossein Rustaiyan, Kambiz Larijani, Kohzad Sartavi, Rahim Tahmasebi and Golandam Asayesh

Antibacterial effect of the brown alga Cystoseira trinodis


E. J. Ndebia, E. Umapathy, B. N. Nkeh-Chungag and J. E. Iputo

Anti-inflammatory properties of Albuca setosa and its possible mechanism of action


Amir Muhammad Khan, Rizwana Aleem Qureshi, Syed Aneel Gillani and Faizan Ullah

Antimicrobial activity of selected medicinal plants of Margalla Hills, Islamabad, Pakistan


Amir Muhammad Khan, Rizwana Aleem Qureshi, Syed Aneel Gillani and Faizan Ullah

Antimicrobial activity of selected medicinal plants of Margalla Hills, Islamabad, Pakistan


Haider Ali, Junaid Sannai, Hassan Sher and Abdul Rashid

Ethnobotanical profile of some plant resources in Malam Jabba valley of Swat, Pakistan


Hossein Afshari, Mostafa Eftekhari, Miad Faraji, Abdol Ghaffar Ebadi and Hossein Abbaspour

Effect of different levels of gibberellic acid on seed sprouting of some species of Salvia genus grown in Iran



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (19), 2011


Contents:

Review



Uttara Singh, Anita Kochhar and Sadhana Singh

Blood glucose lowering potential of some herbal plants


Juan A. Ascacio-Valdés, José J. Buenrostro-Figueroa, Antonio Aguilera-Carbo, Arely Prado-Barragán, Raúl Rodríguez-Herrera and Cristóbal N. Aguilar

Ellagitannins: Biosynthesis, biodegradation and biological properties


Riaz Ur Rehman, Naveed Akhtar, M. Akram, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah, Tariq Saeed, Qaiser Jabeen, H. M. Asif and S. M. Ali Shah

Bacillary dysentery: A review



Research Articles



A. Poongodi, S. Thilagavathi, V. Aravindhan and A. Rajendran

Observations on some ethnomedicinal plants in Sathyamangalam forests of Erode district, Tamil Nadu, India


Sumathi S., Malathy N., Dharani B., Sivaprabha J., Hamsa D., Radha P. and Padma P. R.

Cytotoxic studies of latex of Euphorbia antiquorum in in vitro models


D. M. Kadam, R. K. Goyal and M. K. Gupta

Mathematical modeling of convective thin layer drying of basil leaves


Raginee Verma, G. P. Satsangi, and J. N. Shrivastava

Susceptibility of a weed Calotropis procera (Ait.) against clinical isolates of dermatophytes


Siavash Hosseinpour Chermahini and Fadzilah Adibah Abdul Majid

Antimicrobial activity of cashew leaves’ extracts used in cosmetics before and after treatment with activated carbon


N. K. Srivastava and A. K. Srivastava

Allocation of different 14C substrates into primary metabolites in relation to total alkaloid accumulation into Catharanthus roseus plants


P. Thirunavukkarasu, T. Ramanathan, L. Ramkumar, R. Shanmugapriya and G. Renugadevi

The antioxidant and free radical scavenging effect of Avicennia officinalis


F. Abrahimpour, G. R. Bakhshi Khaniki, M. Ghanavati and Kh Eidi Zade

Investigation of genetic variation on different populations of Silybum marianum L. (Fabaceae) by using cytogenetic parameters


Madhu Chandel, Satwinderjeet Kaur and Subodh Kumar

Studies on the genoprotective/antioxidant potential of methanol extract of Anthocephalus cadamba (Roxb.) Miq



Ju-Sung Kim, Yeo-Jin Sa, Tae Kyung Hyun and Myong-Jo Kim

Comparison of biological activities of Ribes fasciculatum according to regional differences


Sanmuga Priya Ekambaram, Senthamil Selvan Perumal and Venkataraman Subramanian

Assessment of the in-vivo and in-vitro antioxidant potential of Strychnos potatorum Linn. seeds in Freund’s adjuvant induced arthritic rats


Shalinder Kaur, Harminder Pal Singh, Daizy Rani Batish and Ravinder Kumar Kohli

Chemical characterization, antioxidant and antifungal activity of essential oil from Eucalyptus tereticornis


Jie Cui, Xin Yang, Ai-jun Dong, Da-you Cheng, Jing Wang, Hai-tian Zhao, Ren-bo Xu, Pu Wang and Wen-jing LI

Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of Euphorbia fischeriana essential oil from China


Mondal Sunanda and Paul Ranjan

Medicinal plants grown in and around Guskara used by local poor people for treating some common ailments


Punna Ramulu, Nappan Veettil Giridharan and Paruchuri Udayasekhararao

Hypolipidemic effect of soluble dietary fiber (galactomannan) isolated from fenugreek seeds in WNIN (GR-Ob) obese rats


Sakineh Abbaszadeh, Tayebeh Radjabian, Massoud Taghizadeh, Faezeh Fazeli and Yasaman Salmaki

Characterization of fatty acids in different organs of some Iranian Echium plants


Ghassem Habibi Bibalani

Average stem biomass of Althaea ficifolia in Shanjan Rangelands, East Azerbaijan, Iran


Hossein Jahangirian, Jelas Haron, Sidik Silong, Nor Azah Yusof, Kamyar Shameli, Samira Eissazadeh, Roshanak Rafiee Moghaddam, Behnam Mahdavi and Mahtab Jafarzade

Antibacterial effect of phenyl fatty hydroxamic acids synthesized from canola oil


Y. Wen Xu, Dan Zhao, Shuai Shuai Lv, Wen Ting Yang, Jun Wen Chen and Wei Wu

Salicylic acid-induced physiological responses and monoterpene accumulation in Houttuynia cordata Thunb


Venkata Sai Prakash Chaturvedula and Indra Prakash

Diterpene glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana


Aijing Leng, Qiuyang Xu, Ming Xie, Wenjie Zhang, Yongrui Bao, Yang Du, Zhongzhe Cheng, Haibo Wang, Xixiang Ying and Tingguo Kang

ICP-MS determination of trace elements of different growth time in the leaves of Crataegus pinnatifida Bge. var. major


Roshila Moodley, Hafizah Chenia, Sreekanth B. Jonnalagadda and Neil Koorbanally

Antibacterial and anti-adhesion activity of the pentacyclic triterpenoids isolated from the leaves and edible fruits of Carissa macrocarpa


K. K. Naidoo, R. M. Coopoosamy and G. Naidoo

Screening of Chromolaeana odorata (L.) King and Robinson for antibacterial and antifungal properties


Bochra Gargouri, Riadh ben Mansour, Malek Mseddi Jmal, Rihab Nasr Boujelben, Noureddine Allouch, Saloua Lassoued and Khaled hamden

Hydroxytyrosol supplementation inhibits oxidative DNA damage, suppresses protein-lipid oxidation and modulates antioxidant enzymes in human peripheral blood lymphocytes


Vahabi S, Najafi E and Alizadeh S

In vitro antimicrobial effects of some herbal essences against oral pathogens


Naveed Ahmad, Farooq Anwar, Sohail Hameed and Mary C. Boyce

Antioxidant and antimicrobial attributes of different solvent extracts from leaves and flowers of akk [Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. F.)]


Soma Saeed, Faiza Munir, Ishrat Naveed, Ghazala Kaukab Raja and Tariq Mahmood

Phylogenetics of selected Plantago species on the basis of rps14 chloroplast gene


Mohammad Sadat Hosseini Grouh, Heidar Meftahizade, Naser Lotfi, Vahid Rahimi and Behdad Baniasadi

Doubling the chromosome number of Salvia hains using colchicine: Evaluation of morphological traits of recovered plants


Kun Silprasit, Supaporn Seetaha, Parinya Pongsanarakul, Supa Hannongbua and Kiattawee Choowongkomon

Anti-HIV-1 reverse transcriptase activities of hexane extracts from some Asian medicinal plants


Ömer Beyhan, Mehmet Aktaş, Necmettin Yilmaz, Nurten Şimşek and Resul Gerçekçioglu

Determination of fatty acid compositions of some important almond (Prunus amygdalus L.) varieties selected from Tokat province and Eagean region of Turkey


Vali Rabiei, Elham Shirzadeh, Yavar Sharafi and Najmedin Mortazavi

Effects of postharvest applications of calcium nitrate and acetate on quality and shelf-life improvement of “Jonagold” apple fruit


Esfandiar Heidarian, Effat Jafari-Dehkordi and Ali Seidkhani-Nahal

Lipid-lowering effect of artichoke on liver phosphatidate phosphohydrolase and plasma lipids in hyperlipidemic rats


Ying Guo, Hua-liang Liu and Ke Yuan

Determination of trace elements of Melicope patulinervia from different part by microwave digestion-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)


Eun-Soon Son, Jeung-Min Lee, Jeong-Un Choi and Hae-Ryong Park

Selective cytotoxicity of Carthamus tinctorius against glucose-deprived HT-29 human colon carcinoma cells


Sina Cosmulescu and Ion Trandafir

Seasonal variation of total phenols in leaves of walnut (Juglans regia L.)


He Qin Li, Chun Qi Bai, Sha Sha Chu, Ligang Zhou, Shu Shan Du, Zhi Long Liu and Qi Zhi Liu

Chemical composition and toxicities of the essential oil derived from Kadsura heteroclita stems against Sitophilus zeamais and Meloidogyne incognita


Juengwatanatrakul Thaweesak, Sakamoto Seiichi, Tanaka Hiroyuki and Putalun Waraporn

Elicitation effect on production of plumbagin in in vitro culture of Drosera indica L.


Vali Rabiei, Saba Es-haghi, Mohammad-Ali Aazami and Yavar Sharafi

Combined effects of hot air and calcium chloride on quality and antioxidant enzymes activity in ‘red delicious’ apple fruits


Sun Guang Li, Xu Xu Dong, Yang Jun Shan, Zhong Ming Liang, Lv Li Xun and Jing Quan Yuan

Non-alkaloid components from Uncaria sinensis (Oliv.) Havil. and their chemotaxonomic significance


A. Khaleghian, Y. Nakaya and H. Nazari

Biodiesel production from Euphorbia tirucalli L.


M. Akram, S. M. Ali Shah, H. M. Asif, Ghazala Shaheen, Tahira Shamim, M. Ibrahim Khan, Asmat Ullah and Khalil Ahmed

Comparative study of similarity and identity of human albumin with some selected organism albumin




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (20), 2011


Contents:

Review



M. Akram, Naveed Akhtar, H. M. Asif, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah, Tariq Saeed, Arshad Mahmood and Nadia Shamshad Malik

Vitamin A: A review article


M. Akram, H. M. Asif, N. Akhtar, P. A. Shah, M. Uzair, G. Shaheen, T. Shamim, S. M. A. Shah and K. Ahmad

Glycogen metabolism and glycogen storage diseases: A review



Research Articles



A. R. Zebarjadi, Sh. Najafi, H. R. Ghasempour and J. Motamedi

Establishment of a practical tissue culture for producing hairy roots of Valeriana officinalis L. via Agrobacterium rhizogenes


Masoud Kazemi, Mohammad Dakhili, Abolfazl Dadkhah, Zahra Yasrebifar and Kambiz Larijani

Composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the essential oil of Artemisia kermanensis Podl., an endemic species from Iran


Marielle Cascaes Inácio, Bianca Waléria Bertoni, Suzelei de Castro França and Ana Maria Soares Pereira

In vitro conservation and low cost micropropagation of Cochlospermum regium (Mart. Ex. Scharank)


Sang Min Kim and Byung-Hun Um

Evaluation of the antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds among blueberry cultivars by HPLC-ESI/MS and on-line HPLC-ABTS system


Demet ALTINDAL and Nüket ALTINDAL

The effects of sage volatile oil (Salvia officinalis) and Turkish oregano volatile oil (Origanum onites) on stored cowpea (Vigna nisensis L.) seed


Rajbir Kaur, Upendra Sharma, Bikram Singh and Saroj Arora

Antimutagenic potential of chickrassy (Chukrasia tabularis A. Juss) bark


Rasul Jalili Marandi, Abbas Hassani, Ali Abdollahi and Soyli Hanafi

Application of Carum copticum and Satureja hortensis essential oils and salicylic acid and silver thiosulfate in increasing the vase life of cut rose flower


Rasul Jalili Marandi, Abbas Hassani, Ali Abdollahi and Soyli Hanafi

Improvement of the vase life of cut gladiolus flowers by essential oils, salicylic acid and silver thiosulfate


V. Sudarshana Deepa, K. Rajaram, M. Anis Kumar, Soni Das and P. Suresh kumar

High frequency regeneration and shoot multiplication in Andrographis lineata wall. ex. nees: an endemic medicinal plant of south India


Mohd Sabri Pak-Dek, Azizah Osman, Najla Gooda Sahib, Nazamid Saari, Masturah Markom, Azizah Abdul Hamid and Farooq Anwar

Effects of extraction techniques on phenolic components and antioxidant activity of Mengkudu (Morinda citrifolia L.) leaf extracts


Nada K. K. Hendi, Habeeb S. Naher and Alaa H. Al-Charrakh

In vitro antibacterial and antifungal activity of Iraqi propolis


Kiran Yasmin Khan, Mir Ajab Khan, Ghulam Mujtaba Shah, Mushtaq Ahmad, Mamoona Munir, Imran Hussain, Hina Fazal, Paras Mazari, Barkat Ali, Nighat Seema and Syeda Huma Bokhari

Palynomorphological characterization of some species of Ficus L. from Pakistan


Abd El-Moneim M. R. Afify, Emad A. Shalaby and Hossam S. El-Beltagi

Antioxidant activity of aqueous extracts of different caffeine products


Ayda Khadhri, Ridha El Mokni, Khaled Mguis, Ines Ouerfelli and Maria Eduarda M. Araújo

Variability of two essential oils of Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam. a traditional Tunisian medicinal plant


Ahmed E. Abdel Moneim, Mohamed A. Dkhil and Saleh Al-Quraishy

Studies on the effect of pomegranate (Punica granatum) juice and peel on liver and kidney in adult male rats


A. Ghasemi Pirbalouti, B. Hamedi, R. Abdizadeh and F. Malekpoor

Antifungal activity of the essential oil of Iranian medicinal plants


Sonia Hamlaoui-Gasmi, Nadia Limam, Meherzia Mokni, Ferid Limam, Ezzedine Aouani, Mohamed Amri and Lamjed Marzouki

Garlic-mode treatment effects on rat brain redox status


Magdy M. D. Mohammed, Eman R. El-Sharkawy and Azza A. Matloub

Cytotoxic flavonoids from Diplotaxis harra (Forssk.) Boiss. growing in Sinai


F. Ahrabi, Sh. Enteshari and A. Moradshahi

Allelopathic potential of para-hydroxybenzoic acid and coumarin on canola: Talaieh cultivar


Ahmad Reza Berimavandi, Davood Hashemabadi, Mohammad Vali Facouri Ghaziani and Behzad Kaviani

Effects of plant density and sowing date on the growth, flowering and quantity of essential oil of Calendula officinalis L.


Adefuye A. O., Samie A. and Ndip R. N.

In-vitro evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of extracts of Bridelia micrantha on selected bacterial pathogens


Mudi, S. Y., Ibrahim, H. and Bala, M. S.

Acute toxicity studies of the aqueous root extract of Lawsonia inermis Linn. in rats


Ali Shafaghat

Chemical constituents, antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of the hexane extract from root and seed of Levisticum persicum Freyn and Bornm.


Suvarna Shenvi, Vinod, Rajendra Hegde, Anil Kush and G. Chandrasekara Reddy

A unique water soluble formulation of ß-asarone from sweet flag (Acorus calamus L.) and its in vitro activity against some fungal plant pathogens


Mughal Qayum, Muhammad Nisar, Barkat Ali Khan, Mussarat Akhtar, Waqar Ahmad Kaleem, Muhammad Imran Khan, Tariq Mahmood, Shakir Ahmad Shahid and M. Zia-Ul-Haq

Nematicidal potential of Impatiens bicolor Royle


Fatemeh Hajighasemi, Vida Hashemi and Fariba Khoshzaban

Cytotoxic effect of Mentha spicata aqueous extract on cancerous cell lines in vitro


H. R. Khazaie, E. Eyshi Rezaie, M. Bannayan

Application times and concentration of humic acid impact on aboveground biomass and oil production of hyssop (Hyssopus of?cinalis)


Sina Rad, Hossein Afshari, Mehdi Mohamadi Moghadam, Sohyla Tahmasbi, Hamidreza Ziaolhagh and Abdolghafar Ebadi

The study of antifungal effects of herbal essences on Aspergillus parasiticus, an aflatoxin producer in pistachio (Pistacia vera)


Anwar Ali Shad, Hamid Ullah Shah, Jehan Bakht, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary and Javid Ullah

Nutraceutical potential and bioassay of Apium graveolens L. grown in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan


Rahman S, Imran M, Muhammad N, Hassan N, Chisthi A. K., Khan A. F., Sadozai K. S. and Khan S. M.

Antibacetial screening of leaves and stem of Carica papaya


Tariq Mahmood, Soma Saeed, Ishrat Naveed, Faiza Munir, Ghazala Kaukab Raja

Assessment of antioxidative activities of extracts from selected Plantago species


Seyyed Najmedin Mortazavi, Seyyedeh-Farahnaz Talebi, Rouh-Angiz Naderi and Yavar Sharafi

Regulation of ethylene biosynthesis by nitric oxide and thidiazuron during postharvest of rose


Wei Wang, Haibo Shi, Ruonan Zhu, Dianwen Zhang, Yan Han, and Tingting Sun

Simultaneous determination of three bioactive homoisoflavanones in rhizomes of Polygonatum odoratum


P. P. Sarvalkar, M. V. Walvekar and L. P. Bhopale

Antioxidative effect of curcumin (Curcuma longa) on lipid peroxidation and lipofuscinogenesis in submandibular gland of D-galactose- induced aging male mice


Tariq Habib, Zahid Hussain Malik, Muhammad Altaf Hussain and Muhammad Qayyum Khan

Plant species diversity along the altitudinal gradient at Garhi Dopatta Hills, Muzaffarabad


E. Mohiuddin, Khan Usmanghani, M. Akram, H.M.Asif, Naveed Akhtar, Pervaiz A. Shah and M. Uzair

Morus nigra - L. A.


Guru Prasad B. R.

Assessment of ethno-medicinal plants from Chamundi Hill, Mysore




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