Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (3-10), 2011

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (3), 2011


Contents:

Review


Lu-E Shi, Zhi-Liang Zhang, Liang-Ying Xing, Dan-Dan Yang, Yu-Peng Guo, Xiao-Feng Guo, Li-Ming Zhao and Zhen-Xing Tang

Antioxidants extraction by supercritical CO2


Research Articles


Emiru Birhane, Ermias Aynekulu, Wolde Mekuria and Degitu Endale

Management, use and ecology of medicinal plants in the degraded dry lands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia


Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbalouti, Abnoos Karimi, Mehdi Yousefi, Shekofeh Enteshari and Ahmad Reza Golparvar

Diversity of Thymus daenensis Celak in Central and West of Iran


Li Xiang, Ma Jianzhong, Xia Jing and Shi Yundong

Surfactant assisted ethanol extraction of dioscin


Esra Maltas, Hasibe Cingilli Vural and Salih Yildiz

Extraction of genomic DNA from polysaccharide- and phenolics-rich Ginkgo biloba



Ilesanmi Funmilayo Florence and T. l. Olawoye

A preliminary comparative phytochemistry of metabolites of orange (Citrus sinensis) and guava (Psidium guajava) mistletoes and their host plants


Riazur Rehman, M. Akram, Naveed Akhtar, Qaiser Jabeen, Tariq saeed, S. M. Ali Shah, Khalil Ahmed, Ghazala Shaheen and H. M. Asif

Zingiber officinale Roscoe (pharmacological activity)


Sammia Yasmin, Muhammad Akram Kashmiri and Kalsoom Anwar

Screening of aerial parts of Abutilon bidentatum for hepatoprotective activity in rabbits


Mohammed Safwan Ali Khan, Syed Ahmed Hussain, Abdul Manan Mat Jais, Zainul Amiruddin Zakaria and Mohib Khan

Anti-ulcer activity of Ficus religiosa stem bark ethanolic extract in rats


Edziri H., Mastouri M., Mahjoub M. A., Ammar S., Mighri Z., Gutmann L. and Aouni M.

Antiviral activity of leaves extracts of Marrubium alysson L.


DongFang Zhang, Kun Li and MeiHuan Zhou

Epimedium herb extract intervening in hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis of male rats in delayed puberty caused by diet-induced obesity


Tan Chee Leng, Ning Shu Ping, Boey Peng Lim and Chan Lai Keng

Detection of bioactive compounds from Spilanthes acmella (L.) plants and its various in vitro culture products


Salam Zein, Sanaa Awada, Samar Rachidi, Amal Hajj, Elena Krivoruschko and Hussein Kanaan

Chemical analysis of essential oil from Lebanese wild and cultivated Origanum syriacum l. (Lamiaceae) before and after flowering


Azu, O. O., Duru, F. I. O., Osinubi, A. A., Oremosu, A. A., Norohna, C. C., Okanlawon, A. O. and Elesha S. O.

Long-term treatment with Kigelia africana fruit extract ameliorates the testicular toxicity following cisplatin administration in male Sprague-Dawley rats


M. Eshrat Halim and Anoop Misra

The effects of the aqueous extract of Pterocarpus santalinus heartwood and vitamin E supplementation in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats


Zhou Zhi-Xun, Qu Yang, Dou De-Qiang, Liu Feng-Yun, Huo Yu-Shu and Jiao Fu-Bai

The ginsenoside profile of ginseng cultivated under mountainous forest


Bei-Bei Xiang, Ye-Rong Zhu, Wen-Juan Wang, Yan-Ling Bai and Yong Wang

Cell line screening of Catharanthus roseus for high yield production of ajmalicine


Gao-Qiang Liu, Guo-Pu Ren, Xiao-Ling Wang and Yan Zhao

Statistical optimization of the key medium components by response surface methodology to promote ganoderic acid formation by medicinal mushroom Ganoderma sinense in submerged culture


Balkrishna Ghimire, Bimal Kumar Ghimire and Kweon Heo

Microsporogenesis in Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth ex Kurz (Apocynaceae): An evidence for dual cytokinesis in microspore mother cells


Munisamy Anbarashan, Narayanaswamy Parthasarthy and Anbarashan Padmavathy

Ethno-floristic survey in sacred groves, Pudukottai district, Tamil Nadu- India


Mohammad Khiyami, Noura AL-Faris, Basel Busaeed and Hassan Sher

Food borne pathogen contamination in minimally processed vegetable salads in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia


Christine L. Chichioco-Hernandez and Finella Marie G. Leonido

Weight-lowering effects of Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Cassia fistula and Senna alata leaf extracts


F. M. Kandemir, F. Benzer, N. C. Yildirim and N. Ozdemir

Compensatory effects of curcumin on cisplatin-induced toxicity in rabbit testis


Girijashankar V.

Micropropagation of multipurpose medicinal tree Acacia auriculiformis


M. Ibrahim Khan, Khan Usmanghani, M. Akram, Naveed Akhtar, Qaiser Jabeen, Irshad Ahmed, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah, H. M. Asif, Khalil Ahmed and S. M. Ali Shah

The clinical evaluation of herbal anti-round worm medicine: Kemol


Ghassem Habibi Bibalani, Leila Joudi and Hamideh Shadkami

Root biomass of Euphorbia seguieriana in Shanjan rangelands, East Azerbaijan, Iran



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (4), 2011


Contents:

Review


Fawzy Elbarbry and Nehad Elrody

Potential health benefits of sulforaphane: A review of the experimental, clinical and epidemiological evidences and underlying mechanisms


Li He, Zhou Guo-ying, Zhang Huai-yun and Liu Jun-ang

Research progress on the health function of tea oil


Research Articles


Abdulazeez Mansurah

Effect of Peristrophe bicalyculata on lipid profile of P- 407-induced hyperlipidemic wistar rats


Jila Asghari, Bernd Ondruschka and Mohsen Mazaheritehrani

Extraction of bioactive chemical compounds from the medicinal Asian plants by microwave irradiation


Mashitha Pise, Jayshree Rudra, Sunita Bundale, Deovrat Begde, Nandita Nashikkar and Avinash Upadhyay

Shatavarin production from in vitro cultures of Asparagus racemosus Wild


Kamal A. Ketuly, Mahmood A. Abdulla, Hamid A. Hadi, Abdalbasit A. Mariod and Siddig Ibrahim Abdel-Wahab

Anti-ulcer activity of the 9alpha-bromo analogue of Beclomethasone dipropionate against ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injury in rats


Zhong Ming, LI Gui-Yin, Zeng Jian-Guo, Zhang Li, Huang Ke-Long, She Jin-Ming, Li Xiao and Wei Wang-Yuan

Evaluation of molluscicidal activities of benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids from Macleaya cordata (Willd) R. Br. on snail hosts of Schistosoma japonicum


Abdulghani Ameri, Chanchala Ghadge, Jitendra G. Vaidya and Subhash S. Deokule

Anti-Staphylococcus aureus activity of Pisolithus albus from Pune, India


N. J. Merlin and V. Parthasarathy

Antioxidant and hepatoprotective activity of chloroform and ethanol extracts of Gmelina asiatica aerial parts


Ihsan Edan Alsaimary and Thuraya J. Mezaal

Efficiency of some disinfectants and extracts of medicinal plants on bacterial pathogens isolated from post-operative wounds


Qasima Agha, Sarfraz Ahmad, Muhammad Islam, Aslam Gill and Mohammad Athar

Growth and production potential of three exotic herbs in highlands of Balochistan, Pakistan


He Fan, Dou De-Qiang, Sun Yu and Kang Ting-Guo

Determination of Arctiin in rat plasma by HPLC method and its application to pharmacokinetic studies


Moeng E. T. and Potgieter M. J.

The trade of medicinal plants by muthi shops and street vendors in the Limpopo province, South Africa


Aneta Sabovljević, Marina Soković, Jasmina Glamočlija, Ana Ćirić, Milorad Vujičić, Boris Pejin and Marko Sabovljević

Bio-activities of extracts from some axenically farmed and naturally grown bryophytes


Xiaolei Li, Dan Li, Iurii Shmidt, Vladimir V. Grishchenko and Tatiana K. Kalenik

Antioxidative properties of hydrated ethanol extracts from tartary buckwheat grains as affected by the changes of rutin and quercetin during preparations


Nagwa M. M. Shalaby, Howaida I. Abd-Alla, Hanaa H. Ahmed and Nour Basoudan

Protective effect of Citrus sinensis and Citrus aurantifolia against osteoporosis and their phytochemical constituents


Dina Atmani, M. Begona Ruiz-Larrea, José Ignacio Ruiz-Sanz, Leandro J. Lizcano, Fadil Bakkali and Djebbar Atmani

Antioxidant potential, cytotoxic activity and phenolic content of Clematis flammula leaf extracts


Hamayun Shaheen and Rizwana Aleem Qureshi

Vegetation types of Sheosar lake and surrounding landscape in Deosai plains of North Pakistan, Western Himalayas


M. K. Ratheesh Narayanan, S. Mithunlal, P. Sujanapal, N. Anil Kumar, M. Sivadasan, Ahmed H. Alfarhan and A. A. Alatar

Ethnobotanically important trees and their uses by Kattunaikka tribe in Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India


Tieshan Wang, Zhaoyu Wang, Lijing Chen, Shengtan Zhang and Jingming Lin

Isolation and characterization of (6S,9R) 6-hydroxy-4,4,7a-trimethyl-5,6,7,7a-tetrahydro-1-benzofuran-2(4H)-one from Scutellaria barbata


Rasul Jalili Marandi, Abbas Hassani, Youbert Ghosta, Ali Abdollahi, Alireza Pirzad and Fatemeh Sefidkon

Control of Penicillium expansum and Botrytis cinerea on pear with Thymus kotschyanus, Ocimum basilicum and Rosmarinus officinalis essential oils


Xiang-Min Tong, Junyu Zhang, Yuedi-Shen Jun-Jun Xie and Jie Jin

Sinomenine enhanced aclarubicin-induced apoptosis by blocking NF-?B pathway in HL- 60 cells


A. A. Agboke and C. O. Esimone

Antimicrobial evaluation of the interaction between methanol extract of the lichen, Ramalina farinacea (Ramalinacea) and Ampicilin against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus


Subha Ganguly and Arun Prasad

Role of plant extracts and cow urine distillate as immunomodulators: A review



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


Contents:

Review


Julius T. Mwine and Patrick Van Damme

Why do Eupyhorbiaceae tick as medicinal plants? A review of Euphorbiaceae family and its medicinal features


Mei-Liang Zhou, Hong-Li Hou, Xue-Mei Zhu, Ji-Rong Shao, Yan-Min Wu and Yi-Xiong Tang

Molecular regulation of terpenoid indole alkaloids pathway in the medicinal plant, Catharanthus roseus


L. Warjeet Singh

Traditional medicinal plants of Manipur as anti-diabetics


Research Articles


Mukesh Sharma, Vimal Mohan, Maneesha Abraham, P. J. Joshy and Drishya K. Reghuvaran

Antimicrobial screening of different extracts of South Indian medicinal plants of meliaceae


Navid Rahmani, Jahanfar Daneshian, Hossein Aliabadi Farahani and Tofigh Taherkhani

Evaluation of nitrogenous fertilizer influence on oil variations of Calendula (Calendula officinalis L.) under drought stress conditions


Emmanuel E. Essien, Sherifat O. Aboaba and Isiaka A. Ogunwande

Constituents and antimicrobial properties of the leaf essential oil of Gossypium barbadense (Linn.)


Seif Sahandi M., Sorooshzadeh A., Rezazadeh H. S. and Naghdibadi H. A.

Effect of nano silver and silver nitrate on seed yield of borage


Selima Khatun, Ugur Çakilcioglu and Narayan Chandra Chatterjee

Phytochemical constituents vis-a-vis histochemical localization of forskolin in a medicinal plant Coleus forskohlii Briq.


Sarawoot Palipoch, Wannee Jiraungkoorskul, Tawewan Tansatit, Narin Preyavichyapugdee, Wipaphorn Jaikua and Piya Kosai

Protective efficiency of Thunbergia laurifolia leaf extract against lead (II) nitrate-induced toxicity in Oreochromis niloticus


Harmanjit Kaur, Manju Anand and Dinesh Goyal

Extraction of tylophorine from in vitro raised plants of Tylophora indica


Chunling Zhou, Guanghui Gao, Xiaomian Zhou, Yu dong, Xiaohui Chen and Kaishun Bi

Simultaneous determination of five active components in traditional Chinese medicine Apocynum venetum L. by RP-HPLC–DAD


Virgilijus Zitkevicius, Alina Smalinskiene, Nijole Savickiene, Arunas Savickas, Stanislovas Ryselis, Ilona Sadauskiene, Leonid Ivanov and Vaiva Lesauskaite

Assessment of the effect of Echinacea purpurea extract on the accumulation of cadmium in liver and kidney: Apoptotic - mitotic activity of liver cells


Muhammad Asif Hanif, Masoud Yahya Al-Maskari, Awatif Al-Maskari, Ahmed Al-Shukaili, Ahmed Yahya Al-Maskari and Jamal Nasser Al-Sabahi

Essential oil composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of unexplored Omani basil


Xu-mei Wang

Inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR) molecular fingerprinting markers for authenticating the genuine species of rhubarb


Shabir Ahmad, Mohammad Arfan, Abdul Latif Khan, Riaz Ullah, Javid Hussain, Zia Muhammad, Rasool Khan, Naeem Khan and Kazuo N. Watanabe

Allelopathy of Teucrium Royleanum Wall. Ex Benth. from Pakistan


L. Lagnika, E. Anago and A. Sanni

Screening for antibacterial, antioxidant activity and toxicity of some medicinal plants used in Benin folkloric medicine


Ju-Sung Kim, Jinfeng Yang and Myong-Jo Kim

Alpha glucosidase inhibitory effect, anti-microbial activity and UPLC analysis of Rhus verniciflua under various extract conditions


Yonggang Li, Shuying Han, Hou Zhao, Yali Liu, Jinbo Fang and Guiyun Wang

Evaluation of immunologic enhancement mediated by a polysaccharide isolated from the fruit of Physalis alkekengi L. var. francheti (Mast.) Makino


Sun Hongmei

Evaluation of antioxidant activity of polysaccharides isolated from Camellia sinensis (tea) in exhausting training mice



Shu-Dong Wei, Rui-Yan Chen, Meng-Meng Liao, Nian-Wan Tu, Hai-Chao Zhou and Yi-Ming Lin

Antioxidant condensed tannins from Machilus pauhoi leaves


Liang Renjie, Zhu Ziping and Bai Yi

Isolation, chemical composition and antioxidant activities of a water-soluble polysaccharide from rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae


Vilma Armoskaite, Kristina Ramanauskiene, Audrius Maruska, Almantas Razukas, Audrone Dagilyte, Algirdas Baranauskas and Vitalis Briedis

The analysis of quality and antioxidant activity of green tea extracts


Saurabh K. Banerjee and C. G. Bonde

Total phenolic content and antioxidant activity of extracts of Bridelia Retusa Spreng Bark: Impact of dielectric constant and geographical location


Hikmat Ullah Jan, Malik Ashiq Rabbani and Zabta Khan Shinwari

Assessment of genetic diversity of indigenous turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) germplasm from Pakistan using RAPD markers


W. Y. Tong, I. Darah and Z. Latiffah

Antimicrobial activities of endophytic fungal isolates from medicinal herb Orthosiphon stamineus Benth


Yuan Yuan, Guo-jun Huang, Tian-shan Wang and Guang-ying Chen

In vitro screening of five Hainan plants of Polyalthia (Annonaceae) against human cancer cell lines with MTT assay


Behnoush Hajian, Khosro Piri, Sonbol Nazeri and Hamideh Ofoghi

Agrobacterium-mediated transfer of ß-Glucoronidase gene (gusA) to Water mint (Mentha aquatica L.)


Ozlem Terzi, Aziz Şişman, Sevgi Canbaz and Yasemin Şişman

An evaluation of spatial distribution of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever with geographical information systems (GIS), in Samsun and Amasya region


Ma Jiangwei, Qiao Zengyong and Xiang Xia

Aqueous extract of Astragalus mongholicus ameliorates high cholesterol diet induced oxidative injury in experimental rats models


Neli Lokho Pfoze, Yogendra Kumar, Berington Myrboh, Ranjan Kumar Bhagobaty and Santa Ram Joshi

In vitro antibacterial activity of alkaloid extract from stem bark of Mahonia manipurensis Takeda



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (6), 2011


Contents:

Research Articles



L. S. Kasim, V. A. Ferro, O. A. Odukoya, G. E. Ukpo, Veronique Seidel, A. I. Gray and Roger Waigh

Evaluation of cytotoxic and antimicrobial activities of Struchium sparganophora (Linn.) Ktze Asteraceae


Jurga Bernatoniene, Ruta Masteikova, Julija Davalgiene, Rimantas Peciura, Romualda Gauryliene, Ruta Bernatoniene, Daiva Majiene, Robertas Lazauskas, Genuvaite Civinskiene, Saule Velziene, Jan Muselik and Zuzana Chalupova

Topical application of Calendula officinalis (L.): Formulation and evaluation of hydrophilic cream with antioxidant activity


Himratul-Aznita W. H., Mohd-Al-Faisal N. and Fathilah A. R.

Determination of the percentage inhibition of diameter growth (PIDG) of Piper betle crude aqueous extract against oral Candida species


Shen Shi, Zesheng Zhang, Zhengyan Zhu and Min Zhang

Protective effect of apple polyphenols on hepatocytes injury induced by carbon tetrachloride in vitro


Yan Wang, Yanchun Hu, Jianhua Wang, Zibin Liu, Guodong Yang and Guoxia Geng

Ultrasound-assisted solvent extraction of swainsonine from Oxytropis ochrocephala Bunge


K. S. Nagesh and C. Shanthamma

Micropropagation and antioxidant activity of Mollugo nudicaulis Lam.


Young Ju Bae, Phuong Thien Thuong, Nacksung Kim, Won Keun Oh, Jin Hee Kim and Junwon Lee

Inhibitory effect of ursane-type triterpenoids from Weigela subsessilis on RANKL-induced osteoclast differentiation


M. Jovančević, J. Balijagić, N. Menković, K. Šavikin, G. Zdunić, T. Janković and M. Dekić-Ivanković

Analysis of phenolic compounds in wild populations of bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) from Montenegro


Majid Taati, Masoud Alirezaei, Mohamad Hadi Moshkatalsadat, Bahram Rasoulian, Mehrnoush Moghadasi, Farzam Sheikhzadeh and Ali sokhtezari

Protective effects of Ziziphus jujuba fruit extract against ethanol-induced hippocampal oxidative stress and spatial memory impairment in rats


Emad A. Shalaby, N. F. Nasr and Samia M. El Sherief

An in vitro study of the antimicrobial and antioxidant efficacy of some nature essential oils


Dariush Ashoori Latmahalleh, Seyyed Ali Noorhosseini Niyaki and Mohammad Naghi Safarzadeh Vishekaei

Effects of plant density and planting pattern on yield and yield components of Iranian ox-tongue (Echium amoenum Fisch and Mey) in North of Iran


Saeid Abu-Romman

Comparison of methods for isolating high quality DNA from sage (Salvia officinalis)


Rosa Martha Perez Gutierrez, Efrén Garcia Baez, Ma. del Socorro López Cortez and Sofía Arellano Cárdenas

Extracts of bixa inhibit glycation and AGEs formation in vitro


Zahid Ullah, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Muhammad Zafar and Kifayat Ullah

Systematic implications of foliar epidermis in andropogoneae (poaceae) from Hindukush-himalayas Pakistan


Swee Keong Yeap, Noorjahan Banu Mohamed Alitheen, Wan Yong Ho, Abdul Rahman Omar, Abdul Manaf Ali, Boon Kee Beh and Abdul Hadi Noaman Yousr

Immunomodulatory role of Rhaphidophora korthalsii methanol extract on human peripheral blood mononuclear cell proliferation, cytokine secretion and cytolytic activity


Aoxue Luo, Yijun Fan and Aoshuang Luo

In vitro free radicals scavenging activities of polysaccharide from Polygonum Multiflorum Thunb


Shixing Chen, Ming-Zhong Sun, Bo Wang, Lihong Hao, Cuili Zhang and Yi Xin

Wound healing effects of cactus extracts on second degree superficial burned mice


Ruitao Yu, Zhong Liu, Ruixue Yu, Huaigang Zhang, Yun Shao, Lijuan Mei and Yanduo Tao

A simple method for isolation and structural identification of arctigenin from Saussurea medusa Maxim. by preparation chromatography and single crystal X-ray diffraction


Hemendra S. Chouhan, Alekh N. Sahu and Sushil K. Singh

Fatty acid composition, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial activities of seed oil from Crotalaria juncea Linn.


K. M. Saradha Devi, S. Annapoorani and K. Ashokkumar

Hepatic antioxidative potential of ethyl acetate fraction of Cynodon dactylon in Balb/c mice


Fatma Mungan, Kemal Yildiz, Ersin Minareci and Murat Kiliç

A palynological study of the genus Smyrnium (Umbelliferae) from Turkey


Xueling Zheng, Benguo Liu, Limin Li and Xiaoai Zhu

Microwave-assisted extraction and antioxidant activity of total phenolic compounds from pomegranate peel


Hassan Ahmadvand, Ali Khosrowbeygi and Maryam Ghasemi

Inhibitory effect of Allium ascalonicom hydroalcoholic extract on low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation induced by CuSO4 in vitro


N. Saewan, S. Koysomboon and K. Chantrapromma

Anti-tyrosinase and anti-cancer activities of flavonoids from Blumea balsamifera DC


Ghassem Habibi Bibalani, Leila Joudi and Hamideh Shadkami-Til

Average stem biomass of Astragalus obnormalis in Shanjan rangelands, East Azerbaijan, Iran


O. M. Ameen, L. A. Usman, I. A. Oladosu, N. O. Olawore and I. A. Ogunwande

Bioactivity of rhizome essential oils from two varieties of Cyperus articulatus (L.) grown in Nigeria, using brine shrimp (Artemia salina) lethality tests


Rashmi and Akito Nagatsu

New flavonoids from seed skin of Xanthoceras sorbifolia



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (7), 2011


Contents:

Review


Muhammad Maqbool

Mayapple: A review of the literature from a horticultural perspective


Xiaohong Liu, Jun Li, Yongsi Zhang, Linhui Li and Daowen He

Biological research advancement in Aloe


Ifeoma I. Ijeh and Chukwunonso E. C. C. Ejike

Current perspectives on the medicinal potentials of Vernonia amygdalina Del.


Research Articles



Ui Joung Youn, Ji-Eun Jang, Joo-Won Nam, Yoo Jin Lee, Young Min Son, Hyun Ji Shin, Ah-Reum Han, Jun Chang and Eun-Kyoung Seo

Anti-respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity of timosaponin A-III from the rhizomes of Anemarrhena asphodeloides


Yi-Qing Li, Hye-Jin Park, Eun-Su Han and Dong-Ki Park

Inhibitory effect on B16/F10 mouse melanoma cell and HT-29 human colon cancer cell proliferation and cordycepin content of the butanol extract of Paecilomyces militaris


Waheed Murad, Ashfaq Ahmad, Syed Abdullah Gilani and Mir Ajab Khan

Indigenous knowledge and folk use of medicinal plants by the tribal communities of Hazar Nao Forest, Malakand District, North Pakistan


Tanawan Kummalue, Penporn Sujiwattanarat and Weena Jiratchariyaku

Apoptotic inducibility of Sapindus rarax water extract on A549 human lung cancer cell line


Kantha D. Arunachalam and Subhashini S.

Preliminary phytochemical investigation and wound healing activity of Myristica andamanica leaves in Swiss albino mice


Himanshu Sharma and Ashwani Kumar

Ethnobotanical studies on medicinal plants of Rajasthan (India): A review


A. Castellar, R. F. Gagliardi and E. Mansur

In vitro propagation and establishment of callus and cell suspension cultures of Petiveria alliacea L., a valuable medicinal plant


Wei-Chun Chang, Meen-Woon Hsiao, Hsi-Chin Wu, Yin-Yi Chang, Yao-Ching Hung and Je-Chiuan Ye

The analysis of eugenol from the essential oil of Eugenia caryophyllata by HPLC and against the proliferation of cervical cancer cells


Kamran Ghasemi, Yousef Ghasemi, Abdollah Ehteshamnia, Seyed Mohammad Nabavi, Seyed Fazel Nabavi, Mohammad Ali Ebrahimzadeh and Fereshteh Pourmorad

Influence of environmental factors on antioxidant activity, phenol and flavonoids contents of walnut (Juglans regia L.) green husks


Ozougwu, Jevas C.

Anti-diabetic effects of Allium cepa (onions) aqueous extracts on alloxan-induced diabetic Rattus novergicus


Mohsen Khalili, Zahra Kiasalari, Mehrdad Roghani and Yaser Azizi

Anticonvulsant and antioxidant effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of Cyperus rotundus rhizome on pentylentetrazole-induced kindling model in male mice


Ali Ghasemzadeh, Hawa Z. E. Jaafar and Asmah Rahmat

Effects of solvent type on phenolics and flavonoids content and antioxidant activities in two varieties of young ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) extracts


J. Mwine, P. Van Damme, G. Kamoga, Kudamba, M. Nasuuna and F. Jumba

Ethnobotanical survey of pesticidal plants used in South Uganda: Case study of Masaka district


Vladimir Mihailović, Nenad Vuković, Neda Nićiforović, Slavica Solujić, Milan Mladenović, Pavle Mašković and Milan S. Stanković

Studies on the antimicrobial activity and chemical composition of the essential oils and alcoholic extracts of Gentiana asclepiadea L.


Poungrat Pakdeechote, Upa Kukongviriyapan, Warinee Berkban, Parichat Prachaney, Veerapol Kukongviriyapan and Saowanee Nakmareong

Mentha cordifolia extract inhibits the development of hypertension in L-NAME-induced hypertensive rats


Helana Naguib Michael, Reham Ezzat Shafik and George Emad Rasmy

Studies on the chemical constituents of fresh leaf of Eruca sativa extract and its biological activity as anticancer agent in vitro


O. Oyedeji, M. Oziegbe and F. O. Taiwo

Antibacterial, antifungal and phytochemical analysis of crude extracts from the leaves of Ludwigia abyssinica A. Rich. and Ludwigia decurrens Walter


Ehsan Karimi, Hawa Z. E. Jaafar and Sahida Ahmad

Phenolics and flavonoids profiling and antioxidant activity of three varieties of Malaysian indigenous medicinal herb Labisia pumila Benth.


Zhaoshuai Wang, Haixia Chen, Wenjing Zhang, Gaoshuang Lan and Likang Zhang

Comparative studies on the chemical composition and antioxidant activities of Schisandra chinensis and Schisandra sphenanthera fruits


M. Ajmal Ali, Fahad M. Al-Hemaid, Fahad Al-Qurainy, M. Tarroum and Salim Khan

Assessment of genetic diversity among Indian populations of Cuscuta reflexa based on its sequences of nrDNA


Hassan Sher, Mohammed Nasser Al-yemeni and Leonard Wijaya

Ethnobotanical and antibacterial potential of Salvadora persica l: A well known medicinal plant in Arab and Unani system of medicine


Xin-Jian Qiu, Xi Huang, Ze-Qi Chen, Ping Ren, Wei Huang, Feng Qin, Si-Hang Hu, Jun Huang, Juan He, Zhao-Qian Liu and Hong-Hao Zhou

Pharmacokinetic comparison of ferulic acid in healthy volunteers and patients with functional dyspepsia following oral administration of Chaihu-Shugan-San


Ghassem Habibi Bibalani and Fatemeh Mosazadeh-Sayadmahaleh

Recognition and consumption uses and medicinal properties of sour orange (Citrus aurantium) by rural people in East part of Gilan Province (North Iran)


Nenad Vukovic, Slobodan Sukdolak, Slavica Solujic, Vladimir Mihailovic, Milan Mladenovic, Jelica Stojanovic and Milan S. Stankovic

Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Teucrium arduini essential oil and cirsimarin from Montenegro


Lixia Zhang, Cong Fan, Songchen Liu, Zhenfeng Zang, Lili Jiao and Liping Zhang

Chemical composition and antitumor activity of polysaccharide from Inonotus obliquus


F. O. Ekundayo, C. A. Adeboye and E. A. Ekundayo

Antimicrobial activities and phytochemical screening of pignut (Jatrophas curcas Linn.) on some pathogenic bacteria


Thapana Kumar, Chaiyavat Chaiyasut, Wandee Rungseevijitprapa and Maitree Suttajit

Screening of steroid 5?-reductase inhibitory activity and total phenolic content of Thai plants


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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (8), 2011


Contents:

Review


Xiao Yong Ma, Li Hua Zhang, Hong Bo Shao, Gang Xu, Feng Zhang, Fu Tai Ni and M. Brestic

Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), a medicinal salt-resistant plant has high adaptability and multiple-use values


Research Articles


Abu A. H. and Uchendu C. N.

Effect of aqueous ethanolic extract of Hymenocardia acida stem bark on oestrous cycle of albino rats


G. M. Adebo and S. D. Y. Alfred

Gender dimension of herbal medicine’s knowledge and practice in Ekiti and Ondo States, Nigeria


Sayed A. El-Toumy, Enayat A. Omara, Somaia A. Nada and Jame Bermejo

Flavone C-glycosides from Montanoa bipinnatifida stems and evaluation of hepatoprotective activity of extract


Rainer W. Bussmann and Ashley Glenn

Medicinal plants used in Northern Peru for the treatment of bacterial and fungal infections and inflammation symptoms


Zuo Zhi-yu, Song Xiao-tao, Zhang Hao-peng, Shi Xue-li, Zhang Yao, Zhang Jing-wei, Xu Huan-lin, Sun Tao and Zhou Bao-kuan

Inhibitory and apoptosis-inducing effects of Lophophora williamsii extracts on HeLa cells


Taomin Huang, Nianzu Chen, Yonghua Lai, Donglei Wang, Jinchao Yan and Jifeng Gu

Rapid determination of cinnamic acid and harpagoside in a traditional chinese medicine of Scrophularia ningpoensis by microwave-assisted extraction followed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)


Sikiru Olatunji Bode and Oluboade Oluokun Oyedapo

Biological activities and phytoconstituents of the lower plant Platycerium angolense, Welwex Hook


Woratouch Thitikornpong, Thatree Phadungcharoen and Suchada Sukrong

Pharmacognostic evaluations of Lagerstroemia speciosa leaves


Loiy Elsir Ahmed Hassan, Hasnah Mohd Sirat, Sakina M. Ahemd Yagi, Waleed S. Koko and Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab

In vitro antimicrobial activities of chloroformic, hexane and ethanolic extracts of Citrullus lanatus var. citroides (Wild melon)


A. R. Ghazali, R. Abdullah, N. Ramli, N. F. Rajab, M. S. Ahmad-Kamal and N. A. Yahya

Mutagenic and antimutagenic activities of Mitragyna speciosa Korth extract using Ames test


Xuemei Zou, Zhuojun Dai, Chunbang Ding, Li Zhang, Yonghong Zhou and Ruiwu Yang

Relationships among six medicinal species of Curcuma assessed by RAPD markers


J. S. Kebenei, P. K. Ndalut and A. O. Sabah

Synergism of artemisinin with abyssinone –V from Erythrina abyssinica (Lam. ex) against Plasmodium falciparum parasites: A potential anti-malarial combination therapy


Mehmet Musa Özcan and Fahad Y. AL Juhaimi

Antioxidant and antifungal activity of some aromatic plant extracts


Cecilia Promise Maliwichi-Nyirenda, Lucy Lynn Maliwichi and Miguel Franco

Medicinal uses of Berberis holstii Engl. (Berberidaceae) in Malawi, the only African endemic barberry


P. Du, B. K. Cui and Y. C. Dai

Genetic diversity of wild Auricularia polytricha in Yunnan Province of South-western China revealed by sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) analysis


Shulan Su, Tuanjie Wang, Ting Chen, Jin-ao Duan, Li Yu and Yuping Tang

Cytotoxicity activity of extracts and compounds from Commiphora myrrha resin against human gynecologic cancer cells


Xiaoli Ye, Xin Chen, Kai He, Jun Yi, Xuegang Li, Ping Li and Xiaohong Wang

Study of antihyperlipidemic effect on rabbits of 8-alkylberberine derivatives


Bey Hing Goh and Habsah Abdul Kadir

In vitro cytotoxic potential of Swietenia macrophylla King seeds against human carcinoma cell lines


Monica Danial, Chan Lai Keng, Syarifah Shahrul Rabiah Syed Alwee, Maziah Mahmood and Sreeramanan Subramaniam

Chemotaxis movement assay of Eurycoma longifolia using wild and disarmed strains of Agrobacterium rhizogenes


Zhouli Liu, Wei Chen and Xingyuan He

Cadmium-induced changes in growth and antioxidative mechanisms of a medicine plant (Lonicera japonica Thunb.)


Won-Jun Oh, Mehari Endale, Ji-Young Park, Yi-Seong Kwak, Suk Kim, Gon-Sup Kim and Man Hee Rhee

The inhibitory effect of Opuntia humifusa Raf. ethyl acetate extract on platelet aggregation


Yaling Wang, Jianlin Tang, Yong Pan and Tiande Yang

Aqueous extract of Panax notoginseng affecting blood TC, TG and ET-1 levels in postoperative rabbits


Dan Shen, Xiangmin Tong, Junyu Zhang, Panhan Zhang, Jie Jin, Xiangli Gao and Chengjian Ma

Inhibition of HSP90 by triptolide (TPL) augments Bortezomib-induced U266 cells apoptosis


Chen-Xiaoxi

In vitro and in vivo inhibitory action of a novel antibiotic on mouse hepatoma H22


Dawei Gao, Guanghua Zhu, Zhengrong Gao, Zhiwei Liu, Lixin Wang and Wei Guo

Antioxidative and hypolipidemic effects of lactic acid bacteria from pickled Chinese cabbage


J. L. Betti and S. R. Mebere Yemefa’a

An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in the Kalamaloué National Park, Cameroon


Yu-xian Li, Wen-tao Qiao and Ke Yuan

Isolation and structural elucidation of chemical constituents of Mussaenda hainanensis Merr.


Adel Kadri, Néji Gharsallah, Mohamed Damak and Radhouane Gdoura

Chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant properties of essential oil of Ricinus communis L.


Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Muhammad Zafar, Shazia Sultana, Sarfaraz Khan Marwat, Shabnum Shaheen, Muhammad Khan Leghari, Gul Jan, Farooq Ahmad and Abdul Nazir

Medico-botanical and chemical standardization of pharmaceutically important plant of Tricholepis chaetolepis (Boiss) Rech. f.


Saadat Parhizkar, Latiffa A. Latiff, Sabariah A.Rahman and Mohammad A. Dollah

Preventive effect of Nigella sativa on metabolic syndrome in menopause induced rats


M. Malekzadeh, S. I. Mirmazloum, H. Rabbi Anguorani, S. N. Mortazavi and M. Panahi

The physicochemical properties and oil constituents of milk thistle (Silybum marianum Gaertn. cv. Budakalászi) under drought stress


Hamayun Shaheen, Naseer Ahmad, Naveed Alam, Khalid Ahmed and Zahid Ullah

Phytodiversity and endemic richness in high altitude Rama Valley, Western Himalayas, Northern Pakistan


H. M. Asif, M. Akram, Khan Usmanghani, Naveed Akhtar, Pervaiz A. Shah, M. Uzair, Memona Ramzan, S. M. Ali Shah and Riazur Rehman

Monograph of Apium graveolens Linn.



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (9), 2011


Contents:

Review


Sandeep Dhankhar, S. Ruhil, M. Balhara, Seema Dhankhar and A. K. Chhillar

Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa: A potential source of Phytomedicine


Qaiser Jabeen and Naveed Aslam

The pharmacological activities of prunes: The dried plums


Research Articles


Fatouma M. Abdoul-Latif, Nabil Mohamed, Prosper Edou, Adwa A. Ali, Samatar O.Djama, Louis-Clément Obame, Ismael H. N. Bassolé and Mamoudou H. Dicko

Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of essential oil and methanol extract of Matricaria chamomilla L. from Djibouti


Mahbubeh Setorki, Sedighe Asgary, Shaghayegh Haghjooyjavanmard and Bahar Nazari

Reduces cholesterol induced atherosclerotic lesions in aorta artery in hypercholesterolemic rabbits


Zeb Saddiqe, Ismat Naeem, Alya Maimoona, Asmita V. Patel and Claire Hellio

Assay of flavonoid aglycones with HPLC in four species of genus Hypericum


O. E. Adejumo, I. S. Owa-Agbanah, A. L. Kolapo and M. D. Ayoola

Phytochemical and antisickling activities of Entandrophragma utile, Chenopodium ambrosioides and Petiveria alliacea


Hongyan Zhao, Wandong Zhang, Cheng Xiao, Cheng Lu, Shaohua Xu, Xiaojun He, Xiaobin Li, Shilin Chen, Dajian Yang, Albert Sun-chi Chan and Aiping Lu

Effect of ginseng polysaccharide on TNF-? and IFN-? produced by enteric mucosal lymphocytes in collagen induced arthritic rats


Shanthy Sundaram and Shalini Purwar

Assessment of genetic diversity among fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.), using RAPD molecular markers


Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo, Romain Glele Kakai, François Houtoutou Adjallala, Akomian Fortuné Azihou, Gbelidji Fifanou Vodouhe, Tina Kyndt and Jean Thimothée Claude Codjia

Ethnic differences in use value and use patterns of the threatened multipurpose scrambling shrub (Caesalpinia bonduc L.) in Benin


Xiao-feng Jin, Jie Qian and Yan-hua Lu

The role of hepatoprotective effect of a flavonoid-rich extract of Salvia plebeia R.Br. on carbon tetrachloride-induced acute hepatic injury in mice


Masoumian M., Arbakariya A., Syahida A. and Maziah M.

Flavonoids production in Hydrocotyle bonariensis callus tissues


Esra Maltas, Nazan Dageri, Hasibe Cingilli Vural and Salih Yildiz

Biochemical and molecular analysis of soybean seed from Turkey


Vivek Kumar Gupta, Monika Gupta and Surendra Kumar Sharma

Evaluation of antioxidant potential of Ficus religiosa (Linn.) roots against carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury


Mohamed A. Dkhil, Ahmed E. Abdel Moniem, Saleh Al-Quraishy and Reda Awadallah Saleh

Antioxidant effect of purslane (Portulaca oleracea) and its mechanism of action


Rajesh kumar Sahoo, Ananya Kuanar, Raj kumar Joshi, Alok prasad Das, Sanghamitra Nayak and Enketeswara Subudhi

Anti-dermatophytic activity of eucalyptol rich turmeric somaclone oil against human pathogenic isolates


Bharat Singh, Ram Avtar Sharma, Govind Kr. Vyas and Pallavi Sharma

Estimation of phytoconstituents from Cryptostegia grandiflora (Roxb.) R. Br. in vivo and in vitro. II. Antimicrobial screening.


Hamuel James Doughari, Patrick Alois Ndakidemi, Izanne Susan Human and Spinney Benade

Curtisia dentata: Ethnopharmacological application


Germano Leao Demolin Leite, Cláudia Beatriz Oliveira Araújo, Carlos Antônio Delbem Amorim, Ernane Ronie Martins and Vinicius Abreu D’Ávila

Effect of canopy height and surface leaf on arthropods in medicinal plants


R. O. Arise, A. Igunnu and S. O. Malomo

Effect of administration of aqueous extract of Bambusa vulgaris leaves on some biochemical variables of rat liver and serum


Kiran Yasmin Khan, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Ghulam Mujtaba Shah, Muhammad Zafar, Rabia Niamat, Mamoona Munir, Shazia Sultana and Arshad Mehmood Abbasi

Foliar epidermal anatomy of some ethnobotanically important species of genus Ficus Linn.


Aimé Ainin Somboro, Kirti Patel, Drissa Diallo, Lassine Sidibe, Jean Claude Chalchat, Gilles Figueredo, Sylvie Ducki, Yves Troin and Pierre Chalard

An ethnobotanical and phytochemical study of the African medicinal plant Guiera senegalensis J. F. Gmel


Shruti Sancheti, Sandesh Sancheti, Mayur Bafna, Seung-Hun Lee, and Sung-Yum Seo

Persimmon leaf (Diospyros kaki), a potent ?-glucosidase inhibitor and antioxidant: Alleviation of postprandial hyperglycemia in normal and diabetic rats


Wang Mao-ye and An Li-guo

Effects of Plantago major L. seeds extract on endurance exercise capacity in mice


Wenquan Lu, Shouhong Gao, Ying Xiao, Lei Zhang, Jingxian Li and Wansheng Chen

A liquid chromatographic–tandem mass spectrometric method for the quantitation of eight components involved in lithospermic acid B biosynthesis pathway in Salvia miltiorrhiza hairy root cultures


Worapan Sitthithaworn, Theerasak Yeepoosri, Wullapa Yeepoosri, Kamol Mundee and Danai Vannavanich

The effect of bio-extract from cabbage waste on growth, yield and quality of volatile oil extracted from Mentha spicata and Mentha arvensis var. piperascens


Xiao-Qin Sun, Yang-Lian Wei, Yi-Feng Zhou, Jian-Lin Guo and Yue-Yu Hang

Development of species and region specific random amplification of polymorphic DNA- sequence characterized amplified region (RAPD-SCAR) markers for identification of the genuineness of Spica prunellae (Lamiaceae)


Meixian Xiang, Hanwen Su, Jinyue Hu and Yunjun Yan

Isolation, identification and determination of methyl caffeate, ethyl caffeate and other phenolic compounds from Polygonum amplexicaule var. sinense


Shihai Xing, Qifang Pan, Yuesheng Tian, Quan Wang, Pin Liu, Jingya Zhao, Guofeng Wang, Xiaofen Sun, and Kexuan Tang

Effect of plant growth regulator combinations on the biosynthesis of terpenoid indole alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus


Al-saffar F. J., Ganabadi S., Fakurazi S. and Yaakub H.

Zerumbone significantly improved immunoreactivity in the synovium compared to Channa striatus extract in monosodium iodoacetate (MIA)-induced knee osteoarthritis in rat


Mahesh Mysore Shivananjappa and Manoj Kumar Joshi

ZInfluence of aqueous extract of Arjuna (Terminalia arjuna) on growth and antioxidant defense system of human hepatoma cell line (HepG2)


Kathryn Y. Pernitsky, Quinn D. Mason, Bruno Cinel and Cynthia M. Ross Friedman

Discovery and partial purification of an antibiotic from lodgepole pine dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium americanum) active against Gram-positive organisms including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)


Lin Liu and Yong-Qi Fang

Analysis of the distribution of ß-asarone in rat hippocampus, brainstem, cortex and cerebellum with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS)


Chun-Hua Zhou, Xian Li, Wang-Shu Zhang, Chong-De Sun and Kun-Song Chen

Oleanolic and ursolic acid in the fruit of Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.


Feng-Jian Yang, Mei Yang, Yu-Jie Fu, Yuan-Gang Zu, Meng Luo, Wei Wang and Cheng-Bo Gu

Preparative enrichment and separation of isoliquiritigenin from licorice extracts with macroporous resins


Yuhang Chen, Qiaosheng Guo, Li Liu, Li Liao and Zaibiao Zhu

Influence of fertilization and drought stress on the growth and production of secondary metabolites in Prunella vulgaris L.


G. O. Ajayi, J. A. Olagunju, O. Ademuyiwa and O. C.Martins

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis and phytochemical screening of ethanolic root extract of Plumbago zeylanica, Linn.


Yanping Teng, Hongbo Guo, Zongsuo Liang, Zhiming Shu, Zhen Li and Wei Wu

Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants and their utilization in Shaanxi Province, China


M. Abdollahi, A. B. Z. Zuki, A. Rezaeizadeh, Y. M. Goh and M. M. Noordin

Effects of Momordica charantia aqueous extract on renal histopathological changes associated with streptozotocin- induced diabetes mellitus type II in neonatal rats


Yu-xian Li, Wen-tao Qiao and Ke Yuan

Isolation and structural elucidation of chemical constituents of Mussaenda hainanensis Merr.


Fahimeh Salimpour, Ali Mazooji and Samaneh Akhoondi Darzikolaei

Chemotaxonomy of six Salvia species using essential oil composition markers



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (10), 2011


Contents:

Review


Cao H. W., Zhang H., Chen Z. B., Wu Z. J. and Cui Y. D.

Chinese traditional medicine matrine: A review of its antitumor activities



Naveed Akhtar, M. Akram, H. M. Asif, Khan Usmanghani, S. M. Ali Shah, Saeed Ahmad Rao, M. Uzair, Ghazala Shaheen and Khalil Ahmad

Gene therapy: A review article


Harpreet Sharma, Leena Parihar and Pradeep Parihar

Review on cancer and anticancerous properties of some medicinal plants


Research Articles


Daniel M. Motlhanka and Shimane W. Makhabu

Medicinal and edible wild fruit plants of Botswana as emerging new crop opportunities


A. A. Hemmati, A. Arzi, A. Adinehvand, N. E. Mostofi, A. R. Mozaffari and A. Jalali

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.) extract impairs the fibrogenic effect of bleomycin in rat lung


Shou-Jun Jiang, Bin Zhu, Dan-Dan Zhou, Gang-Li Wang, Ying-Xin Wang and Rui-Chao Lin

Simultaneous determination of five major active depsides in the freeze-dried Dan-Shen injection by LC


Hasan Mumivand, Mesbah Babalar, Javad Hadian and Mohammad Fakhr-Tabatabaei

Plant growth and essential oil content and composition of Satureja hortensis L. cv. Saturn in response to calcium carbonate and nitrogen application rates


S. Z. Halim, N. R. Abdullah, A. Afzan, B. A. Abdul Rashid, I. Jantan and Z. Ismail

Study of acute toxicity of Carica papaya leaf extract in Sprague Dawley rats


K. D. Tsai, B. R. Lin, D. S. Perng, J. C. Wei, Y. W. Yu and Jaw-Ming Cherng

Immunomodulatory effects of aqueous extract of Ocimum basilicum (Linn.) and some of its constituents on human immune cells


Bimal Kumar Ghimire, Eun Soo Seong, Eun Hye Kim, Amal Kumar Ghimeray, Chang Yeon Yu, Bal Krishna Ghimire and Ill Min Chung

A comparative evaluation of the antioxidant activity of some medicinal plants popularly used in Nepal


Saliza Anida Salleh, Nor Fadilah Rajab, Noor Rain Abdullah, Zakiah Ismail, Peter Mouatt, Ashley Dowell and Shamsul Muhamad

In vitro chemopreventive activity of an ethyl acetate fraction derived from hot water extract of Orthosiphon stamineus in HepG2 cells


Jagmohan S. Negi, Pramod Singh, Geeta Joshi nee Pant and M. S. M. Rawat

High performance liquid chromatographic analysis of derivatized sapogenin of Asparagus (RP-HPLC analysis of derivatized sapogenin of Asparagus)


Jacqueline Araújo Castro, Douglas de Almeida Pereira, Danilo Hottis Lyra, Bruno Portela Brasileiro and Cláudio Lúcio Fernandes Amaral

Ethnobotanical study of traditional uses of medicinal plants: The flora of caatinga in the community of Cravolândia-BA, Brazil


F. M. El-Domyati, Rania A.A. Younis, S. Edris, A. Mansour, J. Sabir and A. Bahieldin

Molecular markers associated with genetic diversity of some medicinal plants in Sinai


Nuno Rainha, Elisabete Lima, José Baptista and Carolina Rodrigues

Antioxidant properties, total phenolic, total carotenoid and chlorophyll content of anatomical parts of Hypericum foliosum


Subramanion L. Jothy, Zakaria Zuraini and Sreenivasan Sasidharan

Phytochemicals screening, DPPH free radical scavenging and xanthine oxidase inhibitiory activities of Cassia fistula seeds extract


Annabel F. V. Howard, Elizabeth A. Adongo, John Vulule and John Githure

Effects of a botanical larvicide derived from Azadirachta indica (the neem tree) on oviposition behaviour in Anopheles gambiae s.s. mosquitoes


Yingjin Zhang, Xi Huang, Ying Xie, Yang Wang, Xinjian Qiu, Rong Fan, Ping Ren, Zhaoqian Liu and Honghao Zhou

Application of ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) with photodiode array detector for the simultaneous determination of 12 chemical components of traditional Chinese Si-Jun-Zi-Tang formula


Lihui Wei, Youqin Chen, Jiumao Lin, Jinyan Zhao, Xuzheng Chen, Wei Xu, Xianxiang Liu, Thomas J. Sferra and Jun Peng

Scutellaria barbata D. Don induces apoptosis of human colon carcinoma cell through activation of the mitochondrion-dependent pathway


Farhad Khaligh, Ghorbanali Sadeghi, Ahmad Karimi and Asaad Vaziry

Evaluation of different medicinal plants blends in diets for broiler chickens


Nunthawun Uawonggul, Sompong Thammasirirak, Arunrat Chaveerach, Chattong Chuachan, Jureerut Daduang, and Sakda Daduang

Plant extract activities against the fibroblast cell lysis by honey bee venom


Luísa Custódio, Ana Luísa Escapa, Eliana Fernandes, Alba Fajardo, Rosa Aligué, Fernando Alberício, Nuno Neng, José Manuel Florencio Nogueira and Anabela Romano

In vitro cytotoxic effects and apoptosis induction by a methanol leaf extract of carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.)


Badrinathan S., Suneeva S. C., Shiju T. M., Girish Kumar C. P. and Pragasam V.

Exploration of a novel hydroxyl radical scavenger from Sargassum myriocystum


Daniel Dias Rufino Arcanjo, Adonai Carvalho Medeiros de Albuquerque, Bernardo Melo Neto, Lorena Citó Lopes Resende Santana, Náiguel Castelo Branco Silva, Maria Marilza Moita, Maria das Graças Freire de Medeiros, Maria José dos Santos Soares and Antônia Maria das Graças Lopes Citó

Phytochemical screening and evaluation of cytotoxic, antimicrobial and cardiovascular effects of Gomphrena globosa L. (Amaranthaceae)


Chen-Xiaoxi and Liu Wenhong

Potent antagonistic activity of newly isolated biological control Bacillus subtilis and novel antibiotic against Erysiphe graminis f.sp tritici


Badr Al- Dahmesh, Mohamed A. Dkhil and Saleh Al-Quraishy

Chili pepper-induced injury to splenic tissue of rabbit


Xie Bin, Wan Jin, Wang Wenqing, Shi Chunyang, Hou Xiaolong and Fang Jianguo

Nelumbo nucifera alkaloid inhibits 3T3-L1 preadipocyte differentiation and improves high-fat diet-induced obesity and body fat accumulation in rats


Bahram Pourghassem-Gargari, Somayeh Abedini, Hossein Babaei, Akbar Aliasgarzadeh and Parvin Pourabdollahi

Effect of supplementation with grape seed (Vitis vinifera) extract on antioxidant status and lipid peroxidation in patient with type ?? diabetes


Mehdi Ravandeh, Jafar Valizadeh, Meissam Noroozifar and Mozhgan Khorasani-Motlagh

Screening of chemical composition of essential oil, mineral elements and antioxidant activity in Pulicaria Undulata (L.) C. A. Mey from Iran


Marcel Pârvu, Alina E. Pârvu, Laurian Vlase, Oana Roşca-Casian and Ovidiu Pârvu

Antifungal properties of Allium ursinum L. ethanol extract


SN. Ouédraogo, A. Tibiri, R. W. Sawadogo, M. Lompo, A. E. Hay, J. Koudou, M. G. Dijoux and I. P. Guissou

Antioxidant anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of aqueous extract From stem bark of Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir. (Fabaceae)


Mehmet Korkmaz, Huseyin Fakir and Bilgin Guller

Consumer preferences for medicinal and aromatic plant products: Surveys of urban consumers and sellers in western mediterranean region of Turkey


Gao-Qiang Liu, Yan Zhao, Xiao-Ling Wang and Chao-Yang Zhu

Response surface methodology for optimization of polysaccharides extraction by mild alkaline hydrolysis from fruiting body of medicinal mushroom, Ganoderma lucidum


Penduka D. and AI Okoh

In-vitro antagonistic activities of crude dichloromethane extracts of Garcinia kola (Heckel) seeds against potentially pathogenic Vibrio species


Vamanu Emanuel, Vamanu Adrian, Niţă Sultana and Colceriu Svetlana

The obtaining of an antioxidant product based on Issopus officinalis freeze: Dried extract


Muhammad Ashraf, Khalil Ahmad, Irshad Ahmad, Saeed Ahmad, Shafia Arshad, Syed Muhammad Ali Shah and Faiz-ul-Hassan Nasim

Acetylcholinesterase and NADH oxidase inhibitory activity of some medicinal plants.


Muhammad Ashraf, Syed Muhammad Ali Shah, Irshad Ahmad, Saeed Ahmad, Shafia Arshad, Khalil Ahmad and Faiz-ul-Hassan Nasim

Nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolases (NTPDase) inhibitory activity of some medicinal plants.


Ritesh Kumar Choudhary, Sungrae Oh and Joongku Lee

An ethnomedicinal inventory of knotweeds of Indian Himalaya


J. R. Krishnamoorthy, S. Ranganathan, M. S. Ranjith, S. Gokulshankar and P. Sumithira

Effect of topical application of G7 in reducing histamine induced skin reactions: A preliminary study


Alireza Eslami and Behzad Kaviani

The use of geographical information system (GIS) for the extension of Echium amoenum Fisch. et Mey., a medicinal plant, in the Northern part of Iran




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