Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (11-15), 2011

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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (11), 2011


Contents:


Review


Venkata Sai Prakash Chaturvedula and Indra Prakash

The aroma, taste, color and bioactive constituents of tea


Gulshan Chaudhary and Prem Kumar Dantu

Morphological, phytochemical and pharmacological, studies on Boerhaavia diffusa L.


Bilal Ahmad Wani, Amina Khan Rouf Hamza and F. A. Mohiddin

Saffron: A repository of medicinal properties


Research Articles


Abubakar A., Iliyasu B., Ojiegbu F. N., Igweh A.C., Shamaki B. U., Dung E. C., Domtur L. L., Okogun J. I., Gbodi T. A. and Ogbadoyi E. O.

Evaluation of the antitrypanosomal activity of Cucumis metuliferus pulp extract in rabbits


Zhou Wen-hua, Jiang Ai-min, P. U. Yi-xin, Zhang Hai-de and Ren Honghao

Areca nut oil with arecoline can enhance hypolipidemia in rats


Kritchaya Issakul, Araya Jatisatienr, Elke Pawelzik and Chaiwat Jatisatienr

Potential of Mammea siamensis as a botanical insecticide: Its efficiency on diamondback moth and side effects on non-target organisms


Hina Iqbal, Zaman Sher and Zaheer Uddin Khan

Medicinal plants from salt range Pind Dadan Khan, district Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan


Majid Shokrpour, Mousa Torabi Gigloo, Ali Asghari and Shirin Bahrampour

Study of some agronomic attributes in milk thistle (Silybum marianum Gaertn.) ecotypes from Iran


Filiz Akbaş, Çigdem Isikalan, Süreyya Namli, Pinar Karakuş and Davut Başaran

Direct plant regeneration from in vitro-derived leaf explants of Hypericum spectabile, a medicinal plant


J. M. Sini, I. A. Umar and H. M. Inuwa

The beneficial effect of extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa calyces in alloxan-diabetic rats: Hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic activities


Lin Zhang, Peihe Nie, Guohua Zhang, Weifang Rong, and Jianming Zhi

Endothelium-independent vasodilation effect of hydroxysafflor yellow A in thoracic aorta of Wistar rats


Zhonghai Tang, Liqun Rao, Guoping Peng, Min Zhou, Guorong Shi and Yizeng Liang

Effects of endophytic fungus and its elicitors on cell status and alkaloid synthesis in cell suspension cultures of Catharanthus roseus


Norfaizatul Shalida Omar, Zetty Akmal Che Zakaria, Then Sue Mian, Wan Zurinah Wan Ngah and Musalmah Mazlan

Centella asiatica modulates neuron cell survival by altering caspase-9 pathway


Christine Stanly, Arvind Bhatt, Hag Mohammed Daffaralah Ali, Chan Lai Keng and Boey Peng Lim

Evaluation of free radical scavenging activity and total phenolic content in the petiole-derived callus cultures of Zingiber zerumbet Smith


Jie Sun, Guoyou Yin, Peng Du and Lanying Chen

Optimization of extraction technique of polysaccharides from pumpkin by response surface method


Forough Golsaz Shirazi, Azadeh Raoufi, Mehdi Yousefi, Hossein Asgarian-Omran, Ali Memarian, Jalal Khoshnoodi, Vahid Younesi and Fazel Shokri

In vitro immunoinhibitory effects of Setarud on human B lymphocyte


Yavar Sharafi

Investigation on pollen viability and longevity in Malus pumila L., Pyrus commonis L., and Cydonia oblonga L., in vitro


Simona Ioana Vicaş, Dumitriţa Rugină, and Carmen Socaciu

Comparative study about antioxidant activities of Viscum album from different host trees, harvested in different seasonsd


Yafeng Li, Yanli Wang, Qi Yu, Kena Wei, Meng Li, Sihai Zhao, Yuzuru Kurabayashi, Jianglin Fan and Enqi Liu

Compound Danshen dripping pills for stable angina: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials


Munesh Kumar, Rainer W. Bussmann, Joshi Mukesh and Pramod Kumar

Ethnomedicinal uses of plants close to rural habitation in Garhwal Himalaya, India


Sook Yee Hor, Elham Farsi, Mun Fei Yam, Norazimah Mat Nuyah and Mohd. Zaini Asmawi

Lipid-lowering effects of Coriolus versicolor extract in poloxamer 407-induced hypercholesterolaemic rats and high cholesterol-fed rats


Sujatha Ramasamy, Norhanom Abdul Wahab, Nurhayati Zainal Abidin and Sugumaran Manickam

Cytotoxicity evaluation of five selected Malaysian Phyllanthaceae species on various human cancer cell lines


Muhammed Ayub, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Ather Nadeem, Asif Tanveer, Muhammad Tahir and Rehan Alam

Effect of nitrogen application on growth, yield and oil contents of Fennel (Foenoculum vulgare Mill.)


Malkait Singh Saini, Nakeer Razak and Irfan Ahmad

Poophilus costalis Walker (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae): A possible constraint to commercial exploitation of Lavendula angustifolia Mill in Kashmir Himalaya with affinity for C3 photosynthetic plants


Liang Zhenhong

Chemical analysis of Magnolia liliflora essential oil and its pharmacological function in nursing pregnant women suffering from decubitus ulcer


F. Mollamin, N. Hooshmand and M. Monajjemi

Molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo and DFT studies of boron-nitride nano cones: properties investigating B10N11H7 (Thr)2 in different temperatures and solvents


Danbing Jia

Composition and effect of anti-hypoxia of Chinese medicinal plant mixture


Shehata, S. A. Gharib, A. A., Mohamed M. El-Mogy, Abdel Gawad, K. F. and Emad A. Shalaby

Influence of compost, amino and humic acids on the growth, yield and chemical parameters of strawberries


Diab R, Mounayar A, Maalouf E and Chahine R

Beneficial effects of Solanum melongena (Solanaceae) peduncles extracts, in periodontal diseases


M. Ramesh, A. Karthikeyan, K. Vijayakumar, M. Joe Virgin Largia and S. Karutha Pandian

Agrobacterium- Mediated transformation of pharmaceutically important Indian medicinal herb Bacopa monnieri (L.)


Yun-Fang Chen, Hsiao-Yuh Roan, Chong-Kuei Lii, Yuan-Ching Huang and Tsu-Shing Wang

Relationship between antioxidant and antiglycation ability of saponins, polyphenols, and polysaccharides in Chinese herbal medicines used to treat diabetes


Landy N., Ghalamkari Gh, Toghyani M. and Moattar F.

The effects of Echinacea purpurea L. (purple coneflower) as an antibiotic growth promoter substitution on performance, carcass characteristics and humoral immune response in broiler chickens


Dorota Bonarska-Kujawa, Sylwia Cyboran, Jan Oszmiański and Halina Kleszczyńska

Antioxidant properties of apple leaves and fruits extracts from apple leaves and fruits as effective antioxidants


Adeel Mahmood, Aqeel Mahmood, Hamayun Shaheen, Rizwana Aleem Qureshi, Yasmin Sangi and Aneel Galani

Ethno medicinal survey of plants from district Bhimber Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan


Wen-yuan Guo, Zhi-jia Ni, Zheng-xin Wang, Zhi-ren Fu and Rui-dong Li

The protective effects of ginkgo leaf extract on CCl4-induced liver injury in mice


Abbas Azadmehr, Reza Hajiaghaee, Afshin Afshari, Zahra Amirghofran, Mahmoud Refieian-Kopaei, Hossein yousofi Darani and Hedayatollah Shirzad

Evaluation of in vivo immune response activity and in vitro anti-cancer effect by Scrophularia megalantha


Ji Young Park, Won-Jun Oh, Dong-Mi Kwak, Min-Gyeong Kim, Geon-Sik Seo, Seung-Bok Hong and Man Hee Rhee

The anti-platelet activity of Hypsizygus marmoreus extract is involved in the suppression of intracellular calcium mobilization and integrin ?IIbß3 activation


Keyong Ho Lee, Choa Hyung Cho and Ki - Hyeong Rhee

Synergic anti-tumor activity of gamma-irradiated exo-polysaccharide from submerged culture of Grifola frondosa


M. M. Rahman and S. K. Bhadra

Development of protocol for in vitro culture and rapid propagation of Wedelia chinensis (Osbeek) Merr.


Susi Endrini, Suherman Jaksa, Himmi Marsiati, Fauziah Othman and Asmah Rahmat

Effects of cola nut (Cola nitida) on the apoptotic cell of human breast carcinoma cell lines


Akinpelu A. David, Awotorebo T. Olaniyi, Agunbiade O. Mayowa, Aiyegoro A. Olayinka and Okoh I. Anthony

Anti-Vibrio and preliminary phytochemical characteristics of crude methanolic extracts of the leaves of Dialium guineense (Wild)


Dedi Noviendri, Irwandi Jaswir, Hamzah Mohd. Salleh, Muhammad Taher, Kazuo Miyashita and Nazaruddin Ramli

Fucoxanthin extraction and fatty acid analysis of Sargassum binderi and S. duplicatum


Shima Gharibi, Mehdi Rahimmalek, Aghafakhr Mirlohi, Mohammad Mehdi Majidi and Badraldin Ebrahim Sayed Tabatabaei

Assessment of genetic diversity in Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium and Achillea millefolium subsp. elbursensis using morphological and ISSR markers


Yi Bi, Jingwei Tian, Liang Wang, Fenglan Zhao, Jiangfeng Zhang, Nan Wang, Haijun Sun and Qingguo Meng

Synthesis, structural determination and protective effects on cultured anoxia/reoxygen injury myocardiocytes of ocotillol-type derivatives


Asif Iqbal, Syed Muhammad Ali Shah, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Akram and Khan Usmanghani

Comparative study between Hepotin (herbal formulation) and Interferon alpha 2b and Ribavirin in the treatment of Hepatitis C


Ali Ghasemzadeh and Neda Ghasemzadeh

Effects of shading on synthesis and accumulation of polyphenolic compounds in ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) varieties


Abimbola Sowemimo, Maryna Van de Venter, Lucinda Baatjies and Trevor Koekemoer

Cytotoxicity evaluation of selected Nigerian plants used in traditional cancer treatment


Sang Quan-xi

Effect of “wuqinxi” exercise on antioxidant status, intestine Bacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei and Bacillus bifidus in obese old people



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (12), 2011


Contents:

Research Articles


P. Rama Bhat, P. S. Prajna, V. Kumar, M. Adarsh Hegde and L. Singh

Antimicrobial properties of leaves of Calycopteris floribunda Lam.


Gul Jan, MirAjab Kahan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Zafar Iqbal, Aftab Afzal, Muhammad Afzal, Ghulam Mujtaba Shah, Abdul Majid, Muhammad Fiaz, Muhammad Zafar, Abdul Waheed and Farzana Gul

Nutritional analysis, micronutrients and chlorophyll contents of Cichorium intybus L.


Siddiqui M. Asif, Amir Asad, Vats Poonam, Rani Kalpana, Malik S. Anjali, Arya Arvind, Kapoor Neelesh and Kumar Hirdesh

Arthritis database: A composite web interface for anti-arthritic plants


Mahmood A. A., Al-Bayaty F. H., Salmah I., Nor Syuhada A. B., Harita H. and Mughrabi F. F.

Enhancement of gastric ulcer by Areca catechu nut in ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injuries in rats


Yakubu A. I and Mukhtar M. D

In vitro antimicrobial activity of some phytochemical fractions of Euphorbia pulcherima L. (Poinsettia)


E. J. Hayhoe and E. A. Palombo

Extracts of Eremophila longifolia inhibit the cariogenic activities of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus


Alireza Pirzad, Mohammad Reza Shakiba, Saeed Zehtab-Salmasi, Seyed Abolghasem Mohammadi, Reza Darvishzadeh and Abbas Samadi

Effect of water stress on leaf relative water content, chlorophyll, proline and soluble carbohydrates in Matricaria chamomilla L.


Marcelo F. de Araújo, Claudiana B. dos Santos, Jéssica F. Cavalcanti, Fernanda S. Pereira, Gabriella S. Mendes, Alceni A. Werle, Maria Teresa V. Romanos and Mário G. de Carvalho

Proposed active compounds from Ouratea parviflora


Yi-Hang Wu, Bing-Jie Hao, E. Shen, Xiao-Meng Zhang and Yu Zhao

Regulatory effect of Laggera alata extract on immune mediated liver injury


Hai–xia Duan, Xiang-dong Ma, Xing-Ma, Yong-Wu Hu and Bi-Liang Chen

Antiproliferation and apoptosis induced by Bisdemethoxycurcumin in human ovarian cancer cell SKOV3


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

Effect of the route of garlic treatment on modulation of erythrocytes and plasma redox status in rats


Muhammad Rashid Khan, Javeria Haroon, Rahmat Ali Khan, Jasia Bokhari, Maria Shabbir and Umbreen Rashid

Prevention of KBrO3-induced cardiotoxicity by Sonchus asper in rat


Akinloye O. A. and Solanke, O. O.

Evaluation of hypolipidemic and potential antioxidant effects of Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (l) mill sp.) leaves in alloxan-induced hyperglycemic rats.


M. Zargar, A. H. Azizah, A. M. Roheeyati, A. B. Fatimah, F. Jahanshiri and M. S. Pak-Dek

Bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of different extracts from Vitex negundo leaf


Milena Villarini, Cristina Fatigoni, Barbara Cerbone, Luca Dominici, Massimo Moretti and Rita Pagiotti

In vitro testing of a laxative herbal food supplement for genotoxic and antigenotoxic properties


Saoussen Hammami, Asma Nguir, Dhouha Saidana, Jihene Cheriaa and Zine Mighri

Chemical analysis and antimicrobial effects of essential oil from Limoniastrum guyonianum growing in Tunisia


Kyung-Jin Jo, Jeung-Min Lee, Seung-Cheol Lee and Hae-Ryong Park

Anticancer activity of persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.) calyx extracts on human cancer cells


A. A. Zahra, F. A. Kadir, A. A. Mahmood, A. A. Al hadi, S. M. Suzy, S. Z. Sabri, I. I. Latif and K. A. Ketuly

Acute toxicity study and wound healing potential of Gynura procumbens leaf extract in rats


Lucas Junqueira de Freitas Morel, Danilo Morais Baratto, Paulo Sérgio Pereira, Silvia Helena Taleb Contini, Henrique Garcia Momm, Bianca Waléria Bertoni, Suzelei de Castro França and Ana Maria Soares Pereira

Loganin production in Palicourea rigida H.B.K. (Rubiaceae) from populations native to Brazilian Cerrado


A. Padmavathy and M. Anbarashan

Phytomedicinal study of coastal sand dune floras in Puducherry


Rubina Ghani, Asif Iqbal, Naveed Akhtar, Arshad Mahmood, Nida Shamshad Malik, Muhammad Usman, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Akram , H.M.Asif

Identification of different stages of hepatitis B infection with ELISA and PCR assay


Shubhi Mehrotra, Rohitash Jamwal, Radhey Shyam, Dharmendra Kumar Meena, Kshipra Mishra, Rajashree Patra, Ronita De, Asish Mukhopadhyay, Ashwani Kumar Srivastava and Shoma Paul Nandi

Anti-Helicobacter pylori and antioxidant properties of Emblica officinalis pulp extract: A potential source for therapeutic use against gastric ulcer


Benhong Zhou, Xiaojun Li, Zhenpeng Qiu and Gang Liu

Effect of leaves of Apocynum venetum L. on the activity of MAO in mice



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (13), 2011


Contents:

Review


Saraswathi J., Venkatesh K., Nirmala Baburao, Majid Hameed Hilal and A. Roja Rani

Phytopharmacological importance of Pelargonium species


Bin Wang, Lan Lin, Qing Ni and Cheng lian Su

Hippophae rhamnoides Linn. for treatment of diabetes mellitus: A review


Research Articles


Harpreet Walia, Subodh Kumar and Saroj Arora

Comparative antioxidant analysis of hexane extracts of Terminalia chebula Retz. prepared by maceration and sequential extraction method


Ju-Sung Kim and Myong-Jo Kim

Anti-oxidant activity of Rhus verniciflua stokes by extract conditions


T. P. Jaca and L. Kambizi

Antibacterial properties of some wild leafy vegetables of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa


Nor Azma Yusuf, M. Suffian M. Annuar and Norzulaani Khalid

Efficient propagation of an important medicinal plant Boesenbergia rotunda by shoot derived callus


Annabelle A. Herrera and Evangeline C. Amor

Antiangiogenic activity of extracts and fractions from an endemic plant Ardisia pyramidalis (Cav.) Pers. From Bataan, Philippines using Duck in ovo chorioallantoic membrane assay


Himanshu Sharma and Ashwani Kumar

Effect of plant growth regulators and chemical fertilizers on growth and productivity of Chlorophytum tuberosum and Pergularia daemia


Zhu-Jun Wang, Qiang Zhang, Tie-Jing Li and Xin-Huai Zhao

A possible molecular mechanism of two flavones and two flavonols on the induction of differentiation in a human oesophageal adenocarcinoma cell line (OE33)


Eseyin Olorunfemi, Ebong Aniekan, Anefiok Udobre and Imo Udoh

Changes in the pharmacokinetics of chloroquine by the leaf extract of Lasianthera africana in rats


Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei, Sedigheh Asgary, Azadeh Adelnia, Mahbubeh Setorki, Majid Khazaei, Somayeh Kazemi and Fatemeh Shamsi

The effects of cornelian cherry on atherosclerosis and atherogenic factors in hypercholesterolemic rabbits


Mourboul Ablise, Xin Min Mao and Rena Kasim

Antioxidant activities of Uyghur medicinal tea in human HL-60 cell line and rat hepatic microsomes


Benzhi Cai, Nan Chen, Jianping Li, Zhiwei Fang, Gang Wang, Xinyue Wang, Xueying Tan, Tao Ban and Yanjie Lu

Matrine protects homocysteine-induced atrial dysfunction in rats


M. Wang, J. Li, L. Zhang, R. W. Yang, C. B. Ding, Y. H. Zhou and Z. Q. Yin

Genetic diversity among Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge and related species using morphological traits and RAPD markers


Muhterem Aydin and Murat Yuksel

The effects of high level ascorbic acid on pregnancy rate and litter size in rats


Ibrahim Jantan, Farra Aidah Jumuddin, Fadlina Chany Saputri and Khalid Rahman

Inhibitory effects of the extracts of Garcinia species on human low-density lipoprotein peroxidation and platelet aggregation in relation to their total phenolic contents


Mohammad Ariana, Abdolhossein Samie, Mohammad Ali Edriss and Rahman Jahanian

Effects of powder and extract form of green tea and marigold, and ?-tocopheryl acetate on performance, egg quality and egg yolk cholesterol levels of laying hens in late phase of production


Esfandiar Heidarian and Yadollah Soofiniya

Hypolipidemic and hypoglycemic effects of aerial part of Cynara scolymus in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats


Alya Maimoona, Ismat Naeem, Zeb Saddiqe, Niaz Ali, Ghayour Ahmed and Ismail Shah

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


Lunesa C. Pinzon, Mylene M. Uy, Kung Hong Sze, Mingfu Wang and Ivan Keung Chu

Isolation and characterization of antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and chemopreventive flavones from Premna odorata Blanco


Deepika Gupta, Bruce Bleakley and Rajinder K. Gupta

Phytochemical analysis and antioxidant activity of herbal plant Doronicum hookeri Hook f. (Asteraceae).


Omotosho Ishiaq Olayinka, Henshaw Ansa Nta, and Adeagbo Ganiyat

Effect of natural antioxidant – Ocimum gratissimum in modulating neurodegenerative changes in rats fed with high concentration of lead acetate


Majid Toghyani, Mohsen Tohidi, Mehdi Toghyani, Abbasali Gheisari and Seyed Ali Tabeidian

Evaluation of yarrow (Achillea millefolium) as a natural growth promoter in comparison with a probiotic supplement on performance, humoral immunity and blood metabolites of broiler chicks


Sumaira Sahreen, Muhammad Rashid Khan and Rahmat Ali Khan

Phenolic compounds and antioxidant activities of Rumex hastatus D. Don. leaves


Gerhardt J. Boukes and Maryna van de Venter

Cytotoxicity and mechanism(s) of action of Hypoxis spp. (African potato) against HeLa, HT-29 and MCF-7 cancer cell lines


Saber Imani, Saeed Rezaei-Zarchi, Mehrdad Hashemi, Hojjat Borna, Amaneh Javid, Ali mohamad Zand and Hossein Bari Abarghouei

Hg, Cd and Pb heavy metal bioremediation by Dunaliella alga



Silje Glaserud, Tom Erik Gronhaug, Terje E. Michaelsen, Marit Inngjerdingen, Hilde Barsett, Drissa Diallo and Berit Smestad Paulsen

Immunomodulating polysaccharides from leaves of the Malian medicinal tree Combretum glutinosum; structural differences between small and large leaves can substantiate the preference for small leaves by some healers


J. Ruiz-Martínez, J. A. Ascacio, R. Rodríguez, D. Morales and C. N. Aguilar

Phytochemical screening of extracts from some Mexican plants used in traditional medicine


Quang-Vinh Nguyen and Jong-Bang Eun

Antioxidant activity of solvent extracts from Vietnamese medicinal plants


W. Maneerat, S. Tha-in, S. Cheenpracha, U. Prawat and S. Laphookhieo

New amides from the seeds of Clausana lansium


Kejun Deng, Yong Zhang, Liyuan Xie, Weihong Peng, Bingcheng Gan and Zhenglong Ren

Simultaneous determination of five fatty acids in Phellinus sp. by high-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode-array detection


Ahmad H. Al-Fraihat, Sati Y. A. Al-dalain, Mohammad S. Abu-Darwish, Jalal A. Al-Tabbal aand Ziad B. Al-Rawashdeh

Effect of organic and biofertilizers on growth, herb yield and volatile oil of marjoram plant grown in Ajloun region, Jordan


Pei Hou, Ziyin Xie, Le Zhang, Zhen Song, Jiao Mi, Yang He and Yufeng Li

Comparison of three different methods for total RNA extraction from Fritillaria unibracteata, a rare Chinese medicinal plant


Behzad Babazadeh Darjazi

A comparison of volatile components of flower of page mandarin obtained by ultrasound-assisted extraction and hydrodistillation


Jianhui Ye, Nana Li, Huiling Liang, Junjie Dong, Jianliang Lu, Xinqiang Zheng and Yuerong Liang

Determination of cyclic oligomers residues in tea catechins isolated by polyamide-6 column


Mamoona Munir, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Muhammad Zafar, Kiran Yasmin Khan, Rabia Niamat, Kanwal Tariq, Saira Tabassum, Sidra Nisar Ahmed, Ume Habiba and Abida Bano. Paras Mazari

Taxonomic potential of foliar epidermal anatomy among the wild culinary vegetables of Pakistan


Shai L. J., Magano S. R., Lebelo S. L. and Mogale, A. M.

Inhibitory effects of five medicinal plants on rat alpha-glucosidase: Comparison with their effects on yeast alpha-glucosidase


Arshad Javaid and Hafiza Asma Rehman

Antifungal activity of leaf extracts of some medicinal trees against Macrophomina phaseolina


Xiao-Ling Wang, Gao-Qiang Liu, Chao-Yang Zhu, Guo-Ying Zhou and Si-Min Kuang

Enhanced production of mycelial biomass and extracellular polysaccharides in caterpillar-shaped medicinal mushroom Cordyceps sinensis CS001 by the addition of palmitic acid


Yang Wang, Xi Huang, Qinghua Liang, Rong Fan, Feng Qin, Jiekun Luo, Yunhui Li, Wei Liu, Xilian Mao, Hui Ji, Zhaoqian Liu, Honghao Zhou, Lan Fan and Lichen Gao

Simultaneous quantitation of seven anthraquinones in aqueous extract of rhubarb and analysis for absorption in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with traumatic brain injury using UPLC-PDA method


M. Malekzadeh, S. I. Mirmazloum, S. N. Mortazavi, M. Panahi and H. R. Angorani

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


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

Isolation, characterization and crystal structure of ethyl 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy-benzoate from Scutellaria barbata


A. A. Elshafei, Naglaa M. Esmaiel, A. A. Al-Doss and M. N. Barakat

An assessment of the cultural capabilities of clonal propagation and molecular characterization of Yucca elephantipes cultivars


Shima Gharibi, Mehdi Rahimmalek, Aghafakhr Mirlohi, Mohammad Mehdi Majidi and Badraldin Ebrahim Sayed Tabatabaei

Assessment of genetic diversity in Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium and Achillea millefolium subsp. elbursensis using morphological and ISSR markers


Sheng Quan, Jun-bo Wang, Xiao-ping Xia, Xv-ai Lin and Jie Yan

Protective effect of puerarin form the roots of Pueraria lobata against systemic inflammatory response syndrome by regulating the levels of related cytokines


Rizwan Ashraf M. Phil, Rafeeq Alam Khan and Imran Ashraf

Effects of garlic on blood glucose levels and HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus


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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (14), 2011


Contents:

Review


G. Phani Kumar, Raj Kumar, O. P. Chaurasia and Shashi Bala Singh

Current status and potential prospects of medicinal plant sector in trans- Himalayan Ladakh


Research Articles


Famurewa A .V., Emuekele P. O. and Jaiyeoba K. F.

Effect of drying and size reduction on the chemical and volatile oil contents of ginger (Zingiber officinale)


Li Xiang, Ma Jianzhong, Xiajing, Shi Yundong and Yu Qiaozhen

A study on the ultrasonic-assisted ethanol extraction of dioscin


Ayuba V. O., Ojobe T. O. and Ayuba S. A.

Phytochemical and proximate composition of Datura Innoxia leaf, seed, stem, pod and root


Zijing Xu, Cuiwu Lin and Yong Shi

Isolation and structure determination of a new oligosaccharide from Blume riparia


Yijun Fan, Zhongfu Ge and Aoxue Luo

In vitro antioxidant activity of polysaccharide from Gardenia jasminoides Ellis


Mohamed Tarroum, Salim Khan and Fahad Al-Qurainy

Evaluation of drought tolerance of ?-irradiated mutants of Hordeum vulgare


Alban Ibraliu, Xuefei Mi and Fetah Elezi

Variation in essential oils to study the biodiversity in Satureja montana L.


Alireza Rezaeizadeh, Zuki Bin Abu Bakar Zakaria, Maryam Abdollahi, Goh Yong Meng, Noordin Mohamed Mustapha, Muhajir Bin Hamid and Tengku Azmi Bin Tengku Ibrahim

Antioxidant and antihyperglycaemic effects of an aqueous extract from Momordica charantia fruit in a type II diabetic rat model


M. Falaki Khalilsaraie, N. Saima, N. T. Meti, R. K. Bhadekar and D. P. Nerkar

Cytological study and anti-microbial activity of embryogenic callus induced from leaf cultures of Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers


Shu-Mei Yue and Wen-Yi Kang

Lowering blood lipid and hepatoprotective activity of amentoflavone from Selaginella tamariscina in vivo


Mohanad R. Alwan, Oleksandr Krasilshchikov and Tengku Muzaffar bin Tengku Mohamad Shihabudin

The effects of tocotrienol supplementation on the muscle contractile properties, fatigue and antioxidant enzymes activities of gastrocnemius muscle of trained and untrained rats


Zhonghai Tang, Jingping Qin, Xiaona Xu, Guorong Shi, Hua Yang and Yizeng Liang

Applying silica gel column chromatography purify resveratrol from extracts of Morus alba L. Leaf


Ekwueme F. N., Oje O. A., Nwodo O. F. C. and Ozoemena N. F.

Anti-inflammatory capacity of the aqueous leaf extract of Senna mimosoides on inhibition of rat oedema, platelet aggregatory activity and prostaglandin synthase activity


Chun-hua Zhou, Xian Li, Chong-de Sun, Chang-jie Xu and Kun-song Chen

Effects of drying methods on the bioactive components in loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.) flowers


Jin-feng Shao, Yuan-biao Wang, Que Chen, Zheng-qiong Liu, Qian Liu, Wen-guo Cai and Wei Wu

A daily variation in essential oil composition of flower of different accessions from Carthamus tinctorius L. in Sichuan province of China


Farnaz Malik, Shahzad Hussain, Tahira Mirza, Abdul Hameed, Safia Ahmad, Humayun Riaz, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah and Khan Usmanghani

Screening for antimicrobial activity of thirty-three medicinal plants used in the traditional system of medicine in Pakistan


Dong-Mei Liu, Ji-Wen Sheng, Hui-Min Qi, Wei-Fen Zhang, Chun-Ming Han and Xi-Long Xin

Antioxidant activity of polysaccharides extracted from Athyrium multidentatum (Doll) Ching


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

Sensitivity of Lactococcus garvieae isolated from rainbow trout to some Iranian medicinal herbs


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

Cosmeceutical value of herbal extracts as natural ingredients and novel technologies in anti-aging


Yaser Hassan Dewir, Nisha Singh, Senabelo Mngomezulu and Ali Mikael Kalifa Omar

Micropropagation and detection of important triterpenes in in vitro and field grown plants of Syzygium cordatum


Kejun Deng, Yong Zhang, Liyuan Xie, Weihong Peng, Bingcheng Gan and Zhenglong Ren

Simultaneous determination of five fatty acids in Phellinus sp. by high-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode-array detection


Bashir Ahmad, Ibrar khan, Sadiq Azam, Shumaila Bashir, Jamshaid Ahmad, Farrukh Hussain

Screening of Acacia modesta for haemagglutination, antibacterial, phytotoxic and Insecticidal activities


Fah Chueahongthong, Chadarat Ampasavate, Siriporn Okonogi, Singkome Tima and Songyot Anuchapreeda

Cytotoxic effects of crude kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix, DC.) leaf fractional extracts on leukemic cell lines


Jian-chao Wang, Jun-yu Zhang, Qiang Wang and Wan-ru Cai

Parthenolide sensitizes HL-60 cells to aclarubicin-induced apoptosis by inhibiting NF-kappa band COX-2 activation


Afolabi I. S. and Ofobrukweta K.

Physicochemical and nutritional qualities of Carica papaya seed products


Venkatesh Kumar R. and Amit Srivastava

In vivo therapeutic effects of antibacterial and antiviral antibiotics using Bombyx mori L. as an animal model


Fatemeh Nabavizadeh, Ali Mohammad Alizadeh, Zahra Sadroleslami and Soheila Adeli

Gastroprotective effects of amygdalin on experimental gastric ulcer: Role of NO and TNF-?


Jie Sun and Ya-Hui Wei

A new alkaloid-aluminum glycoside isolated from Rhizoma Sparganii (Sparganium stoloniferum Buch. -Ham.)


Viresh Mohanlall, Paul Steenkamp and Bharti Odhav

Isolation and characterization of anthraquinone derivatives from Ceratotheca triloba (Bernh.) Hook.f.


Kazem Ghassemi-Golezani, Saeid Zehtab-Salmasi and Soheila Dastborhan

Changes in essential oil content of dill (Anethum graveolens) organs under salinity stress


Njume C., Afolayan A. J. and Ndip R. N.

Diversity of plants used in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori associated morbidities in the Nkonkobe municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa


Zaki Tubesha, Shahid Iqbal and Maznah Ismail

Effects of hydrolytic conditions on recovery of antioxidants from methanolic extracts of Nigella sativa seeds


Inhye Kim, Jin-Young Kim, Yu-Jin Hwang, Kyung-A Hwang, Ae-Son Om, Jae-Hyun Kim and Kang-Jin Cho

The beneficial effects of aged black garlic extract on obesity and hyperlipidemia in rats fed a high-fat diet


Yali Liu, Shuying Han, Yanshu Zhu, Yonggang Li, Xiaojuan Zhu and Guiyun Wang

Adjuvant effect of saponins isolated from the sepal of Physalis alkekengi L. var. francheti (Mast.) Makino fruit on the immune responses to ovalbumin in mice


Sadaki Yokota, Yuko Onohara, Takuhiro Uto, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Osamu Morinaga and Yukihiro Shoyama

Localization of ginsenoside-Rb1 in Panax ginseng revealed by immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopic techniques


Mahdi Pouramir, Mohammad Esmaiel Shahaboddin, Ali-Akbar Moghadamnia and Karim Parastouei

To study the effects of Securigera securidaca (L.) seed against alloxan-induced hyperglycemia


Irene Kamenidou, Stamatis Aggelopoulos and Athanasios C. Batzios

Natural medical attributes and benefits of Spirulina: Segmentation based on consumers’ knowledge


Francis Chin Pheng Lim, Anna Pick Kiong Ling, Siew Ling Hii and Sobri Hussein

Towards understanding of physiological changes in cell culture of recalcitrant woody plant, Eurycoma longifolia, in response to carbon and nitrogen sources


Njume C., Afolayan A. J., Samie A. and Ndip R. N.

In-vitro anti-Helicobacter pylori activity of acetone, ethanol and methanol extracts of the stem bark of Combretum molle (Combretaceae)


Ai-hua Zhang, Feng-jie Lei, Si-wen Fang, Ming-hui Jia and Lian-xue Zhang

Effects of ginsenosides on the growth and activity of antioxidant enzymes in American ginseng seedlings


Celia Jimena Pena, Arun Reverte, Luis Barbo Hernandez, Samuel Meraz, Manuel Jiménez, Ana María García, Guillermo Avila and Tzasna Hernández

Antimicrobial, antioxidant and toxic effects of Senna skinneri Bentham, Irwin and Barneby (Leguminoseae)


Idin Zibaee, Arash zibaee, Ali Reza Bandani, Jalal Jalali Sendi and Reza Talaei-Hassanloei

Artemisia annua L. (Asterasea) changes some biochemical compounds in the hemolymph of Hyphantria cunea Drury (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)


Kazem Ghassemi-Golezani, Afsaneh Chadordooz-Jeddi and Parisa Zafarani-Moattar

Influence of salt-priming on mucilage yield of Isabgol (Plantago ovata Forsk) under salinity stress


Ahmad Reza Golparvar and Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbalouti and Marzieh Karimi

Determination of the effective traits on essence percent and dry flower yield in German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) populations


Ali Ghasemzadeh and Hawa Z. E. Jaafar

Antioxidant potential and anticancer activity of young ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) grown under different CO2 concentration


Pinto N. S., Carmo F. S., Diniz C. L., Almeida D. S., Pereira M. O., Santos-Filho S. D., Medeiros A. C. and Bernardo-Filho M.

Effects of an aqueous extract of Three Ballerina on the survival of Escherichia coli AB1157 cultures and in the action of stannous chloride


Lihui Wei, Jiumao Lin, Wei Xu, Zhenfeng Hong, Xianxiang Liu and Jun Peng

Inhibition of tumor angiogenesis by Scutellaria barbata D. Don via suppressing proliferation, migration and tube formation of endothelial cells and downregulation of the expression of VEGF-A in cancer cells


Mikdat Simsek, Metin Tansu Uguz, Mehmet Kadir Erdogan Abdurrahman Gul, Selahattin Karakoc and Metin Digrak

Selection studies on high quality walnut types and their antibacterial properties


Breno Henrique Caneguim, Juliana Mara Serpeloni, Maria Aparecida Medeiros Maciel, Ilce Mara de Syllos Cólus and Suzana de Fátima Paccola Mesquita

Croton cajucara methanolic extract reduced the DNA-damage but did not protect against the testicular alterations induced by doxorubicin


Filiz Savaroglu, Semra Ilhan and Cansu Filik-Iscen

An evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of some Turkish mosses


Nisar Ahmad, Hina Fazal, Bilal Haider Abbasi, Inayat-Ur-Rahman, Shazma Anwar, Mubarak Ali Khan, Abdul Basir, Humaira Inayat, Roshan Zameer and Shahid Akbar Khalil, Kiran Yasmin Khan

DPPH-scavenging antioxidant potential in regenerated tissues of Stevia rebaudiana, Citrus sinensis and Saccharum officinarum


Lisong Hu, Yangdong Wang, Menghao Du and Jingping Zhang

Characterization of the volatiles and active components in ethanol extracts of fruits of Litsea cubeba (Lour.) by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and gas chromatography- olfactometry (GC-O)


Wu Xing and Hu Jian

Pretreatment with astragaloside IV protects H9c2 cells against hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis by scavenging of reactive oxygen species and regulation of Bcl-2 and Bax expression


Mohammad A. Khiyami, Sulaiman M. Al-Fadual and Ali H. Bahklia

Polyhydroxyalkanoates production via Bacillus PCS biofilm and date palm syrup


Yuanyuan Li, Changqin Li, Qitai Xu and Wenyi Kang

Antioxidant, ?-glucosidase inhibitory activities in vitro and alloxan-induced diabetic rats’ protective effect of Indigofera stachyodes Lindl. root


Zhang Sheng-tan, Cheng Guo-hua, Lin Jing-ming, Wang Tie-shan, Zheng Ni and Wang Zhao-yu

Optimization of Jatropha curcas for total flavonoids by response surface methodology and antibacterial activity


Shao JiPing

Effect of aqueous extract of Lycium barbarum on serum CK, CK-MB activities and myocardium injury in exhausted swimming rats




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (15), 2011


Contents:

Research Articles



Loiy Elsir Ahmed Hassan, Waleed S. Koko, El-Badri E. Osman, Mahmoud M. Dahab and Hasnah Mohd Sirat

In vitro antigiardial activity of Citrullus lanatus Var. citroides extracts and cucurbitacins isolated compounds


Rahmat Ali Khan, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Sumaira Sahreen, Shumaila Jan, Jasia Bokhari and Umbreen Rashid

Prevention of CCl4 induced adrenal oxidative stress in rat by Sonchus asper


M. N. Barakat and Heba El-Sammak

In vitro culture and plant regeneration from shoot tip and lateral bud explants of Gypsophila paniculata L.


Ismail Norsharina, Ismail Maznah, Al-Absi Aied and Al-Naqeeb Ghanya

Thymoquinone rich fraction from Nigella sativa and thymoquinone are cytotoxic towards colon and leukemic carcinoma cell lines


Bo Yang, Yiqi Wang, Jin Chen, Hongmei Lin and Rusong Zhang

The study of planting area on components of Baishouwu anti-tumor effective fraction by RP-HPLC


Zahra Zakeri, Shahrokh Izadi, Zohreh Bari, Farhang Soltani, Behzad Narouie and Mohammad Ghasemi-rad

Evaluating the effects of ginger extract on knee pain, stiffness and difficulty in patients with knee osteoarthritis


Bashir Ahmad, Ibrar khan, Shumaila Bashir, Sadiq Azam and Niaz Ali

Screening of Acacia modesta for antifungal, anti-termite, nitric oxide free radical scavenging assay and brine shrimp cytotoxic activities


Hassan Sher and Mohammed N. Alyemeni

Evaluation of anti-diabetic activity and toxic potential of Lycium shawii in animal models


Yueyue Wang, Fuyuan Jing, Shuoye Yu, Yunfei Chen, Tao Wang, Pin Liu, Guofeng Wang, Xiaofen Sun and Kexuan Tang

Co-overexpression of the HMGR and FPS genes enhances artemisinin content in Artemisia annua L.


Angélica Bautista-Cruz, María R. Arnaud-Vinas, Gabino Alberto Martínez-Gutiérrez, Patricia Soledad Sánchez-Medina and Rafael Pérez Pacheco

The traditional medicinal and food uses of four plants in Oaxaca, Mexico


Guimei Lin, Zhili Xu, Xu Zhang, Hui Gao, Ying Hou, Libo Yin, Xiaodan Zhang, Jingxian Yang and Tianzhu Jia

Epoxyaurapten inhibition of smooth muscle contraction and phosphorylation of myosin light chain by myosin light chain kinase


Abdelouahab Bouzidi, Nadia Mahdeb and Nabila Kara

Toxicity studies of alkaloids of seeds of Datura stramonium and synthesis alkaloids in male rats


A. H. A. Abdelmageed, Faridah Q. Z., Nur Amalina A. and Muhamad Yaacob

The influence of organ and post-harvest drying period on yield and chemical composition of the essential oils of Etlingera elatior (Zingiberaceae)


Lei Chen, Jianyu Su, Lin Li, Bing Li and Wang Li

A new source of natural D-borneol and its characteristic


Murat Kizaibek, Marzia Daniar, Lin Li and Halmurat Upur

Antiproliferative activity of different extracts from Daphne altaica Pall. on selected cancer cells


Amir Mohammad Daneshian Moghaddam, Jalal Shayegh, Peyman Mikaili and Jalil Dolghari Sharaf

Antimicrobial activity of essential oil extract of Ocimum basilicum L. leaves on a variety of pathogenic bacteria


Eyup Bagci, Sukru Hayta, Ayse Yazgin and Gulden Dogan

Composition of the essential oil of Teucrium parviflorum L. (Lamiaceae) from Turkey


Tao Liu, Hanjing Yan and Xiaorong Guo

Discrimination of the medicinal plant Fallopia multiflora and its adulterants by diagnostic polymerase chain reaction (PCR)


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

Effect of the route of garlic treatment on modulation of liver and spleen redox status in rats


Qian Yang, Wan-yu Shi and Xiu-hui Zhong

Influence of quercetin on transforming growth factor b1 in the uterus following Lps-induced abortion in pregnant mice


Onanong Kritpetcharat, Noppmats Khemtonglang, Panutas Kritpetcharat, Jureerut Daduang, Sakda Daduang, Krittika Suwanrungruang, Nat Bletter, Runglawan Sudmoon and Arunrat Chaveerach

Using DNA markers and barcoding to solve the common problem of identifying dried medicinal plants with the examples of Smilax and Cissus in Thailand


Feng-Hua Shi, Chun Sui, Cheng-Min Yang, Jian-He Wei, Yue Jin, Hong-Jiang Chen, Lu-Qi Huang, Yu-Kai Zhao, Xiang-Sheng Zhao, Xu-Dong Xu, Qing-Long Chu and Jing Yu

Development of a stable male-sterile line and its utilization in high yield hybrid of Platycodon Grandiflorum


Farooq Ahmad, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Muhammad Zafar, Zafar Iqbal and Ameer Khan

Leaf epidermal anatomy as an aid to the identification of genus Setaria weeds, tribe paniceae (Poaceae), from the salt range of Pakistan


Dragica Stankovic, Borivoj Krstic, Sasa Orlovic, Goran Trivan, Leopold Pajnik Poljak and Mirjana Sijacic Nikolic

Woody plants and herbs as bioindicators of the current condition of the natural environment in Serbia


Bao-qing Wang and Zhe-xiong Jin

Agrimoniin induced SGC7901 cell apoptosis associated mitochondrial transmembrane potential and intracellular calcium concentration


M. K. Ratheesh Narayanan, N. Anilkumar, V. Balakrishnan, M. Sivadasan, H. Ahmed Alfarhan and A. A. Alatar

Wild edible plants used by the Kattunaikka, Paniya and Kuruma tribes of Wayanad District, Kerala, India


Churdsak Jaikang, Kanokporn Niwatananun, Paitoon Narongchai, Siripun Narongchai and Chaiyavat Chaiyasut

Inhibitory effect of caffeic acid and its derivatives on human liver cytochrome P450 3A4 activity


Farooq Anwar, Muhammad Sulman, Abdullah Ijaz Hussain, Nazamid Saari, Shahid Iqbal and Umer Rashid

Physicochemical composition of hydro-distilled essential oil from coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) seeds cultivated in Pakistan


M. Sulusoglu, A. Cavusoglu and S. Erkal

Arbutus unedo L. (Strawberry tree) selection in Turkey Samanli mountain locations


Naser Hosseini, Samad Nejad Ebrahimi, Peyman Salehi, Behvar Asghari and Mahmood Ahmadi

Simultaneous determination of atropine and scopolamine in different parts of Hyoscyamus arachnoideus Pojark plants by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)


Udai Pratap Singh, Sudarshan Maurya, Amitabh Singh and Mandavi Singh

Phenolic acids in some Indian cultivars of Momordica charantia and their therapeutic properties


Adekunle Odunayo Adejuwon, Mary Adejumoke Bisi–Johnson, Tolulope Mobolaji Obuotor and Oyinade Aina Agboola

Bioactive compounds and antimicrobial efficacy of the extracts of Combretum pincianum Hook


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