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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