Some Pharmacological Actions of ‘nimbidin’- a Bitter Principle of Azadirachta Indica-a Juss (neem)

Biological activities and medicinal properties of neem (Azadirachta indica)

Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) is perhaps the most useful traditional medicinal plant in India. Each part of the neem tree has some medicinal property and is thus commercially exploitable. During the last five decades, apart from the chemistry of the neem compounds, considerable progress has been achieved regarding the biological activity and medicinal applications of neem. It is now conside...

Efficacy of Azadirachta indica (Neem) as an antigingivitis agent on dental plaque induced gingivitis

Azadirachta indica (Neem) is a plant of Meliaceae family, has been used in India for several decades in medical and dental sciences for the treatment of several diseases. Neem has been considered to have antiseptic activity, but its use in the dentistry for the treatment of gingivitis and periodontitis has not been well established till date. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to a...

Effect of Nimbidin on Gastric Acid Secretion

Nimbidin, the crude bitter compound from neem has been investigated for its gastric anti secretory activity in rats and cats. It exhibited significant anti - secretory activity in pylorus ligated rats and cats. In lumen - perfused rats it suppressed the basal as well as histamine and carbachol stimulated gastric acid output at 40 mg/kg (i.v). However it had no effect on ASA - induced back - dif...

Neem Tree (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) as Source of Bioinsectides

Chemical characteristics of toilet soap prepared from neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) seed oil

Neem oil was obtained from the seeds of the neem tree, Azadirachta indica, exploiting a manually operating bridge press, and used to prepare toilet soap. The chemical properties of the soap were 63.75 %, 0.24 %, 0.06, 1.15 %, 12.6 % and 10.4 as its total fatty matter, total alkali, free caustic alkali, percentage chloride (% Cl), % moisture and pH respectively. Due to the phytoconstituents in n...