This paper describes the isolation of four phytoconstituents from the leaves of Bauhinia microstachya, a Brazilian medicinal plant used in folk medicine for the treatment of several ailments. Based on spectroscopic evidence, these compounds were identified as methyl gallate (1), kaempferol 3-O-rhamnosyl (2), quercitrin (3) and myricitrin (4). The crude methanolic extract and two compounds (3 an...

1 Faculty of Applied Sciences, UCSI University, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2 Secretariat, International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, c/o Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0129, Japan. 3 Centre for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa, Tsukuba 305-0053, Japan. 4 School of Science, Monash Uni...

Codonoboea personatiflora Kiew & Y.Y.Sam, sp. nov., is described from lowland forest in the foothills in Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. It is unique in the genus in its personate flower. Its conservation status falls within the IUCN Endangered category.

Present study was carried out to investigate different extracts of Bauhinia purpurea (B.P) for its hepatoprotective activity against CCl4 induced hepatotoxicity. The different parts of Bauhinia purpurea were collected authenticated and were subjected to extraction using solvent alcohol. Healthy wistar albino rats (150-200g) of male sex were used for the in-vivo investigations. Liver damage was ...

Nodal segments from six years old plants of Bauhinia variegata L. were cultured on Murashige and Skoogs (MS) medium supplemented with different concentration and combinations of BAP and IBA. Explants culture in MS basal medium supplemented with 5mg/1 BAP showed highest rate of shoot multiplication. When in vitro shoots were inoculated on the MS basal medium supplemented with IBA 2mg/l, profusse...

Lectins are a structurally heterogeneous group of highly specific carbohydrate-binding proteins. Due to their great biotechnological potential, lectins are widely used in biomedical research. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the healing potential of the lectin of Bauhinia variegata (nBVL) and its recombinant isoform (rBVL-1). Following surgical creation of dorsal skin wounds, se...

Caulerpa racemosa (C. racemosa) is a seaweed containing folic acid, thiamine, ascorbic and phenol as secondary metabolites that function antioxidants. This study aims to formulate hand moisturizing cream C. extract evaluate the quality of preparation. The manufacture from was carried out in several stages, namely extraction, antioxidant testing, formulation preparations, evaluation. Evaluation ...

The study was designed to evaluate the anti-diabetic effect of aqueous extract of Bauhinia tomentosa L. leaf on alloxan induced Wistar albino rats. Diabetes was induced in albino rat models with alloxan monohydrate (150mg/kg body weight). Aqueous leaf extract of Bauhinia tomentosa at the dose of 300 mg/kg was orally administered once a day for 30 days to the diabetic animals. In this study, gly...

Article history: Received on: 20/05/2013 Revised on: 19/06/2013 Accepted on: 11/07/2013 Available online: 06/08/2013 The aim of present study was to evaluate cardioprotective activity of ethanolic and aqueous extracts of Bauhinia variegata Linn in CaCl2 induced arrhythmia in albino rats.In present study, i.v injection of 5% CaCl2 solution (25 mg/kg b.w.) that induce arrhythmia without causing m...

AIM This study was conducted to evaluate the in vitro anti-inflammatory activities and total phenolic content (TPC) of methanolic extracts of infloresence axes, endosperms, leaves, and pericarps of Barringtonia racemosa L. METHODS The anti-inflammatory study was conducted by assessing the potential through xanthine oxidase (XO) and albumin denaturation inhibition assays. Meanwhile, the TPC in...