Tribulus terrestris is a prostrate spreading herb, the fruit of which contains sharp, rigid spines and for this reason it is known as puncture vine. It is native to many geographical zones, including the Mediterranean regions, India, China, Africa and Australia. In the 1990s attention focused on the Bulgarian research of a standardised extract of Tribulus leaf (TLSE, standardised to not less th...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver induces many complications to the liver tissue and also serum related parameters. Medicinal plants are the safe therapeutic strategy for the treatment of diseases. In this regards, the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Tribulus terrestris (T. terrestris) extract on non-alcoholic fatty liver in rats. In this experimental study, thirty male Wistar rat...

introduction : in the recent years, due to the wide spread of resistant bacteria on one side and several different reports about the side effects of chemical drugs on the other side, vast researches on the medicinal plants have been started. in this study, antimicrobial effect of total extract of tribulus terrestris l . and its fraction containing benzoxazine derivative (terresoxazine) was stud...

1 ‐ Department of Anti-Doping Research, Institute of Sport, Warsaw, Poland. 2 Department of Endocrinology, Institute of Sport, Warsaw, Poland. 3 Department of Nutrition Physiology, Institute of Sport, Warsaw, Poland. 4 Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, National Medicines Institute, Warsaw, Poland. 5 Department of Exercise Physiology, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus Univer...

Results: TT treatment of diabetic rats reduced pain score only in chronic phase of the formalin test (p<0.05). Meanwhile, SS administration significantly reduced pain score only at chronic phase of the test (p<0.05). Regarding hot tail immersion test, diabetic rats showed a significant reduction in tail flick latency as compared to control ones (p<0.05). Although TT treatment of diabetic rats i...

Objective: Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antimicrobial activities of Tribulus terrestris (T. terrestris) could be helpful in the treatment of acute pancreatitis; thus, this study was designed to investigate the effects of T. terrestris on cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis in mice. Materials and Methods: Three doses (100, 200 and 400 mg/kg) of T. terrestris hydro-alcoholic extr...

This study presents a preliminary data of occurrence of elemental concentration in medicinal plants i.e Apium graveolens (seed), Sida cordifolia (root), Solanum surattense (whole plant), Tribulus terrestris(fruit) and Withania somnifera (root) used in Ayurveda, using Atomic absorption spectrometer (AAS) following standard procedures. The elemental concentration i.e. Mn, Na, K, Cl, Ca, Cr, Co, C...