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...

Two outbreaks of photosensitivity and jaundice in sheep grazing the grass, Brachiaria decumbens. In West Java in 1983 and 1983 and 1990 are described. Aggregates of acicular clefts and crystals were present in bile canaliculi, bile ducts, Kupffer cells, hepatocytes and in kidney tubules. The number of crystals increased with the length of exposure to the plant and sheep that died had the larges...

Objectives: to evaluate the effectiveness of a natural compound made of Ecklonia bicyclis Seaweed, Tribulus terrestris and water-soluble chitosan oligosaccharide, in the male sexual asthenia with mild or mild-moderate erectile dysfunction and serum testosterone levels between 280 and 350 ng/dl. Materials and Methods: 84 male patients affected by reduced libido and serum testosterone levels at t...

Tribulus terrestris (T. terrestris) has been used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of a variety of diseases, including inflammation, edema and hypertension. The aqueous and ethanol extracts of T. terrestris contain alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, quinines and phenolic compounds. Tribulusamide D is a compound that has been isolated from the ethanol extract of T. terrestris. The presen...