Natural products from medicinal plants, either as pure phytoconstituents or as standardized extracts, provide unlimited opportunities for new drug leads because of the unmatched availability of chemical diversity. In the present investigation include the extraction, isolation and characterization of active compounds from Syzygium alternifolium (Wight) Walp. Isolated phytoconstituents were forwa...

In the present study, antioxidant activity of methanolic extracts of the leaves of seven Egyptian Cassia species was investigated using two methods, the phosphomolyb-date method and 1,1 diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) scavenging activity method.· The results revealed that C. glauca is the most potent species and that the activity of other plant species decreases in the following order:...

This study aimed to determine biological activity and phytochemical study of Scutellaria platystegia (family Labiatae). Methanolic (MeOH) extract of aerial parts of S. platystegia and SPE fractions of methanolic extract (specially 20% and 40% methanolic fractions), growing in East-Azarbaijan province of Iran were found to have radical scavenging activity by DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl -1- pycryl hydraz...

The efficiency of turmeric fractions, such as petroleum ether, chloroform, benzene, methanol and aqueous were evaluated for their inhibitory effect on clinical standard strains pathogenic bacteria fungus. methanolic fraction Curcuma longa rhizome had high potential to inhibit some i.e. S. aureus a greater degree than other fractions longa. In our study the results show that different (petroleum...

Rhodiolae Radix, have been widely used as a hemostatic, antibechic, tonic, and endermic liniment for burns and contusions in traditional Chinese medicine. Chemical and biological studies on several Rhodiola plants have been reported. For example, the methanolic extract from the roots of R. sachalinensis was reported to show inhibitory activity on prolyl endopeptidase. During the course of our s...

Since long back, herbal medicines have been the highly-esteemed source of medicine; therefore, they have become a growing part of modern, high-tech medicine. Zephyranthes candida (ZC) has been mentioned in the Indian System of Traditional Medicine for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. The objective of this study was to evaluate the anti-diabetic activity of methanolic leaf extract of Zephy...

BACKGROUND Malaria is a major public health problem in the world which is responsible for death of millions particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Today, the control of malaria has become gradually more complex due to the spread of drug-resistant parasites. Medicinal plants are the unquestionable source of effective antimalarials. The present study aimed to evaluate antiplasmodial activity and acu...

Syzygium jambos (L.) Alstone belonging to the Myrtaceae family have been investigated for evaluation of their biological activities namely antioxidant and antimicrobial activity. The n-hexane, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, aqueous soluble fractions of methanolic extract as well as crude methanolic extract of stem barks of Syzygium jambos were evaluated for their free radical scavenging acti...

To investigate the antimicrobial, antioxidant and wound healing activities of different fractions of the methanolic extracts of the leaves of Ipomoea Carnea was investigated, Antimicrobial activities was carried out by disc diffusion method and MBC, the wound healing activity was carried out using ether anaesthetized rats in two different wound models i.e. Incision and Excision at two different...

Gentiana kurroo Royle is a critically endangered medicinal plant species endemic to the northwestern Himalayas. This plant was studied for the immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory potential. Carrageenan paw edema model was used to study the potential of the drug in inflammation in Wistar rats. SRBC specific haemagglutination titre and DTH assays were carried out in Balb/C mice for observing t...