This study aims to investigate larvicidal activities of extracts of Cassia mimosoides leaves and pods as a potential agent in vector control of malaria and to evaluate repellent effect against Anopheles gambiae mosquito of the extract formulated in an aqueous cream base. Petroleum spirit, ethanol, water and dichloromethane extracts were tested against third and fourth instar Anopheles gambiae l...

Preliminary investigations have shown that Clostridium acetobutylicum and related butyric-acid butyl-alcohol bacteria, fail to develop in a synthetic medium containing only ammonium sulphate, inorganic salts and glucose. These results suggest that perhaps the organisms require complex nitrogen compounds or some specific growth factor. Wood, Tatum and Peterson (1937), Wood, Andersen and Werkman ...

Successive solvent extract viz., petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol, ethanol and water extracts of bark of Betula utilis D. Don was evaluated for antibacterial activity, against fourteen important bacterial strains by agar-well diffusion method. Methanol extract was showed significant activity against all the tested bacteria followed by ethanol and aqueous extract. Chloroform and Petroleum e...

Petroleum ether extract of seeds of Cassia fistula was screened for the antifertility activity in proven fertile female albino rats at the doses 100, 200 and 500mg/kg b.wt./day. Oral administration of the extract to mated female rats on days 1-5 of pregnancy resulted in a decline in the fertility index, numbers of uterine implants and live fetuses in a dose dependent manner as was confirmed by ...

Chloroform and ether commonly are used as solvents to extract metabolic organic acids for analysis by gas-liquid chromatography in the identification of anaerobic bacteria. Because these solvents are potentially hazardous to personnel, modified extraction procedures involving the use of a safer solvent, methyl tert-butyl ether were developed which remained both simple to perform and effective f...

The investigation was carried out to determine qualitatively the phytoconstituents from the methanol and petroleum ether extracts of Drynaria quercifolia Linn. rhizome. Among the phytochemical screening of these extract, methanolic extract showed high number of constituents like alcohol, carbohydrates, phytosterols, phenols, tannins, flavonoids, proteins and aminoacids, steroids, saponins, chol...

Chloroform and methanol root and shoot extracts of A. aspera showed good amount of antibacterial activity against Klebsiella sp. While pet. Ether (60-80°) root extract showed the activity against B. Substilis only antifungal activity of roots was found in extracts with pet ether, chloroform and methanol against fusarium sp. only. Methanol and Aqueous shoot extracts were weakly active against Pe...

Taxus baccata (L) known as Sthauneyaka in Sanskrit(1) has wide range of biological activities including analgesic, anti-malarial, anti-rheumatic, sedative, anti-spasmodic, aphrodisiac and anti-asthmatic. In the present study, the dried and powdered bark of Taxus baccata (L) was extracted with 95% ethanol and ether at room temperature and screened for their anti--inflammatory activity by Carrage...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present work was to study the anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic activities of petroleum ether extract of fenugreek seeds. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fenugreek seed powder was extracted in petroleum ether by cold maceration. This fenugreek seed petroleum ether extract (FSPEE) was analyzed by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) and tested on rats against carrageenan and form...

Szechuan peppers, famous for their unique sensation and flavor, are widely used as a food additive and traditional herbal medicine. Zanthoxylum bungeanum and Z. armatum are both commonly recognized as Szechuan peppers, but they have different tastes and effects. The chemical components, genetic characteristics, and suitable habitat of six cultivars were analyzed in this study. The results indic...