The use of dietary phyto-oestrogens as a possible option for the prevention of osteoporosis has raised considerable interest because of the increased concern about the risks associated with the use of hormone-replacement therapy. However, the evidence in support of a bone-sparing effect in post-menopausal women is still not sufficiently convincing. Most studies have been performed on soyabean i...

Phytoconstituents have been used in medicine science since ancient times due to their various pharmacological actions. But most of them (like flavanoids, terpenoids) are low in lipid solubility and have large molecular size due to complex multiple ring structure, causing poor absorption and poor bioavailability via oral route. The phytosome system of drug delivery results in increased bioavaila...

Origanum majorana L. (Family Lamiaceae) is a frost tender perennial undershrub, native to Cyperus and naturalised in Mediterranean regions, particularly found in temperate regions of the Himalayas. Its usage for flavour and aroma dates back to ancient times. Traditionally, the leaves of marjoram are used for its medicinal properties to cure insomnia, gastritis, asthma and nervousness. Now-a-day...

The methanolic extract of Flemingia macrophylla roots exhibited significant estrogenic activity in the transgenic plant assay system which was comparable to the activity of soybean extract. Utilizing estrogenic activity-guided fractionation, one new compound, fleminigin, together with 23 known compounds were isolated from F. macrophylla roots' methanolic extract. The structure of the new compou...

The macroscopic characters of the whole plant, physical constant values, extractive values, preliminary phyto-chemical tests, fluorescence characters under ultra-violet light after treatment with different reagents of the powdered leaves form the tree of Adansonia digitata linn., [Bombacaceae] were studied to fix some pharmacognostical parameters. Preliminary phytochemical screening on the meth...

Spirulina platensis (SP) is a filamentous cyanobacterium microalgae with potent dietary phyto-antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancerous properties. The present study aimed to investigate the chemopreventive effect of SP against rat liver toxicity and carcinogenesis induced by dibutyl nitrosamine (DBN) precursors, and further characterized its underlying mechanisms of action in HepG2 cel...

Nobiletin is considered a phyto-flavonoid extracted from citrus peel and shown to several pharmacological roles such as anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor neuroprotective properties. In this study, we investigate the role of nobiletin combined docetaxel enhances apoptosis in colorectal cancer cell lines. Our results confirmed enhanced docetaxel-induced reactive oxygen species generation human carcin...

Murraya koenigii is a valuable medicinal plant which has been used in traditional system of medicine since long time. The extraction of active ingredients such as alkaloids, flavonoids, triterpenes, steroids etc. from the plant facilitates pharmacological studies. The present investigation is to evaluate the proper taxomic status and preliminary phyto-chemical characters as well as physicochemi...

Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606–8502, Japan (S.I., T.I.); Plant Genome Engineering Research Unit, Agrogenomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba 305–8602, Japan (M.E., H.S., S.T.); The Japan Association for Advancement of Phyto-Regulators, Ushiku 300–1211, Japan (J.O., N.N., M.Y.); and Crop Pro...