For the first time, a complete study, including fresh and dried aerial parts of Phyllanthus amarus was performed using Guadeloupe's population traditional extraction methods. In this antidiabetic antioxidant activities P. infusion decoction in water with short boiling were evaluated glucose-6-phosphatase enzyme H4IIE hepatic cells inhibition stimulation glucose uptake C2C12 skeletal muscle cell...

Fifty-five patients with chronic viral hepatitis B were randomly divided into two groups. Thirty patients were treated with Phyllanthus amarus compound (PA Co) for three months in the treatment group, another 25 patients were treated with domestic recombinant human interferon alpha-1b (IFN-alpha 1b) for three months as controls. The total effective rate in the treatment group was 83.3%, showing...

Ionizing radiations produce deleterious effects in the living organisms and the rapid technological advancement has increased human exposure to ionizing radiations enormously. There is a need to protect humans against such effects of ionizing radiation. Attempts to protect against the deleterious effects of ionizing radiations by pharmacological intervention were made as early as 1949 and effor...

With the aim of micropropagation of Phyllanthus amarus, an important medicinal herb, shoot tips were cultured in Murashige and Skoog's medium supplemented with kinetin/ BAP singly or in combination with IAA. Growth regulators at lower range (0.1-1.0 mg L(-1)) stimulated direct regeneration of shoots. Kinetin was superior to BAP and kinetin-IAA combination was more suitable than kinetin alone. A...

Herbal medicines are used therapeutically all around the world and the use of medicinal plants for management of diseases is probably the oldest existing method that humanity tries to handle the illness. Herbal medicinal products are considered to be free from side effects and less toxic on comparison with synthetic drugs. However, screening of plants for their activities is very essential to e...

Phyllantus amarus Schumach and Thonn is a medicinal plant used commonly for the treatment of malaria-related symptoms by the general public in southeastern Nigeria. The present study determines the possible antiplasmodial effects of the aqueous extract of the leaves and stem of the plant against Plasmodium berghei infection using Swiss albino mice as models. The blood schizonticidal activity of...