BACKGROUND Ultraviolet radiation from sunlight induces overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) resulting in skin photoaging and hyperpigmentation disorders. Novel whitening and anti-wrinkle compounds from natural products have recently become of increasing interest. The purpose of this study was to find products that reduce ROS in 14 Thai plant extracts. METHODS To determine total phe...

Phytochemical studies of leaf of the plant Lagerstroemia Parviflora Roxb (Lythraceae) reveals the presence of phytosterols, tannins, alkaloids, glycosides and absence of saponin, flavanoid and triterpenoids have been reported in this plant for the first time.

A comparative study of the original and market samples of the KUNDUR (Oleo-Gum-Resin of Boswellia serrata Roxb.) with special reference to its chemical standardization and the qualitative and quantitative studies have been discussed here.

Locally, Gomutra Silajit is known under the name “RAKTAMANDALAM”. Literally, it means ‘Blood Patch’ or ‘Blood coloured Matter’. In fact, the Ayurvedic texts refer to its colour as that of ‘Japakusuma’ – the China Rose, botanically known as Hibiscus rosasinensis Linn. (Telegu: Mandara). For this reason the local name referring to its colour as ‘Rakta’ (Blood) is apt. The above treatise also indi...

I SIIOULD have mentioned at the outset of my attempting to give the medicinal properties of Indian drugs that have come under my notice and experience, that it should be understood, though a good many articles on Materia Medica have been written from time to time by others, yet there may be some therapeutical actions of those drugs which have not been touched 011 by them, I avail myself of the ...

canarium l. is used in folk medicine as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal, antitumor, heptoprotective, antioxidant, and anti diabetic properties. the present study investigeated the invivo anti-inflammatory activity of  essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of resin of canarium strictum roxb. in the current study, anti-inflammatory activity of essential oil of canarium strictum...

Dried stem bark extracts of Saraca asoca Roxb. Prepared by different extraction methods (Soxhlet, Ultrasonication assisted & Microwave assisted extraction) with ethanol 90%, ethanol 60% and acetone. The acetone extract prepared by Ultrasonication assisted extraction, showed significant antidiarrhoeal property in castor-oil induced diarrhoea in albino rats at a dose of 200 mg/kg, b.w. as compare...

Ten compounds isolated from Alpinia mutica Roxb., Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb. and Kaempferia rotunda Linn. (Family: Zingiberaceae) were investigated for their platelet-activating factor (PAF) antagonistic activities on rabbit platelets using 3H-PAF as a ligand. Among them, four compounds showed significant inhibitory effects. Alpinetin and 5,6-dehydrokawain isolated from A. mutica exhibited IC50...

Background & Aim:Vaginal disease has always been a great concern of women. Medicinal plants as natural resources with fewer side effects can effectively treat these infections given the diversity of these infections, resistance to antibiotics and side effects of existing drugs. The present study aimed to compare antimicrobial effects of methanol extract of Francoeuria Undul...

BACKGROUND Induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-mediated apoptosis in cancer cells represents an alternative approach for cancer therapy. The objective of this study was to elucidate whether ethanol extract of the marine brown alga Dictyopteris undulata can induce apoptosis, via ER stress, in human colon adenocarcinoma cells. METHODS Anti-proliferative activity was evaluated by the ...