Tribulus terrestris herb has been used as a drug in traditional medicine and its toxic effects have also been reported. Less attention has been paid to the interpretation of pathological and laboratory findings in the natural form poisoning with this plant in animals. Following a report of mortalities in a sheep farm feeding on a pasture containing Tribulus terrestris herb and involvement of 50...

background and objective: due to the presence of some evidence for anti-diabetic and antioxidant activity of tribulus terrestris (tt), this study was designed to investigate the anti-nociceptive effect of tt in streptozotocin-diabetic rats using formalin test and hot tail immersion tests. materials and methods: rats were divided into control, tt-treated control, diabetic, sodium salicylate (ss)...

Herbal drugs are an integral part Indian medicinal system. Among them two plants extensively used in folklore medicine system viz. Tribulus terrestris and Solanum nigrum because of numerous pharmacological activities. Various species these available, out which some more potent whereas others have very less potential. Therefore, identification appropriate plant is important the process drug disc...

fections has greatly increased in patients who are severely immunocompromised due to cancer chemotherapy, organ or bone marrow transplantation, and human immunodeficiency virus infection. Candida albicans (C. albicans) is an organism that is most often associated with serious fungal infections, and can cause fungal diseases in immunocompromised patients, including cancer patients, organ transpl...

Tribulus terrestris is a herbaceous weed capable of growing throughout the year in many habitats. It hermaphroditic, protogynous, and self-pollinating, although it also insect-pollinated. The insects involved pollination use their flowers as potential forage source by displaying fidelity during wet season when profuse flowering occurs. functional traits relating to sexual reproduction such auto...

Kumar A, Verma N. 2012. A comparative phylogenetic analysis of medicinal plant Tribulus terrestris in Northwest India revealed by RAPD and ISSR markers. Biodiversitas 13: 107-113. Several DNA marker systems and associated techniques are available today for fingerprinting of plant varieties. A total of 5 RAPD and 8 ISSR primers were used. Amplification of genomic DNA of the 6 genotypes, using RA...