Terminalia bellirica Roxb belongs to the family Combretaceae, is distributed throughout the deciduous forests of India. The petroleum ether, chloroform, ethanol and aqueous extracts of the bark of Terminalia bellirica were screened for free radical scavenging activity against DPPH, ABTS, superoxide, nitric oxide, hydroxyl and hydrogen peroxide radicals. The scavenging activity was found to be d...

Alcoholic extracts of the rhizomes of Alpinia galanga, Andrographis paniculata, bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum, rind of Citrus decumana, Desmodium triflorum, seeds of Hydnocarpus wightiana, rhizomes of Kaempfaria galanga, Lippia nodiflora, tender leaves of Morinda citrifolia, rhizomes of Pollia serzogonian, Tephrosia purpuria and rhizomes of Zingiber zerumbeth showed good in vitro anthelmintic a...

The antioxidant activity of extracts from bark and heartwood of Acacia confusa was evaluated by various antioxidant assays, including free radical and superoxide radical scavenging assays and lipid peroxidation assay as well as hydroxyl radical-induced DNA strand scission assay. In addition, an ex vivo antioxidant assay using a flow cytometric technique was also employed in this study. The resu...

Introduction: Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) c.B.rob., is an aromatic medicinal tree belongs to the family lauraceae and rarely distributed in the Western ghats. ethnomedicinally, the bark is used by the traditional practitioners as a demulcent, emollient and in the treatment of diarrhea and dysentery, and to facilitate wound healing process. the leaf paste is applied to relieve respiratory diseases;...

The aim of the present study is to find out the effect of Chloroxylon swietenia Dc bark methanol (CSBMEt) and aqueous extracts (CSBAEt) on glycoprotein levels of STZ induced diabetic rats liver and kidney. The level of glycoproteins such as hexose, hexosamine, fucose and sialic acid were significantly increased in STZ induced diabetic rats. Whereas, treatment with CSBMEt, CSBAEt and glibenclami...

This paper evaluates CHCl3 and CH3OH extracts of the stem bark, branches and leaves of Drimys brasiliensis and drimane sesquiterpenes isolated from the stem bark against strains of Leishmania amazonensis and Leishmania braziliensis promastigotes and Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites. All of the extracts and compounds were tested in cell lines in comparison with reference standards and cell via...

Controllable silver nanoparticles were developed by a green approach using extracts of both leaves and bark of Limonia acidissima tree. Due to the presence of phytochemical compounds in L. acidissima leaves and bark; such as saponins, phenolic compounds, phytosterols, and quinines present in extracts act as reductants, hence the silver nanoparticles were easily produced under mild conditions. T...

Birch leaves and bark are traditionally used for folk medicine centuries. Numerous research focused on the chemical composition biological effects of birch extracts. The main pharmacologically active compounds found in extracts flavonoids, saponins, tannins, essential oil, triterpenes. Different species, age plant, geographical region, extraction methods, analytical techniques influence composi...

BACKGROUND Aiming to obtain the highest triterpene content in the extraction products, nine bark samples from the forest abundant flora of Apuseni Mountains, Romania were Raman spectroscopically evaluated. Three different natural extracts from Betula pendula Roth birch bark have been obtained and characterized using Fourier transform vibrational spectra. RESULTS This study shows that principa...

BACKGROUND The present study was carried out to assess the phytochemical and anti-dermatophytic effect of the leaf and bark extracts of Xylosma longifolium Clos. The leaf and stem bark are used by the indigenous people of Manipur, India for treatment of skin diseases. METHODS The leaves and stem barks of Xylosma longifolium were extracted using petroleum ether, chloroform and methanol respect...