Addictive tobacco habit, both oral use and smoking, continues to be a major public health problem despite the availability of pharmacotherapeutic cessation aids. Long lasting abstinence rates following tobacco cessation measures remain less than optimal Several alternative treatments have been studied for tobacco cessation including natural products, such as Avena sativa1, lobeline2, mint snuff...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is well known for its ability to form biofilm on indwelling medical devices. These biofilms are difficult to remove because of their high tolerance to conventional antibiotics. Therefore, there is a need to look for alternative agents such as medicinal plants, which can eradicate or inhibit biofilm effectively. This study evaluated the role of neem in inhibiting biofilm f...

This study was conducted to investigate the preliminary environmental and mammalian toxicology of neem oil, temephos and chlorpyriphos-methyl/fenitrothion. Culex pipiens, Daphnia magna and Gambusia affinis were used to study environmental impact. A high level of toxicity was observed, with slight differences between organisms. The emulsifiers individually also displayed toxicity towards the tes...

Fish and other organisms are affected by pesticides which pollute the natural water through agricultural runoff. The aim of this study was to determine the acute toxicity of botanical pesticide, neem gold, and two synthetic pesticides, permethrin and monocrotophos, which are extensively used in agricultural farms. The mortality rate of Cyprinus carpio was monitored under laboratory conditions f...

In present study, the comparative in vitro free radical scavenging activities of methanol extracts from three indigenous medicinal plants viz. Amla, Bitter gourd and Neem were evaluated by 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazil (DPPH) radical scavenging method. Ascorbic acid was used as the reference. All of the plant extracts exhibited promising antiradical effects in a concentration dependent manner...

the present work aimed at studying growth pattern and carcass traits in pearl grey guinea fowl fed on dietary neem (azadirachta indica) leaf powder (nlp) over a period of 12 weeks. day old guinea fowl keets (n=120) were randomly assigned to four treatment groups, each with 3 replicates. the first treatment was designated as control (t0) in which no supplement was added to the feed, while in tre...

PURPOSE To determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) for the extracts of the leaves and seeds of the plant Azadirachta indica against various dermatophytes. METHODS Clinical isolates of dermatophytes(Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum nanum) were treated with extracts of leaves and seeds of the plant Azadirach...

The in vitro fungitoxic activity of crude extracts of neem (Azadirachta indica) (A.) Juss) and pawpaw (Carica papaya) (L.) on Alternaria solani, isolated from rotting yam tubers whose pathogenicity has been proven and assessed. The organic solvent (methanol) extracts of leaves of neem and pawpaw at 20%, 40%, 60% and 80% concentrations were tested on potato dextrose agar (PDA) for activity again...

In vitro trials were conducted to evaluate the effect of Azadirachtaindica (neem) extracts on mycelial growth, sporulation, morphology and ochratoxin A production by P. verrucosum and P. brevicompactum. The effect of neem oil extract from seeds and leaf was evaluated at 0.125; 0.25 and 0.5% and 6.25 and 12.5 mg/mL, respectively, in Yeast Extract Sucrose (YES) medium. Ochratoxin A production was...

Diabetes Mellitus is affecting people of all age groups worldwide. Many synthetic medicines available for type 2 diabetes mellitus in the market. However, there is a strong requirement for the development of better anti-diabetes compounds sourced especially from natural sources like medicinal plants. The extracts from the leaves of neem (Azadirachta indica) is traditionally known to have anti-d...