BACKGROUND Phyllanthus amarus (Schum & Thonn), a plant belonging to the family of Euphorbiaceae is used in Ivorian traditional medicine to treat cardiovascular disorders such as hypertension. However, although this plant has been described as a diuretic agent, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the mechanism action of diuretic ef...

BACKGROUND Roots and leaves of the Cermela Hutan (Phyllanthus gomphocarpus Hook. F) plant were studied to determine antioxidant activity, phytochemical compounds, proportion of carbohydrate, crude protein, moisture, ash, fat, total phenolic content (TPC), and total flavonoid content (TFC). MATERIAL/METHODS Ten percent (10%) aqueous extract from both Phyllanthus gomphocarpus roots (PGR) and le...

BACKGROUND Recently much attention has been paid to biologically active plants because of their low production cost and fewer adverse effects compared with chemical drugs. In the present investigation the bioactivity of Phyllanthus niruri ethanol and aqueous extracts was evaluated in vitro. RESULTS The ethanol extract of P. niruri showed a high level of flavonoid content (123.9 ± 0.002 mg g⁻¹...

Caraka the renowned physician of Indian system of medicine recommended Cyavanaprasa for wide variety of ailments from paediatric to geriatric. So, the paper is focused on the result of the clinical study, that was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of Cyavanprasa in elderly volunteers. And the paper also highlights the step made through this clinical study to evaluate the weight of chief consti...

Assessment of cytotoxicity, antibacterial activity and phytochemical screening ethanol extract Phyllanthus acidus L. (family: Euphorbiacceae) BarkSubrata Kumar Biswas, Anusua Chowdhury, Joysree Das, Utpal Karmakar, Manik Chandra Shill, Sheikh Zahir Raihan

Assessment of cytotoxicity, antibacterial activity and phytochemical screening ethanol extract Phyllanthus acidus L. (family: Euphorbiacceae) BarkSubrata Kumar Biswas, Anusua Chowdhury, Joysree Das, Utpal Karmakar, Manik Chandra Shill, Sheikh Zahir Raihan

the present study was aimed at the development of a somoclonal variant and isozyme marker for phyllanthus amarus schum & thonn using inter-nodal segments and the enzyme peroxidase. maximum callus proliferation was obtained on murashige and skoog’s medium supplemented (ms) with 1.0 mg/l of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. three weeks-old pale yellowish white semi-friable callus was used for o...