There is a need to develop safe and effective agents such as plant-based contraceptive agents. Hydroalcoholic extract of Plumbago zeylanica Linn leaves were prepared using cold extraction process (maceration). Antiimplantation activity was studied in adult female wistar rats, by administering the extract for 1-7 days of post-coitum. Total number th of implants in both uteri and total number of ...

Tuberculosis has been a serious public health problem for a long time. With the advent of anti-tubercular antibiotics in the late 1940s, the battle against tuberculosis seemed to have been won but the multi-drug resistance; re-infection and latent infection have become the major cause of concern for the treatment of tuberculosis all over the world. In the present study derivatives of Plumbagin,...

Objectives: The present study focuses on development of novel Metal-Herbal Nano composite (MHNC) formulation against Naja naja and Bungarus Caeruleus venoms animal models. Methods: were procured from Irula snake catchers society in lyophilised forms. Herbal-metal nanocomposites prepared 1:1 combinations. Single strength concentration Leucas zeylanica extracts copper oxide metal nanoparticles wa...

Over the past few decades there has been much interest in natural materials as sources of new antibacterial agents. Different extracts from traditional medicinal plants have been tested. Many reports show the effectiveness of traditional herbs against microorganisms; as a result, plants have become one of the bases of modern medicine (Evans et al., 2002). Plants have given the Western pharmacop...

The present study examined indigenous phytotherapies use by fisher folks, living inside islands of Chilika lagoon. Fishing being the only livelihood, they have to be in salt water of Chilika for a long time and skin disease is the most common disease in this population in all age groups. Being inaccessible to the health care facilities in the mainland, they use frequently leaves of 13 medicinal...

Gametic fusion patterns in the angiosperm Plumbago zeylanica were determined by using cytoplasmically dimorphic sperm cells differing in mitochondrion and plastid content and then identifying paternal organelles through their ultrastructural characteristics within the maternal cytoplasm at the time of fertilization. The virtual absence of plastids within the sperm cell that is physically associ...