OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to investigate the activities of Malaysian local herbs (Clinacanthus nutans Lindau, Strobilanthes crispus, Murdannia bracteata, Elephantopus scaber Linn., Pereskia bleo, Pereskia grandifolia Haw., Vernonia amygdalina, and Swietenia macrophylla King) for anti-hypertensive and vasorelaxant activity. An infrared (IR) macro-fingerprinting technique consisting of ...

A selected group of 14 medicinal plants was screened for antiproliferative activity against two human leukaemia cell lines Jurkat T and Wil 2 in vitro. The Trypan Blue assay was used to assess antiproliferative and cytotoxic activity. The five most potent medicinal plants showed the following order of potency against Wil 2 cell line: Parinari curatellifolia > Aloe barbadensis > Croton gratissim...

flavonoidVernonia amygdalina Del) adalah salah satu tanaman obat yang berasal dari Afrika menyebar sampai ke Asia, termasuk Indonesia. Vernonia Del dikenal dengan nama lokal Afrika. Tanaman ini secara tradisional telah dimanfaatkan sebagai diabetes, demam, hipertensi dan asam urat. Tujuan penelian menentukan kadar flavonoid total ekstrak daun, kulit batang kayu Masing-masing sampel (daun, Afrik...

Nigeria, the study area lies between latitude 40 and 140 north of equator longitudes 30 150 east Greenwich meridian with two major landforms- lowlands highlands. The vegetation is made up forests in southern part savanna northern part. soil types are ferruginous tropical soils, lithosols, vertisols, regosols, ferrasols alluvial soils. Cytological morphological studies were carried out on Nigeri...

Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of death of women between 40 and 55 years of age and is the second overall cause of death of women. Fortunately, the mortality rate from BC has decreased in recent years due to an increased emphasis on early detection and more effective treatments. Despite early detection and conventional methods of treatment, about 7% of women diagnosed with BC still die...

Sleeping sickness or human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) threatening millions of peoples' lives with thousands infected. The disease is endemic in poorly developed regions of sub-Saharan Africa and is caused by the kinetoplastid "protozoan" parasite Trypanosoma brucei. The parasites are transmitted to humans through bites of infected tsetse flies of the gen...

The present study evaluated the antioxidant potential of Vernonia condensata Baker (Asteraceae). Dried and powdered leaves were exhaustively extracted with ethanol by static maceration followed by partition to obtain the hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, and butanol fractions. Total phenols and flavonoids contents were determined through spectrophotometry and flavonoids were identified by...

The present clinical study have been conducted to assess the therapeutic value of known indigenous drug in different types of eczema. But the eczema is a very controversial disease in the modern dermatology, as eczema is defined by ancient disease and very often synonymously told as dermatitis. In real sense it does not indicate any specific disease, only it signifies the inflammatory condition...