Barringtonia asiatica also known as “fish killer tree” is one of the mangrove plants that grows in tropical Asia and Pacific, including Northern Australia, the seeds of which are used as fish poison [1,2]. In previous paper, we reported that the triterpene moieties of saponins from the seeds of B. asiatica were camelliagenin A (1) [1] and A1-barrigenol (2). [2] Both camelliagenin A (1), C30H50O...

Effects of a topical cream containing P. amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng. (Lamiaceae) and C. asiatica (L.) Urban (Umbelliferae) were evaluated and compared to effects of hydrocolloid fiber wound dressing for diabetic foot ulcers. A single-center, randomized, controlled, open-label study was conducted. Twenty-four type 1 or type 2 diabetes patients aged 20 years or older with Wagner grade 3 foot ulcer...

Previous paleoparasitological studies of Joseon specimens established that the prevalence of Taenia infection was not much different from that of the early 20th century Korean population. As many of taeniases originally diagnosed as Taenia saginata in South Korea were revealed to be actually Taenia asiatica, which share a common intermediate host with T. solium (the pig), Joseon people must hav...

BACKGROUND The threatened plant Centella asiatica L. is traditionallyused for a number of remedies. In vitro plant propagation and enhanced metabolite production of active metabolites through biotechnological approaches has gained attention in recent years. RESULTS Present study reveals that 6-benzyladenine (BA) either alone or in combination with 1-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) supplemented ...

Centella asiatica is an important source of biologically active pentacyclic triterpenoids. The enhancement of the biosynthesis of the centellosides by manipulation of associated metabolic pathways is receiving much attention. Jasmonates play critical roles in plant metabolism by up-regulating the expression of genes related to secondary metabolites. Here, we investigated the effect of methyl ja...

The extraction of compounds from Centella asiatica a member the family Apiaceae by adopting Ultrasound assisted Extraction (UAE), Microwave (MAE) and pre-treatment followed Microwave-assisted were reported. yield extract, phenol content, antioxidant activity Acetylcholine esterase found to be more in extract obtained method. is 30.8% UAE MAE methods. content 1289 ± 0.57 μg GAE/mL which 27% high...

Nocardia spp. are rarely isolated in extrapulmonary clinical specimens. We describe the first case of olecranon bursitis caused by Nocardia asiatica. The patient, a traveler returning from Thailand, was successfully treated with linezolid.

Parasitic weeds belonging to the Orobanchaceae family are a menace in Sub-Saharan African (SSA). Specifically, two witchweeds from genus Striga, S. hermonthica and asiatica, jointly responsible for land abandonments cereal yield reductions SSA. Factorial experiments involving fourteen maize genotypes levels of Striga asiatica infestation (infested noninfested) were conducted under pot laborator...