Diarrhea is one of the most common causes death in young piglets. Porcine rotavirus (PoRV) belongs to genus Rotavirus within family Reoviridae, and considered be primary pathogen causing diarrhea Portulaca oleracea L. (POL) has been reported alleviate viral infections. However, antiviral effect polysaccharide (POL-P), an active component POL, on PoRV infection remains unclear. This study demons...

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common causes of neuropathy. Although antioxidant and antidiabetic effects of the aqueous extract of purslane (Portulaca oleracea) (AEOP) have been demonstrated before by other researchers, we did not find any study that assessed the psychobiological effects of AEOP in diabetes induced animals. Thirty ovariectomized (OVX) female Wistar rats were randomly div...

A new tricyclic alkaloid named portulacatone (1), i.e., 5,6-dihydro-8,9-dihydroxy-11H-pyrrolo[2,1b] [3]benzazepin-11-one, together with eight known compounds, methyl 4-hydroxyphenylacetate (2), phydroxybenzaldehyde (3), vanillin (4), protocatechualdehyde (5), p-hydroxybenzoic acid (6), iseluxine (7), oleracein E (8), and (þ)-(R)-feruloyl malate (9) were isolated from aerial parts of Portulaca o...

Present study was carried out to investigate the anthelmintic potential of petroleum-ether extract of Portulaca oleracea against Pheretima posthuma as a species of earthworm. Various concentrations (25‐100 mg/ml) of petroleum-ether extract were evaluated for anthelmintic activity by recording the time required for paralysis and death of worms. Albendazole was used as standard. Result indicates ...

BACKGROUND Diabetes is a major public health concern. In spite of continuous new drug development to treat diabetes, herbal remedies remain a potential adjunct therapy to maintain better glycemic control while also imparting few side-effects. Portulaca oleracea has been traditionally used to manage several diseases due to the anti-oxidant and anti-atherogenic effects it imparts. To better under...

Frequent cultivation is often used to control weeds in crops such as lettuce. The efficacy of this technique on weed populations has been evaluated, but the effect emergence and seedbanks less documented. Studies mineral soil indicate that disturbance can increase both seed persistence depending where seeds are redistributed profile. Evaluations done muck scarce. This study evaluated two four r...