BACKGROUND Ethnopharmacological approach has explored several leads from plant sources to identify potential new drugs for various diseases including pain. Vanda roxburghii R. Br., an epiphytic orchid is widely distributed throughout Bangladesh. The root of this plant has a folkloric reputation to treat inflammations, fever, dyspepsia, bronchitis, hiccough, piles, snake bites, and diseases of t...

BACKGROUND Moringa oleifera Lam (Moringaceae) is a highly valued plant, distributed in many countries of the tropics and subtropics. It has an impressive range of medicinal uses with high nutritional value. METHODS The commercially processed M. oleifera was extracted using methanol as its solvent. Phytochemical analysis as well as the anti-oxidant properties of this supplement were also inves...

Five new denudatine-type diterpenoid alkaloids (1–5), along with the known analogue aconicarmine (6), were isolated from an aqueous decoction of lateral roots Aconitum carmichaelii (fu-zi). Their structures determined by spectroscopic data analysis and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations. Compound 5 is first alcohol iminium alkaloid, which could be partially transformed into aza ac...

Cinnamon bark (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Syn C. verum, family: Lauraceae) is one of the oldest traditional medicines for inflammatory- and pain-related disorders. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of the polyphenol fraction from Cinnamomum zeylanicum bark (CPP) in animal models of inflammation and rheumatoid arthritis. Dose-response studies of CPP (50, 100, and 200 mg/...

Buprenorphine (BUP) is an oripavine analgesic that is beneficial in the maintenance treatment of opiate-dependent individuals. Although BUP has been studied extensively, relatively little is known about norbuprenorphine (norBUP), a major dealkylated metabolite of BUP. We now describe the binding of norBUP to opioid and nociceptin/orphanin FQ (ORL1) receptors, and its effects on [(35)S]guanosine...

The methanol extract of Mimosa pudica was studied for its antibacterial activity against twelve pathogenic bacteria. also effect on acetic acid induced writhing model in mice. showed good two gram-positive and six gram-negative bacteria but failed to show any Staphylococcus pyogenes, Salmonella typhi, Shigella boydii Vibrio cholera. exhibited no antinociceptive test; rather it increased the abd...