The pod of Cassia fistula Linn. has been used as a laxative drug in Thai traditional medicine for a long time. The pods and leaves contain anthraquinone aglycones and anthraquinone glycosides which are the active laxative form, while rhein is a major component. The degree of laxative potency is depended on the content of anthraquinone glycosides. This study determined the content of total anthr...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii are common nosocomial pathogens, well recognized for their multidrug resistance. Acyl-homoserine lactone (Acyl-HSL) based Quorum sensing (QS) is known to regulate virulence and biofilm maturation in these organisms; hence, inhibition of QS will help to control their pathogenicity. In the study, 5 plants, Rubia cordifolia, Tinospora cordifolia, ...

The protective activity of Cassia alata against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) – induced hepatotoxicity in rats was assessed. Crude extracts of petals of the plant in 0.5% ethanol were administered by intubation for 14 days prior to injection of 0.5ml Kg CCl4 into the rats. Serum aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase levels, 18 hours after CCl4 administration, decreased significa...

Evaluation of the effect of hydroalcoholic extracts of Cassia occidentalis in mast cell degradation induced by clonidine in Rats. The effect of oral administration of hydroalcoholic extract of Cassia occidentalis leaves on clonidine induced mast cell degradation has been studied and is compared with the effect of oral administration of Sodium cromoglycate as standard on rats. A clonidine result...

The inhibitors may potentially be used for multiple therapeutic application in viral, bacterial, fungal disease and physiological disorder. In traditional Indian medicine system cassia tora is reportedly effective in treatment of skin and gastrointestinal disorder. The present work describe the isolation extraction purification characterization of trypsin inhibitor from cassia tora seeds. Purif...

A single step protocol to produce biofunctionalized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using the aqueous extract of Cassia fistula flower as "natural factory" was investigated. The reaction between silver ions and aqueous flower extract after the bioreduction process has resulted in the formation of reddish brown color colloidal solution. XRD pattern showed the face centered cubic crystalline structu...

In the present study, antioxidant activity of methanolic extracts of the leaves of seven Egyptian Cassia species was investigated using two methods, the phosphomolyb-date method and 1,1 diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) scavenging activity method.· The results revealed that C. glauca is the most potent species and that the activity of other plant species decreases in the following order:...

Cassia tora L. seeds have previously been reported to reduce blood glucose level in human and animals with diabetes. In the present study, the effects of Cassia tora L. seed butanol fraction (CATO) were studied on postprandial glucose control and insulin secretion from the pancreas of the normal and diabetic rats. Diabetes was induced by an i.p. injection of Streptozotocin (55 mg/kg BW) into th...