Objective(s)                                                                                                                                                                               Aim of the present study was to screen the antibacterial activities of some medicinal plants extracts traditionally used in Azarbaijan area (Iran). Materials and Methods Thirty-six extracts obtained from differ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the insecticidal effect of aqueous, alcoholic, and oil extracts from leaves of eight medicinal plants against Diabrotica speciosa prepared at five concentrations. The extracts that used commercial soybean oil as solvent showed the highest D. speciosa mortality due to the solvent itself, regardless of the used plants and their concentrations. Thus, commercia...

Aqueous extracts of nine plants, known to have medicinal activity, were tested for their toxicity against the sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Genn. (Homoptera: Aleurodidae) compared to the toxicity of the insecticide, Imidacloprid. Extracts of Lepidiuim sativum L. (Brassicales: Brassicaceae) killed 71 % of early stage nymphs, which was not significantly different from mortality caused by ...

Trypanocidal and cytotoxic effects of traditionally used medicinal plants of Ethiopia were evaluated. A total of 60 crude plant extracts were prepared from 30 plant species using CH2Cl2 and MeOH. Effect upon cell proliferation by the extracts, for both bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei brucei and human leukaemia HL-60 cells, was assessed using resazurin as vital stain. Of all CH2Cl2 and M...

Obesity is a global health concern associated with high morbidity and mortality. Therapeutic strategies include synthetic drugs and surgery, which may entail high costs and serious complications. Plant-based medicinal agents offer an alternative approach. A review of the studies on accessible botanical sources for the treatment of obesity is provided, which attempts to explain how these medicin...

Inflammatory diseases including arthritis and rheumatism are major group of prevalent diseases. Most of the available non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are effective in inflammatory conditions of the joints, but are devoid of gastro protective property. Many substances, interfering with the inflammatory response have been isolated from Indian medicinal plants (IMP). The review analyses form...

Some plants are known as medicinal because they contain active substances that cause certain reaction, from relenting to the cure of disease. Aloe vera Linn. and Azadirachta indica are most important and common medicinal plants. The synergistic effect from the combination of antibiotics with plant extracts against resistant bacteria leads to new ways for the treatment of infectious diseases. Sy...

Orthosiphon stamineus is the one of the important medicinal plant which used for kidney based problems traditionally. In the present investigation the ethanolic extracts of O. stamineus leaves have been used for the nephroprotective activity. The ethylene glycol used to inducing the urolithiasis in albino rats. The rats are divided into four groups namely I (Normal), II (Ethylene glycol induced...

Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of petroleum ether, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts from Juniperus indica Bertol were evaluated. The extracts screened for their antibacterial activity against human pathogenic bacterial strains, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. All the fractions presented antimicrobial activity with variable strengths to all of the test...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the activity of selected Ethiopian medicinal plants traditionally used for wound treatment against wound-causing bacteria. METHODS Samples of medicinal plants (Achyranthes aspera, Brucea antidysenterica, Datura stramonium, Croton macrostachyus, Acokanthera schimperi, Phytolacca dodecandra, Millettia ferruginea, and Solanum incanum) were extracted using absolute methanol ...