Petroleum ether (60 degrees-80 degrees C), chloroform, acetone, ethanol, aqueous and crude hot water extracts of the whole plant of C. dactylon and the two fractions of aqueous extract were tested for antihyperglycaemic activity in glucose overloaded hyperglycemic rats and in alloxan induced diabetic model at two-dose levels, 200 and 400 mg/kg (po) respectively. The aqueous extract of C. dactyl...

Antioxidant activity of hydromethanolic extract of Urtica parviflora Roxb. (family Urticaceae) was investigated by different in vitro methods, namely, nitric oxide scavenging, DPPH scavenging, and reducing power assay. In the present study, plant extract exhibited dose dependent free radical scavenging and reducing activity. The antioxidant activity of the hydromethanolic extract of Urtica parv...

objective: dracocephalum kotschyi (lamiaceae family) has been usedin traditional medicine for stomach and liver disorders, headache and congestion. in the present study, we have investigated phytochemical properties and antioxidant activities of dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of d.kotschyi. material and methods: antioxidant activities of extracts were evaluated using the i...

echium amoenum is an iranian indigenous medicinal plant. in this research the effect of hydroalchoholic extract of this plant on sodium-selenite induced cataract formation was evaluated. fifty five white rat pups were selected and divided into six groups. in first group (control 1) no elements injected. second group (control 2) was received normal saline on 11-18 postpartum. hydroalchoholic ext...

introduction & aim: the ethanol and aqueous extracts of alhagi camelorum fisch. (fabaceae) whole plant, scrophularia desertii del. (scrophulariaceae) whole plant and ethanol extracts of echinophora platyloba dc. (apiaceae) whole plant, teucrium polium l. (lamiaceae) whole plant and berberis integerrima bunge root brake were investigated for anti-brucella in-vitro and in-vivo conditions. exp...

Stachys lavandulifolia is among the species that is used for immune disorders, applied topically, or taken orally as an herbal tea. The plant is also used for stomachache, anodyne, labor, and spasm. According to the results of a pharmacological survey, the extract of Stachys lavandulifolia from the aerial parts has shown to be effective in the improvement of patients suffering from anxiety diso...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Immunostimulatory therapy is now being recognized as an alternative to conventional chemotherapy for a variety of disease conditions, involving the impaired immune response of the host. In the present study, the immunostimulatory effect of the butanolic extract obtained from S. mialhesi aerial parts, was evaluated in vivo. METHODS The immunostimulant potential of the ...

The medicinal plant Olea europaea L. is a valuable one whose fruit and its oil are considered as food. There are some reports in ancient medical literature that aqueous extract of its leaves has analgesic effects. This prompted us to investigate the analgesic effect of aqueous extract of its leaves using formalin and tail-flick tests. For this purpose, male NMRI rats weighting 220-260 g were us...

Tewtrakul, S., Subhadhirasakul, S., Kummee, S Anti-HIV-1 integrase activity of medicinal plants used as self medication by AIDS patients Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol., 2006, 28(4) : 785-790 The extracts of selected medicinal plants used as self medication by AIDS patients were investigated for their inhibitory activities against HIV-1 integrase (HIV-1 IN) using the multiplate integration assa...