T. E. Rodrigues1, J. D. T. Arruda-Neto1, J. Mesa2, C. Garcia1, K. Shtejer1,3, D. Dale4, and I. Nakagawa5 1Physics Institute, University of São Paulo, P.O. Box 66318, CEP 05315-970, São Paulo, Brazil 2Department of Physics and Biophysics UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil 3Center of Applied Studies for Nuclear Developments (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba 4Department of Physics, Idaho State University, Pocatello...

Dalbergia sissoo and Azadirachta indica are commonly known trees of India. They belong to family leguminoseae (fabaceae) and meliaceae respectively. They are broadly used in folk medicine for several diseases. The present study is carried out on biochemical parameters i.e. on content of protein and glycogen with standardized method in liver and kidney of Sprague-dawley rats. Due to combined ext...

Dalbergia latifolia Roxb. (Family: Fabaceae) is a traditional herb, contain latinone and dalcriodain flavonoid having excellence medicinal value. Antioxidants play an important role for protecting the human body against damage by reactive free radicals. Methods: The antioxidant activities and phenolic contents of the ethanolic extract of the bark of Dalbergia latifolia was evaluated using in vi...

Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen is a medium-sized evergreen tree that produces purple-brown heartwood called JiangXiang in traditional Chinese medicine, the formation process of which takes several decades. In this study, a standard culture method was used to isolate fungi from the wounded and normal stems of D. odorifera aiming to investigate the difference between the two types of wood. To charac...

The results of analysis of soil and tree leaves samples collected from heavy traffic affected area of Agra city show that average concentration of Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Mn and Zn ranged from 0.953.42, 3.2811.26, 2.18-4.05, 3.04-8.10, 0.91-1.42 and 2.83-5.94 ppm , respectively in soil samples. The maximum concentration of Ni (2.68ppm) and Co (4.82 ppm) was observed in the leaves of Ficus religiosa and...

Phytohemical investigation on the heartwood of Dalbergia odorifera resulted in the isolation of nine flavonoids. Their structures were elucidated as sativanone (1), (3R)-vestitone (2), (3R)-2',3',7-trihydroxy-4'-methoxyisoflavanone (3), (3R)-4'-methoxy-2',3,7-trihydroxyisoflavanone (4), carthamidin (5), liquiritigenin (6), isoliquiritigenin (7), (3R)-vestitol (8), and sulfuretin (9) based on th...

Introduction Dalbergia (Fabaceae) has a wide distribution, it is native to the tropical regions of Central and South America, Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia. Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen, a semi-deciduous arbor, is indigenous to Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces of China. Its timber is high-grade material for furniture and crafts, and the essential oil of heartwood can be precious pe...

objective: dalbegia saxatilis (d.saxatilis) is used as a decoction in traditional medicine for ailments such as cough, small pox, skin lesions, bronchial ailments and toothache. this study is aimed at evaluating the toxic effect of methanol leaf extract of d.saxatilis on renal function. materials and methods: wistar rats of both sexes were divided into four groups of five: control animals (grou...

Ulcer is a common problem associated with NSAID’s use. The use of plants to treat and cure diseases is common practice since ancient times because of people blind faith on safety of plant’s use. The present study aimed to evaluate anti-ulcer activity of Dalbergia sissoo in alcohol and aspirin induced ulcerative rat models. Animals were divided into four groups. Group I was disease control, grou...

Objective: Plants of the genus Dalbergia are reported to be useful in the treatment of arthritis, gonorrhoea and rheumatic pains. Present study was aimed to investigate the in vitro anti-inflammatory activity of ethanol extract from Dalbergia sissoo leaves (EDS) and to support its traditional use. Methods: EDS was investigated for it's in vitro anti-inflammatory activity in human red blood cell...