OBJECTIVE The present study was carried out to evaluate the neuroprotective effect of the aqueous extract of Embelia ribes, in focal ischemic brain. MATERIALS AND METHODS Adult male Wistar albino rats were fed with the aqueous extract of Embelia ribes (100 and 200 mg/kg, p.o.) for 30 days. After 30 days of feeding, all the animals were anaesthetized with chloral hydrate (400 mg/kg, i.p.). The...

The hexane extract of the flowers of Rheum ribes L. which was collected from north-western Iran,was obtained by Soxhlet apparatus and the essential oil composition was obtained by hydro distillationand analyzed by using GC-GC/MS. The extract from the flowers was characterized by a high amountof unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) (66.0%) and some of long chain hydrocarbon compounds. The maincomponent...

Embelia ribes Burm F. is large scandent shrub, disturbed throughout India and belongs to the family Myrsinacae. It is commonly known as false black pepper or Vidanga. E. ribes grows in semievergreen and deciduous forests at an altitude of 1,500m found in central and lower Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh throughout India. Embelia ribes has b...

Diabetes mellitus has been treated orally with herbal remedies based on folk medicine since ancient times. Embelia ribes burm (Myrsinaceae), known commonly as vidanga, was used in Ayurveda for its anthelmintic activity. Ayurveda describes vidanga as pungent, causes increase in digestive fire, and cures flatulence and colic. A single study reported the antihyperglycemic activity of decoction of ...

in iranian folk medicine, especially in west of the country, the aromatic water of rheum ribes has been used for several purposes such as fever reduction.  despite the widespread use of this plant as food or as a medicinal plant, there is still lack of information on its toxicity profile.                                                                in the present study we aimed to evaluate th...

The fungal pathogen Cronartium ribicola J.C. Fischer, causal agent of white pine blister rust (WPBR), was introduced to the eastern United States about 1898 (11). Hosts for the fungus include fiveneedle pines (Pinus sp. section Quinquefoliae) and currants and gooseberries (Ribes sp.). Natural infection of wild populations of Pedicularis bracteosa Benth and Castilleja Mutis ex L.f. have also bee...

BACKGROUND The blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum L.) is a species of native currant which contains a lot of polyphenolic antioxidants which is used medicinally and has a fundamental role in the maintenance health. MATERIALS, METHODS AND OBJECTIVE: Ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry and ultraviolet range high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were used to characterize the polyphenolic content...

Forty days of orally feeding the aqueous E. ribes extract (100 and 200 mg/kg) to streptozotocin (40 mg/kg, iv, single dose) induced diabetic rats produced significant decrease in heart rate, systolic blood pressure, blood glucose, blood glycosylated hemoglobin, serum lactate dehydrogenase, creatine kinase and increase in blood glutathione levels as compared to pathogenic diabetic rats. Further,...

Embelia ribes is a threatened woody shrub belonging to the family Myrsinaceae, which is sparsely distributed in the moist deciduous forests of the Western Ghats in India. The previous reports showed the effect of Embelin in methylcholanthrene induced fibrosarcoma in albino rats besides enhancing their survival time. Embelin provided a good support for the chemopreventive effect against Nnitroso...

rheum ribes is among the polygonaceae family which is endemic in iran and a few neighboring countries. in this investigation, antibacterial effects of root, stalk and leaves extracts of rheum ribes on a few common clinical isolates of gram negative pathogens were studied, using the cup plate and paper disc methods. gram negative microorganisms studied were escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumonia...