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To test the hypothesis that the divaricate habit protects internal leaves from cold and dry conditions, and raises leaf temperatures on cold sunny days, thermocouples were attached to internal and external leaves on divaricate plants. For Coprosma propinqua plants at Cass, inland Canterbury, there were consistent differences in temperature between leaves, but these were not simply related to th...

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Several medicinal plants are traditionally used in Mozambique to treat tuberculosis and related symptoms. AIMS OF THE STUDY It was aimed to assess the in vitro antimycobacterial activity of crude extracts from fifteen medicinal plants and to reveal main classes of compounds which may account for the activity of extracts. METHODS AND MATERIALS The plant materia...

The methanolic extract of Tabernaemontana catharinensis (Apocynaceae) roots, which contains alkaloids with several biological activities, was separated on a preparative scale using high-speed counter-current chromatography. The optimum solvent system was found to be a mixture of CHCl(3)-MeOH-H(2)O [5:10:6 (v/v/v)] and led to a successful separation of two monoterpenic indole alkaloids, voachalo...

The present study was conducted to evaluate the hepatoprotective activity of hydroalcoholic extract of Tabernaemontana divaricata Linn.against paracetamol induced liver damage in rats. The hydroalcoholic extract of Tabernamontana divaricata Linn. (600mg/kg) was administered orally to the animals with hepatotoxicity induced by paracetamol (3gm/kg). Silymarin (25mg/kg) was given as reference stan...

This study is an attempt to evaluate the hepatoprotective activity of Tabernaemontana divaricata against DEN and Fe NTA induced liver necrosis in rats. Ethanolic extract of the whole plant of Tabernaemontana divaricata at doses of 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight and 5-fluorouracil (standard drug) was orally administered to male Wistar Albino rats once daily for 24 weeks, simultaneously treated wi...

Deposits composed of aragonite prisms, which were formed after the outer shell layer, have been found at the posterior steep slopes of divaricate ribs in two species of Strigilla and another two of Solecurtus. These prisms have their axes oriented perpendicular to the outer shell surface and differ in morphology from fibres of the surface-parallel composite prisms forming the outer shell. They ...

Article history: Received on: 09/12/2014 Revised on: 17/01/2015 Accepted on: 22/02/2015 Available online: 27/05/2015 Plant derived drugs have been a part of the evolution of human healthcare for thousands of years. The present study was carried out to evaluate the antioxidant potential of ethanolic extract of Tabernaemontana divaricata on DEN initiated and Fe-NTA promoted renal damage in rats. ...

The levels of mineral elements in foliage of 10 Coprosma species growing in secondary forest in Dunedin were compared using canonical discriminant analysis. The results revealed distinctive patterns of nutrient accumulation separating divaricating and non-divaricating growth forms. Foliar concentrations of N, P and Na were higher in divaricating species, particularly those with small, membranou...

Leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection that is considered worldwide one of the most important public health problem, affecting more than 12 million people with an estimated number of 2 million new cases occurring annually. Among the compounds isolated from Tabernaemontana catharinensis, coronaridine and voacangine are the indole alkaloids which have antileishmanial activity. In this work, the t...