Ankyropetalum extracts were obtained by using two different extractors (Soxhlet and ultrasonic bath). The phenol, flavonoid, DPPH, FRAP, antimicrobial activity properties of the investigated. In addition, fatty acid composition was determined in GC-MS. High values found A. reuteri gypsophiloides for total phenolic flavonoid contents, respectively. DPPH FRAP high arsusianum gypsophiloides, Bette...

Article history: Received 15 November 2014 Received in revised form 26 December 2014 Accepted 1 January 2015 Available online 10 January 2015

Elaeagnus angustifolia has many potential applications in drugs, detergents, perfumes, herbal teas and show various biological and pharmacological activities, such as anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and other effective treatment of disease. Gallic acid (GA) and its derivative methyl gallate (MG) are well studied plant phenolics. They have exhibited anticancer effects in several cancer cell lines...

Oil heat treatment can effectively improve the dimensional stability and bio-durability of wood. However, the characteristics of high oil uptake (50 percent or higher) and high susceptibility to leaching from wood have an adverse effect on subsequent manufacturing processes of wood product and production costs. A solvent extraction (100% ethanol) process was used to extract the surplus oil from...

The present work was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of Delonix regia leaves (Family: Caesalpiniaceae). The powder of Delonix regia leaves was subjected to extraction with ethanol in soxhlet extractor. The ethanol extract after preliminary phytochemical investigation showed the presence of sterols, triterpenoids, phenolic compounds and flavonoids. The anti-inflammatory activity was s...

Plants of genus Leucas belongs to family Lamiacae and have been widely employed by the traditional healers to cure many diseases. The objective of the study was to do preliminary phytochemical screening of Ethanolic Extract of Leaves of Leucas indica (EELLI). About 1000 gm of air dried powdered material of leaves of Leucas indica was extracted with 90% ethanol in a soxhlet extractor for 36 hour...

Leucas cephalotes a common ethanomedicinal plant, is used by folklore of Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh for fevers and urinary tract infections. In the present study leaves of L. cephalotes were shade dried, powerdered and extracts were made by Soxhlet Extractor using different organic solvents like hexane, dichloromethane, methanol and ethylacetate. The antimicrobial activity of these organic extr...