Trigonella foenum-graecum (TG) is one of the important medicinal plant which have antioxidant, antidiabetic, antilipidemic and antimicrobial properties. The main aim this study was to evaluate free radical scavenging properties, total phenolic, flavonoid content phytochemical screening foenum-graecum. antioxidant activities like 2,2-diphenylpicrylhydrazyl (DPPH), hydroxyl activity, hydrogen per...

Diabetes is an oxidative stress disorder and oxidative damage to tissues such as heart, kidney, liver and other organs may be a contributory factor to several diabetic complications. Momordica charantia (family: Cucurbitaceae) and Trigonella foenum graecum (family: Fabaceae) are used traditionally in Indian folk medicine to manage diabetes mellitus. In the present study, the anti-hyperglycemic ...

Efficacy of some local plants in the management of Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin contamination was investigated. Aqueous extracts of rhizome of Zingiber officinalis and leaf extracts of Trigonella foenum-graecum inhibited aflatoxin production to a significant level. While solvent extracts of Zingiber officinalis and Oxalis corniculata could suppress both the growth and aflatoxin production b...

Diabetes mellitus is a public health problem which leads to serious complications over time. Experimentally, many herbs have been recommended for treating diabetes. In most cases, however, the recommendations are based on animal studies and limited pieces of evidence exist about their clinical usefulness. This review focused on the herbs, the hypoglycemic actions of which have been supported by...

The leaves or seeds powder of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) were orally administered in the diet to hypercholesterolemic male rats for 8 weeks to test their effect on lipid profile, antioxidants enzymes and lipid peroxide. Twenty four male rats weighing 150-170 gm were divided into four groups. The first group is untreated (control group), fed basal diet, the second group, fed on 2% cho...

BACKGROUND Trigonella foenum-graecum, an annual herb belonging to the family Leguminosae, commonly known as fenugreek, has been reported to have hypoglycemic, hypocholesterolemic, hyperinsulinemic and antidiabetic properties. In the present study, the effect of oral feeding of Trigonella foenum-graecum seed powder (TSP) has been studied on blood glucose, monoamine oxidase (MAO), membrane fluidi...

Despite the enormous achievements in conventional medicine, herbal-based medicines are still a common practice for the treatment of diabetes. Trigonella foenum-graecum, Atriplex halimus, Olea europaea, Urtica dioica, Allium sativum, Allium cepa, Nigella sativa, and Cinnamomum cassia are strongly recommended in the Greco-Arab and Islamic medicine for the treatment and prevention of diabetes. Cyt...

present study reports analgesic activity of petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanolic extracts of leaves and seeds of trigonella foenum-graecum linn. (fabaceae) using hot plate method for evaluation of central analgesic activity and acetic acid induced writhing test for evaluation of peripheral analgesic activity in mice.   all the extracts of trigonella foenum-graecum showed si...

Present study reports analgesic activity of petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanolic extracts of leaves and seeds of Trigonella foenum-graecum Linn. (Fabaceae) using hot plate method for evaluation of central analgesic activity and acetic acid induced writhing test for evaluation of peripheral analgesic activity in mice.   All the extracts of Trigonella foenum-graecum ...

abstract  introduction: diabetic rats display exaggerated hyperalgesic behavior in response to noxious stimuli that may resemble and model aspects of painful diabetic neuropathy in humans. this study was designed to investigate the effect of trigonella foenum-graecum (tfg) on formalin-induced nociceptive responses (standard formalin test) in streptozotocin (stz)-induced diabetic rats.  methods:...