Effect of alcoholic and aqueous extracts of the fruits of F. racemosa Linn., on the spontaneous movements of both the whole worm and nerve muscle preparation of Setaria cervi and on the survival of microfilariae in vitro was studied. Alcoholic as well as aqueous extracts caused inhibition of spontaneous motility of whole worm and nerve muscle preparation of Setaria cervi characterized by increa...

Healthy Albino Rats (Wister variety) of either sex are reared feeding on pulses, gram and bread. After acclimatization these are divided into one normal-control and three experimental groups. Alcoholic hepatitis is induced in two of the experimental groups by oral administration of 30% ethanol for eight weeks. Oral administration of water-extract of Psidium guajava leaves is done to one non-alc...

Alcoholic extract of Acacia leucophploea root was investigated to find out their antifertility activity. Antifertility activity was evaluated by estrus cycle study, genital organ weight and biochemical parameter. Alcoholic extract at 200 mg/kg dose increased proestrus phase significantly while estrus and metaestrus phases were decreased. At this dose weight of ovary also decreased and cholester...

Persian oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) belongs the family Fagaceae, is a medicinal plant which seed flour is used to treat inflammatory and gastric ulcers by the tribes in south western Iran. The current study was done to evaluate the effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of Q. brantii seed flour for treatment of gastric ulcers induced by ethanol in Wistar rats. The hydro-alcoholic extract of Q. bran...

this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of purslane hydro alcoholic extract on blood urea nitrogen (bun), creatinine (cr) and kidney histopathology of kidney aging model induced by d-galactose in female mice. in this experimental study, 72 female naval medical research institute (nmri) mice (30-35 g) were randomly divided into six groups including: control, purslane, d-galactose, d-gala...

gum of butea monosperma is used to treat microbial and fungal infections in folk medicine. to validate this use, the in- vitro antimicrobial activity of petroleum ether and alcoholic extract of butea monosperma gum was evaluated against various microbial strains such as staphylococcus aureus, bacillus subtilis, bacillus cereus, salmonella typhimurium , pseudomonas aeuriogenosa, escherichia coli...

The extracts of 17 spices commonly used in Egypt as food condiments were screened for their antimicrobial activities against 7 standard microbial strains (S. aureus, B. subtilis, E. coli, P. aeruginosa, S. typhi, C. albicans and A. niger). Among the tested alcoholic extracts only 3 (clove, thyme and cinnamon) showed broad spectrum antimicrobial activities. Garlic juice too showed broad spectrum...

conclusions the administration of hydro-alcoholic leaf extract of c. colocynthis had a significant anti-hyperglycemic and anti hyperlipidemic effect and improved diabetic complications. in addition, citrullus c. leaf extract may have a protective effect on the liver, kidneys, and pancreas. results the results indicated that fasting blood sugar (fbs), triglycerides (tg), low-density lipoprotein ...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of alcoholic and aqueous extracts of Nigella sativa seeds on the reproductive values, some sexual hormones level and histological change of treated and normal male mice at one spermatogenesis cycle (five weeks). Sixty albino Swiss male mice were used as animal model, they divided into six groups equally, and 1st group served as control group, t...