Medicinal plants are natural sources of bioactive phytochemical constituents that can be utilized to treat a variety ailments due the marked physiological effects they have on human body. India, with its diverse ethnic groups and unique biodiversity, has centuries-old ethnobotanical history for health promotion treatment illness. Among medicinal herbs, plant Cardiospermum halicacabum belonging ...

The soapberry bug, Jadera haematoloma (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhopalidae: Serinethinae), a species native in tropical and subtropical regions of the New World and accidentally introduced to Hawaii, is reported for the first time from Asia (Taiwan). This record represents the first occurrence of the species in Asia. Stable populations composed of hundreds of sp...

Cancer is the most important health care problem worldwide. An estimated 10 million new cases worldwide are recorded annually, of which 46% in developed countries. Breast cancer one second common malignant tumors world. All forms treatment, including surgical chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy often poor and toxic to normal cell. Therefore, there still an urgent need for treatment options. More r...

The present investigation of crude extracts from leaf, seed coat and stem of cardiospermum halicacabum L. in different solvent, were subjected to phytochemical and antibacterial screening against the selected Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria. The phytochemical solvent extracts were used for screening and antibacterial activity, were analysed. The Phytochemical studies indicate that the ...

C.halicacabum is wide spread in tropical and sub-tropical Asia and Africa. Our laboratory results showed crude ethanolic extract of this plant exerted anti-inflammatory activity in chronic inflammatory models. In this present study, we tried to investigate the presence of anti-inflammatory compound in this extract.