Natural chemical compounds from medicinal plants used for the healing of diseases and disorders with fewer side effects, easy accessibility economically cheap. The current study was aimed at finding novel drug like molecules as anti-diabetic using in silico approach. Intermolecular interactions between target proteins different antidiabetic were observed. Five phytocompounds selected Plumbago z...

In the present study, Plumbago zeylanica Linn. (Plumbaginaceae) , one of the folk medicinal plants commonly used as antifertility agent was evaluated for its antifertility effect. Five successive solvent extracts, petroleum ether, chloroform, acetone, ethanol and water extracts, of the stems of P. zeylanica were studied on estrous cycle at two dose levels, 200 and 400 mg/kg respectively....

The effect of phonophoresis was assessed using Frund’s complete adjuvant (FCA) induced arthritis in rats. Plumbago zeylanica (0.5g) root extract was prepared to obtain 0.5% gel. The animals were divided into four groups. Group I serves as normal. Group II to IV served as arthritis animals induced by FCA. Group III and IV treated with ultrasound and phonophoresis (Application of ultrasound along...

The objective of the study was to investigate the methanol extract of Pavonia zeylanica (MEPZ) against acetaminophen induced hepatotoxicity and antioxidant activity in Wistar albino rats.The methanol extract of pavonia zeylanica (200, and 400 mg/kg body weight) was administered orally to two groups of rats (six animals per group) in order to evaluate the protective effect of the extract in rats...

It has been reported that the shrubby perennial herb, Plumbago zeylanica (family Plumbaginaceae), possesses antimicrobial activities5. It grows in shady places of wastelands and graveyards all over Bangladesh. Roots and aerial parts principally contain an orange yellow pigment, plumbagin, a naphthoquinone and a fatty alcohol5. Its other constituents in roots are chitranone, zeylanone, dihydrost...

The aim of the study was to study the anti-ulcer activity of the methanolic extract of the leaves of Capparis zeylanica Linn on experimental animal models. The methanol extract of Capparis zeylanica Linn. leaves was investigated for anti-ulcer activity against aspirin plus pylorus ligation induced gastric ulcer in rats. HCl-Ethanol induced ulcer in mice and indomethacin induced ulcer in rats at...

in the present study, plumbago zeylanica linn. (plumbaginaceae) , one of the folk medicinal plants commonly used as antifertility agent was evaluated for its antifertility effect. five successive solvent extracts, petroleum ether, chloroform, acetone, ethanol and water extracts, of the stems of p. zeylanica were studied on estrous cycle at two dose levels, 200 and 400 mg/kg respectively.   of t...

A review of Melita group (fam. Melitidae) from the shelf of Sakhalin Island based on literature and own data is provided. Based on new material, four new species of the genus Megamoera are described: M. similidentata sp. nov. and M. striata sp. nov. from north-east shelf of Sakhalin Island; M falsomikulitschae sp. nov. and M. aequidentatum sp. nov. from Aniva Bay (southern Sakhalin). The new ge...

Medicinal plants are one of the important sources of natural products, which include essential oils, fragrances, pigments, feedstock, and pharmaceuticals. They are of great interest to the researches in biotechnology field as most of the pharmaceutical industries depend on them Chand et al. [1]. Plumbago zeylanica is an important medicinal plant which belongs to the Plumbaginaceae family. It is...

Helminthostachys zeylanica (L.) Hook. is plant that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries for the treatment of inflammation, fever, pneumonia, and various disorders. The aims of the present study are to figure out the possible effectiveness of the component Ugonin M, a unique flavonoid isolated from H. zeylanica, and to elucidate the mechanism(s) by which it works in the L...