The extracts of Chinesc red ant formica aquilonia were screened fbr cytotoxicity, antioxidation and antiinfiammatory properties, prolyl oligopeptidase (POP) inhibition, and the effect on the catecholaniinc secretion, Dried ants were successively extracted with hexane, ethyl acetate, aqueous acetone and distilled water, Both the hexane and ethyl acetate extracts exhibited a high level of POP inh...

Triazinopyrazolothieno pyrimidine derivatives 1-5 were evaluated for their anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anticancer activities and acute toxicity. Anti-inflammatory activity of the compounds was studied using the carrageenan test. All tested compounds showed analgesic activity, 3-methoxycarbonyl-4,6-dimethyl-8-[(N-methylindolyl)methyl] pyrimido [5',4':4,5]thieno [3',2'-3,4]pyrazolo [5,1-c]tr...

Indisputably the third millennium is witnessing the worldwide changes in healthcare. Ayurvedic system of healthcare has gained good popularity. Ayurveda is a profound and comprehensive system of health care that originated in India. This system endeavors to rationalize the all phenomena governing empirical experiences with natural products in medicine. Ayurvedic medicare system has attained pop...

World Health Organization appreciated the importance of medicinal plants for public health care in developing nations. Eclipta alba ( Bhringaraja ) having important role in the traditional Ayurvedic and Unani systems of holistic health and herbal medicine of the east.The principal constituents of Eclipta alba are coumestan derivatives like wedololactone[1.6%], demethylwedelolactone, desmethyl-w...

OBJECTIVES Hypericum spp. (H.) has been used in traditional medicine for their sedative effect for many years. In spite of many works on this genus, little is known about H. scabrum. In this work antidepressant and its protective effect against hypoxia-induced lethality were evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS Antidepressant and its protective effects against hypoxia-induced lethality were evalu...

Relative antioxidant activities of a methanolic extract of three phenylpropanoid glycosides and three iridoid glycosides from Wulfenia carinthiaca were evaluated using the Briggs-Rauscher (BR) reaction method. This method is based on the inhibitory effects by antioxidants on oscillations of the BR reaction. The total extract showed a certain antioxidant activity with respect to resorcinol chose...

Musa sapientum which is commonly called banana is an herbaceous plant of family Musaceae, a popular fruit consumed worldwide. It is originated from topical region of Southern Asia. The plant is cultivated for its fruits and to a lesser extent for production of fibres. Considering the nutritional activities, it is one of the leading food crops with high source of minerals, vitamins, flavonoids, ...

Polyalthia longifolia var. angustifolia is a member of the Annonaceae family and is a small medium-sized tree distributed in many tropical countries around the world, commonly used as ornamental street tree due to its effectiveness in combating noise pollution. In traditional and indigenous systems of medicine Polyalthia longifolia has been commonly used in the treatment of fever, helminthiasis...

Abstract Medicinal plants are used by the practitioners and pharmacologists to prevent and cure many diseasesMedicinal plants are used by the practitioners and pharmacologists to prevent and cure many diseases for the last several thousand years. Tulsi is known as “Queen of plants” “The mother medicine of nature”. Tulsi i.e. Ocimum sanctum is a plant with enormous properties for curing and prev...