Cardioprotective effect of ethanolic extract of Terminalia chebula fruits (500 mg/kg body wt) was examined in isoproterenol (200 mg/kg body wt) induced myocardial damage in rats. In isoproterenol administered rats, the level of lipid peroxides increased significantly in the serum and heart. A significant decrease was observed in the activity of the myocardial marker enzymes with a concomitant i...

AIM The aim of the present study was to evaluate the anticar-iogenic efficacy of hot and cold aqueous extracts of Terminalia chebula against Streptococcus mutans as an oral rinse and also to discover the acceptability of the mouthwash in children. SETTINGS AND DESIGN Sixty children between 8 and 12 years with high caries risk were selected. MATERIALS AND METHODS 10% concentration of hot and...

Numerous herbs have been used successfully in treating dermatologic disorders for thousands years and still widely used because it is easy to find, cheap and to avoid the side effects and complications of topical steroids. Terminalia chebula, commonly found in India and Southeast Asia, is thought to be effective for treating several diseases including inflammation and reported as an anti-oxidan...

The different market samples of Terminalia chebula fruits evaluated by Pharmacognostic parameters compare with standard data. All three samples carried out microscopic characters, ash values, extractive values, T.L.C., & chemical tests. All the data of three samples were compared with standard data, the sample no-1 was more authentic than among all the three samples.

Triphala is a traditional herbal formulation consisting of dried fruits originating from three medicinal plants, namely Terminalia chebula, Terminalia bellirica and Phyllanthus embelica. It is used in folk medicine for the treatment of headaches, dyspepsia and leucorrhoea. There are some reports regarding Triphala"s pharmacological effects including its anti-cancer, radioprotective, hypocholest...

BACKGROUND Development of new and effective therapeutics for sexually transmitted herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) infection is important from public health perspective. With an aim to identify natural products from medicinal plants, in the present study, the potential of Terminalia chebula Retz was investigated for its activity against HSV-2. METHODS Fruits of Terminalia chebula Retz were used...

Introduction and objective: The uses of traditional medicinal plants for primary health care have steadily increased worldwide in recent years. Triphala has been used in the traditional medicine for the treatment of variety of diseases and therefore it becomes immense to study the phytochemical compounds and antibacterial activities. Aqueous and alcoholic extracts of both Triphala and its indiv...

Terminalia chebula is a popular medicinal plant according to Ayurveda for its broad spectrum medicinal value including in the treatment of enteric disorders. Leaf extracts in water as well as in various organic solvents (namely methanol, ethanol, ethyl acetate and chloroform) were analyzed to testify its antibacterial activities against four different bacteria causing enteric disorders, viz. Es...

MinKyun Na, KiHwan Bae*, Sam Sik Kang, Byung Sun Min, Jae Kuk Yoo, Yuko Kamiryo, Yu-ichiro Senoo, Seiichi Yokoo and Nobuhiko Miwa College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea Jakwang Research Institute, Hansaeng Cosmetics Co., Ltd., Nonsan, Korea Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Laboratory of Immunomodulator, Korea Research Instit...

Hexane, ethyl acetate, ethanol and methanol extracts of Psidium guajava, Terminalia chebula, Mimusops elengi and Achyranthes aspera were tested against the dental caries causing bacteria Streptococcus mutans and fungus Candida albicans isolated from caries infected patients. All the four extracts of P. guajava showed activity against both S. mutans and C. albicans. Maximum zone of inhibition wa...