Co-metabolism between plants and rhizosphere microbes is the mainstay of rhizoremediation contaminated soils. The aim current study was to isolate screen selected micro-fungi two Asteraceae (Tridax procumbens Chromolaena odorata) collected from wild in University Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State for bioremediation potential. Rhizosphere fungi were isolated, identified evaluated crude oil myco-remediat...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Mosquitoes transmit serious human diseases, causing millions of deaths every year and the development of resistance to chemical insecticides resulting in rebounding vectorial capacity. Plants may be alternative sources of mosquito control agents. The present study assessed the role of larvicidal activities of hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, acetone, and methanol dried...

Tridax procumbens leaf extract induced aortic relaxation in a concentration-dependent manner, for both phenylephrine (PE) and KCl- induced contractions in isolated rat aortic rings. The relaxation effect of the extract on PE-induced contraction was 57% greater than that on KCl- induced contraction. The extract caused dose-dependent relaxations in precontracted isolated rat aorta with phenylephr...

Justicia procumbens is a traditional Taiwanese herbal remedy used to treat fever, pain, and cancer. Justicidin A, isolated from Justicia procumbens, has been reported to suppress in vitro growth of several tumor cell lines as well as hepatoma cells. In this study, justicidin A activated caspase-8 to increase tBid, disrupted mitochondrial membrane potential (Delta psi(m)), and caused the release...

BACKGROUND Ethyl acetate extracts of Launaea procumbens is used for the treatment of liver dysfunction as an herbal medicine in Pakistan. In this study, the protective effects of ethyl acetate extracts were evaluated against CCl4-induced liver injuries in rat. METHODS To examine the protective effects against oxidative stress of carbon tetrachloride in rats, 30 male rats were equally divided ...

Aim: A rapid, sensitive and accurate Reversed Phase-High Performance Liquid Chromatography method (RPHPLC) with Photo-diode array Detection (PDA) was developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of Quercetin and Kaempferol in the methanolic extract of Tridax procumbens plant. Method: Whole plant of Tridax procumbens was collected from Dhule District, Shirpur; dried and methanolic ...

Aims and Objectives: The effectiveness of crude methanolic extracts of Bridelia ferruguinea, Tridax procumbens, Ocimum gratissimum and Lawsonia inermis against clastogenicity induced by sodium arsenite (SA) was evaluated using an in-vivo rat bone marrow cell micronuclei test and the DPPH radical scavenging assay. Methods: 50 mg/kg body weight of the extracts were given by gavaging to the rats i...

The study was conducted to evaluate the influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (Rhizophagus intradices) on growth and polyphenol production two important popular medicinal plants in Vietnam: Ehretia asperula Zoll. & Mor. Solanum procumbens Lour. results showed a significant effect these species with indices such as height, weight P content that were all higher than those non-AM plants; ...

PURPOSE The leaves of Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr. has been traditionally used as anticancer. Ethanolic extract of G. procumbens leaves (EGP) showed cytotoxic activity and anticancer activity in animal cancer model. This study was conducted to observe antiproliferative effect using male rat's liver cells induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)antracene (DMBA). METHODS Forty days old Sprague Dawley...

The leishmanicidal activity of 15 extracts and 4 pure metabolites obtained from Urechites andrieuxii, Colubrina greggii, Dorstenia contrajerva, and Tridax procumbens was evaluated using the newly developed MTS ({3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium, inner salt) assay, optimized for promastigotes of Leishmania major, Leishmania tropica, and Lei...