BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease with life-threatening complications. Despite the enormous progress in conventional medicine and pharmaceutical industry, herbal-based medicines are still a common practice for the treatment of diabetes. This study evaluated ethanolic and aqueous extracts of selected Sudanese plants that are traditionally used to treat diabetes. METHO...

Bioassay-guided fractionation was performed on a crude dichloromethane extract of Kaempferia galanga L. using chromatography techniques. Screening of the extract for biological activity started with the brine shrimp lethality bioassay, followed by the study of its antihypertensive activity on anaesthetized rats, which involved monitoring of the extract's effect on mean arterial blood pressure. ...

BACKGROUND Saururus cernuus (Sc) is a small plant, used for the treatment of various human inflammations. The present study aimed at investigating the cytotoxic potential of the methanolic extract of this plant against brine shrimp larvae and human carcinoma cells at normoxic conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS The in vivo lethality test was evaluated at various doses against brine shrimp larva...

numerous studies have been focused on natural anticarcinogenic agents. many antioxidants have been identified as anticarcinogens. antimutagens have also been proposed as cancer chemopreventive agents. the use of natural products as anticancer has a long history that began with traditional medicine. the aim of this study was to evaluate cytotoxicity and antioxidant activity of twenty-three plant...

BACKGROUND In South African traditional medicine, some are plants known to combat pediatric diseases and are commonly used by traditional healers. The aim was to evaluate cytotoxicity effects of plants. MATERIALS AND METHODS The ground plant material was exhaustively extracted using methanol, acetone and water separately for 72 hrs. These organic solvents were removed from filtrates using a r...

Abstract Moringa oleifera leaves for traditional medicinal plants and as food has been widely used in Indonesia several regions the world by boiling using water a solvent before consumption. contain active compounds such phenols,flavonoids tannins. These can be helpful an antioxidant. The purpose of this study was to evaluate antioxidant activity lethality dose aqueous extract leaves. method ob...

This study investigated the effect of extracts of different composites, glass ionomer cement (GIC)s and compomers on the viability of brine shrimp larvae. Ethanolic extracts of four dental composites (Z-100; Solitaire 2; Filtek P60 and Synergy), a conventional GIC (Ketac-Fil), a resin-modified glass ionomer cement (Vitremer), two compomers (F2000; Dyract AP), and a flowable compomer (Dyract Flo...

Psidium guineense Swartz is a shrub native to Brazil. It is consumed in natura or in the form of pulp, which presents a high content of C vitamin and proteins. The chemical prospection of the aqueous extracts from unripe and mature pulp revealed the presence of tannins and flavonoids. The extracts demonstrated moderate antibacterial activity against the most of strains tested, and the best resu...

objectives: grewia paniculata (family: malvaceae) has been used to treat inflammation, respiratory disorders and fever. it is additionally employed for other health conditions including colds, diarrhea and as an insecticide in bangladesh. the aim of the present study was to investigate the antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of different extracts of grewia paniculata. materials and methods: ...