Nagarmotha roots were obtained from a local dealer of Ayurvedic medicines, identified and a suspension containing 80 mgiml of the drug '\as prepared in ion free distilled water using gum acasia as suspending agent. Healtr.y pigeons weighing between 200-300 g were divided into four groups of 10 each. They were fed with grain (Jwar) in the morning and the experiments were performed at II a.m. Gro...

BACKGROUND Cyperus rotundus Linn. (Cyperaceae) is used to treat inflammation, pain, fever, wounds, boils and blisters in folk medicine. This study evaluated the antinociceptive effect of the hydromethanol extract of whole plant of C. rotundus (HMCR). METHODS The antinociceptive activity of HMCR was investigated in thermal-induced (hot plate and tail immersion) and chemical-induced (formalin) ...

Three Egyptian Cyperus species viz. Cyperus esculentus, C. rotundus, and C. papyrus that belong to Cyperaceae were used as food and medicines since ancient times. This study aimed to investigate the direct and indirect antioxidant properties of the selected species in two chemical assays (FRAP and DPPH) and a cell-based bioassay in hepa1c1c7 cells using t-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as the induc...

The 2009 National Burn Repository reports the most common cause of burns as direct fire/flame (43%) followed by scalds (30%).The aim of present study was to reveal the ameliorative effect of cyperus rotundus essential oil. The burn was induced in the rats by using method as described by Bairy and Somayaji1. The treatment was given with the cyperus rotundus essential oil (CREO) with dose 200 mg....

This paper proposes a new interpretation for primary thickening in monocotyledons. The anatomy of the vegetative organs of the following species was examined: Cephalostemon riedelianus (Rapataceae), Cyperus papyrus (Cyperaceae), Lagenocarpus rigidus, L. junciformis (Cyperaceae), Echinodorus paniculatus (Alismataceae) and Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae). The endodermis with meristematic acti...

Ayurveda, the science of life, deals with the holistic view of healthy living. It covers various physiology and pathology of diseases and their therapies. Since ancient times, several diseases have been treated by administration of plant extracts based on traditional medicine. Investigation of traditionally used medicinal plants is thus valuable on two levels, firstly, as a source of potential ...

Natural products are one of the resources for discovering novel pesticide leads. Here, by molecular hybridization between natural enamino diketone skeleton and reported herbicide lead compound I, a series 3-(1-aminoethylidene)-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2,4(3H)-dione derivatives (APD) were rationally designed, synthesized tested herbicidal activity in greenhouse. The bioassay results showed that most ta...

(Primary and secondary development of Cyperus giganteus Vahl rhizome (Cyperaceae)). In Cyperus giganteus, like in other Monocotyledoneae, the protoderm, procambium, fundamental meristem and primary thickening meristem (PTM) are differentiated from the rhizome promeristem. The PTM produces the inner cortical parenchyma, endodermis, pericycle and amphivasal vascular bundles, which are formed by t...

The Cyperaceae species are present in different ecosystems and constitute the herbaceous extract. Of the approximately 5,500 species of the family; a third has Kranz anatomy, representing an important characteristic of the taxonomy and phylogeny of the group. In Cyperus laxus L. (non-Kranz) and Fimbristylis dichotoma Vahl (Kranz), development begins with germination that is marked by the emerge...

The sedge Cyperus iria, a common weed in rice, contains large amounts of the insect hormone (10R) juvenile hormone III (JH III). Given its widespread distribution in Asia and Africa, we examined the possibility that C. iria could be used as a safe, inexpensive, and readily available mosquito larvicide. Plants of varying ages were harvested and leaves tested for lethal effects on larvae of the y...