AdEdApO, A. A., M. O. AbAtAn, O. O. OlOrunsOgO: Effects of some plants of the spurge family on haematological and biochemical parameters in rats. Vet. arhiv 77, 29-38, 2007. AbstrAct The effects of five suspected poisonous plants of the spurge family (euphorbiaceae) i.e. alchornea cordifolia Schum and Thorn, Cnidoscolus acontifolius Mill, Phyllanthus amarus Schum and Thorn, Phyllanthus muelleri...

The glycaemic response to 124.5 +/- 9.3 (mean +/- SD) g of pancakes was monitored in 21 non-insulin dependent diabetic (NIDDM) patients while on oral hypoglycaemics, after a 1-week washout period and after a 1-week twice daily treatment with 100 mL of an aqueous extract from 12.5 g of powdered aerial parts of Phyllanthus amarus. After the 1-week washout period, the fasting blood glucose (FBG) a...

This study aimed to determine the proximate and phytochemical composition ofPhyllanthusamarus. The results of Phyllanthusamarus showed that plant leaves contains fat 8.40 %, moisture 6.48 ash 10.58 fibre 2.40 protein 23.97 % carbohydrate 48.02 %. revealed Kaempferol 2.3726 ug/ml, Steroid 15.7626 Proanthocyandin 8.1619 Catechin 23.3542 Anthocyanin 3.8979 Narigenin 13.5721 Dihydrocytisine 8.0184 ...

Phyllanthus has been widely used in traditional medicine as an antipyretic, a diuretic, and to treat liver diseases and viral infections. Correct genotype identification of medicinal plant material remains important for the botanical drug industry. Limitations of chemical and morphological approaches for authentication have generated the need for newer methods in quality control of botanicals. ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Mosquitoes increased resistance to insecticides, and environmental concerns about the use of insecticides, pose a major challenge in the search for new molecules to deplete and incapacitate mosquito populations. Plants are the valuable source as practices consisting in exploiting plant materials as repellents, and are still in wide use throughout developing countries. Th...

Phyllantus amarus Schumach and Thonn is a medicinal plant used commonly for the treatment of malaria-related symptoms by the general public in southeastern Nigeria. The present study determines the possible antiplasmodial effects of the aqueous extract of the leaves and stem of the plant against Plasmodium berghei infection using Swiss albino mice as models. The blood schizonticidal activity of...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are nowadays real health problems in the world. High blood pressure is one of most important risk factors for CVD and affecting more people Benin. The objective our work to evaluate safety efficacy leaves five plants used treatment hypertension Acute toxicity was evaluated on wistar rats which orally administered a single dose 2000 mg/kg body weight hydro-ethanolic...