Effect of oral administration of aqueous leaf extract of Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata) (250 mg/kg body weight/day) on the male reproductive organs of the wild Indian house rat (Rattus rattus) was investigated and its activity was noticed at 30th and 45th days of post treated animals. The treatment had no severe effect on body weight and the reproductive organs weight of rats. In treated rat...

Andrographis paniculata ethanolic extract was evaluated to screen the effect on insulin resistance using a combination of fat-fed diet and low dose streptozotocin. The glucose-insulin index as a measure of insulin action on glucose disposal rate was calculated during the intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test. Oral administration of 1000 mg/kg extract to rats was able to cause a significant (p<...

A rapid and sensitive silver ion high-performance liquid chromatographic (Ag[I]-HPLC) method is developed for the simultaneous determination of the biologically active diterpenoids andrographolide, 14-deoxy-11,12-didehydroandrographolide, 14-deoxyandrographolide, and neoandrographolide in Andrographis paniculata Nees. HPLC is carried out for determining andrographolide and its derivatives with ...

Aim: The research was carried out to investigate the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of ethanol extract of Desmodium pauciflorum, Mangifera indica and Andrographis paniculata leaves. Materials and Methods: In order to assess the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects acetic acid induced writhing response model and carrageenan induced paw edema model were used in Swiss albino mice and W...

The present research was conducted to discover antimicrobial compounds in methanolic leaf extracts of Jatropha curcas and Andrographis paniculata and ethanolic leaf extract of Psidium guajava and the effectiveness against microbes on flower preservative solution of cut Mokara Red orchid flowers was evaluated. The leaves were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. A total of nine, ...

Aqueous extract of Andrographis paniculata was examined for antioxidant activity using rat liver subcellular organelles as model systems. The study deals with two important biological oxidative agents, ascorbate-Fe(+2) and AAPH generating hydroxyl and peroxyl radical, respectively. Oxidative damage was examined against the inhibition of membrane peroxidation, protein oxidation and restoration i...

Mosquitoes transmit serious human diseases, causing millions of deaths every year. Use of synthetic insecticides to control vector mosquitoes has caused physiological resistance and adverse environmental effects in addition to high operational cost. Insecticides of botanical origin may serve as suitable alternative biocontrol techniques in the future. The present investigations were made to eva...