This article describes free radical-scavenging activities of extracts of several plants harvested in Sri Lanka through the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay. These plants have traditionally been used in the indigenous systems of medicine in Sri Lanka, such as Ayurveda, as described below. (English name, "local name in Sri Lanka," (scientific name)). bougainvillea plant, "bouganvilla," ...

Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine is a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field that aims to regenerate new tissue to replace damaged tissues or organs. The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex mixture of macromolecules that play an essential instructional role in the development of tissues and organs. Therefore, tissue engineering approaches rely on the need to present the correc...

Method: The foliar micromorphological parameters such as orientation, stomatal types and morphology; density, distribution of trichomes and stomata; stomatal index and trichome types, paradermal sections were obtained manually by the standard method. The leaves were excised and fixed primarily in formalin, acetic acid and ethyl alcohol solution; cleared in 70% ethanol, bleached with 5% NaOH and...

In continuation of our work on Sudanese med icinal and aromatic plants , we have taken into cons ideration the search for plants with potential in s e c t p e s t management. Alcoholic extracts of ten species of medicinal plants , namely, Ageratum conyzoides (As teraceae), Alternanthera nodiflora (Amaranthaceae), Ambrosia maritima (As teraceae), Cardiospermum halicacabum (Sapindaceae), Eclipta ...