Justicia gendarussa Burm f. (family Acanthaceae) known as Willow-leaved justicia in English, it is native to china. It is commonly found throughout the greater part of India and Andaman islands. Justicia gendarussa Burm f. is one of the important herbal being used in Ayurvedic system of medicine. Mostly the leaves are used for the medical purposes. A wide variety of biologically active constitu...

The present study documents a simultaneous production and comparative assessment of extracted vasicinone from in vivo (leaves and stems) and in vitro (leaves, stems and calli) plant parts of Adhatoda vasica Nees, a well-known medicinal plant. High-performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) analysis of the above-mentioned plant parts, collected at their 60-day-old growth stage, was performed ...

Justicia tranquibariensis a native of India and many other tropical regions is a common garden plant that has been used traditionally for treatment of a number of diseases. In the current study the hydro-alcoholic extract of the roots of the plant have been tested for anticancer activity. The extract was prepared by cold maceration method, hydroalcohol was the solvent used. The in-vitro antican...

Elenine is the aglycone of elenoside, a cytotoxic arylnaphthalene lignan (NSC 644013-W/1) derived from Justicia hyssopifolia. (Family: Acanthaceae). Elenoside is a β-D-glucoside, with a similar chemical structure to etoposide, exhibiting central depressant activity. In the present study, elenine was given to mice and rats at doses of 10, 20, and 40 mg/kg. Acute toxicity (24 h) and general behav...

called Arusha, in Bengali Bakas or Vasaka, in Northern India it is known by the name of Bhekkar or Basuti and in Persian it is called Bansa. The name Adhatoda is of Tamil origin. The plant has minutely pubescent entire leaves arising from swollen nodes; the flowers are white or purple in colour. It is well known to the people throughout the country and a yellow dye is commonly obtained from its...

Justicia procumbens is a traditional Taiwanese herbal remedy used to treat fever, pain, and cancer. Justicidin A, isolated from Justicia procumbens, has been reported to suppress in vitro growth of several tumor cell lines as well as hepatoma cells. In this study, justicidin A activated caspase-8 to increase tBid, disrupted mitochondrial membrane potential (Delta psi(m)), and caused the release...

This study investigated the effects of some plant extracts on the bacterial communication system, expressed as quorum sensing (QS) activity. Quorum sensing has a directly proportional effect on the amount of certain compounds, such as pigments, produced by the bacteria. Alcohol extracts of 23 ornamental and medicinal plants were tested for anti-QS activity by the Chromobacterium violaceum assay...

Considering the tremendous antimicrobial and antifungal potential of medicinally important plants, four important plants used in Indian folklore medicine were chosen to screen their antifungal activity. Leaf extracts of the plants viz. Solanum torvum, Adhatoda vasica, Terminalia chebula and Asparagus racemosus were prepared in organic solvents namely methanol, ethanol and methanol-ethanol (1:1)...

Background Justicia gendarussa Burm f. (Achanthaceae) has been known as traditional medicine in Indonesia. It contains of flavonoids and alkaloids. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of J. gendarussa on the profile of IFN-γ on mice (Mus musculus). Molecular docking test was also conducted to determine the interaction of alkaloids and flavonoids on the J. gendarussa leaves against I...