Sistem kekebalan adalah sistem pertahanan tubuh, yang bertujuan untuk mengenali dan merespons dari berbagai macam patogen atau cedera melindungi tubuh. imun dapat mengalami ketidakseimbangan berdampak pada inflamasi tidak terkontrol menyebabkan penyakit. Dalam mengatasinya diperlukan imunomodulator antiinflamasi. Tumbuhan memiliki efek antiinflamasi yaitu tumbuhan meniran (genus Phyllanthus). D...

BACKGROUND The absence of commercialized vaccines and antiviral agents against dengue has made the disease a major health concern around the world. With the current dengue virus transmission rate and incidences, the development of antiviral drugs is of vital need. The aim of this project was to evaluate the possibility of developing a local medicinal plant, Phyllanthus as an anti-dengue agent. ...

Histological studies of the effects of oral administration of aqueous extract of Phyllanthus amarus commonly used in ethno medical practice in Africa for the management of various ailments such as kidney stones, dysentery, jaundice, diarrhoea and urogenital diseases on the kidney of adult Wistar rats were carefully studied. Rats of both sexes (n=24), average weight of 260g were randomly assigne...

Kandelia rheedii (locally known as Guria or Rasunia), widely found and used in Indian subcontinent, is a well-known herbal cure to tuberculosis. However, neither the mechanism nor the active components of the plant extract responsible for mediating this action has yet been confirmed. Here in this study, molecular interactions of three compounds (emodin, fusaric acid and skyrin) from the plant e...

The effects of the methanol extracts of the leaves of Phyllanthus amarus on the sperm parameters of male Guinea pigs were investigated. The effects of Vitamin E on the sperm parameters were also investigated and compared to that of Phyllanthus amarus. The phytochemical screening of the leaves of Phyllanthus amarus was also carried out. The methanol extract of the Phyllanthus amarus leaf (50-200...

The medicinal plants are widely used by traditional medical practitioners for curing various diseases in their day to day life. In traditional system of medicine different parts of Phyllanthus reticulatus are used for curing various ailments. Bark is used as astringent and diuretic. Leaves are antidiarrheal and roots are used for asthma. Fruit of the plant is used in inflammation. Phyllanthus r...

cansjera rheedii is widely used as a traditional medicine for the treatment and control of a variety of human inflammatory ailments by the fishermen of auroville.   in the present study, the anti-inflammatory and membrane stabilizing property of ethanol extract of cansjera rheedii j. gmelin (eecr) was evaluated in rat using the human red blood cells (hrbc) membrane stabilization method and carr...