Malatreat is marketed by Paxherbals as a multi-component antimalarial preparation made from Alstonia boonei, Sida acuta and Tridax procumbens. Phytochemical screening of hexane and ethanol extracts obtained by infusion revealed the presence of alkaloids, saponins, tannins, anthraquinones, steroids, flavonoids, phlobatannins, glycosides and cardiac glycosides. These secondary metabolites are als...

The root bark of Oroxylum indicum, vent (Syonakh) belonging to family Bignoniaceae, are reported to have a great medicinal value. Pharmacognostical evaluation including examination of morphological and microscopical characters, determination of quality control parameters such as ash values, extractive values, moisture content, foreign matter, and microbial contamination were carried out. Phytoc...

The methanolic extract of Languas galanga rhizomes was investigated for antimalarial activity against Plasmodium berghei (NK65) infections in mice. The median lethal dose was determined to ascertain the safety of the extract in ICR mice of both sexes. The antimalarial activities during early and established infections, as well as the prophylactic activity were evaluated. Phytochemical screening...

Medicinal plants have played a vital role in drug production. Using plant extracts directly has proved to be risk-free. In the current studies, Crude extracts of Caralluma fimbriata stem were used to investigate its antibacterial activity along with their phytochemical screening .Antibacterial assay was carried out by agar disc diffusion technique. Zones of inhibition around the bacterial colon...

OBJECTIVE To study the hypolipidemic activity of fresh grass juice of Triticum aestivum in normal rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Freshly prepared Triticum aestivum grass juice was administered to normal rats at the dose of 5 ml/kg and 10 ml/kg orally once daily for 21 days. Blood samples were collected after 24 hours of last administration and used for estimation of lipid profile. Fresh grass ju...

The present study was carried out for preliminary phytochemical screening for ten principle bioactive compounds in Petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate and ethanol extracts of roots of Memecylon edule collected from potheri forest, Kattankulathur in Tamilnadu. Chloroform and ethyl acetate extracts of seeds of Memecylon edule were also investigated against ten bacteria using disc diffusion...

PURPOSE Standardization and detailed pharmacognostical studies of Oreganum vulgare Linn. leaf for authentication and commercial utilization. METHODS Oreganum vulgare Linn. leaf was with standardization according to standard procedures described in WHO, 2011 and I.P. 1996. RESULTS The physicochemical parameters total ash, acid insoluble ash, water soluble ash and sulphated ash were found to ...

phytochemical screening, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of aqueous and methanolic crude extracts of commiphora kerstingii leaves were investigated. the antioxidant and antibacterial properties of different solvent extracts of commiphora kerstingii plant were scrutinized. the phytochemical screening of the various extracts was carried out using standard methods and the results revealed...

The leaves of Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile was extracted with methanol and aqueous medium and studied for in vitro antimicrobial property. The methanol extract was found to be most active against all the bacterial species tested except S.aureus. Active methanol extract was further studied for HPTLC fingerprint and by phytochemical analysis. HPTLC analysis confirmed segregation of four individual...