Ochrosia oppositifolia can be found along the coastline and is locally known as ‘Mempelam pasih’ or ‘Mangga laut’. In this study, the alkaloids from the leaves, stem-bark and roots were extracted and tested for their antibacterial activity. So far, no previous studies have been carried out to determine the antibacterial potential of the extracts. Each extract was tested using disc-diffusion and...

Medicinal plants (e.g. Discaria americana) have been used by populations for centuries. However, popular use is not enough to validate these plants as safe and effective medicinal products. The present study sought to evaluate the acute and subacute toxicity as well as the anxiolytic and antinociceptive effects of D. americana root bark and aerial parts extracts in mice. In acute toxicity studi...

The present study was designed to compare the antioxidant, antimicrobial and thrombolytic effects of the Lannea coromandelica bark and leave extracts. After the initial phytochemical screening, the ethanolic fractions of the L. coromandelica bark and leaves were partitioned by solvents of different polarity. Methods used to evaluate the antioxidant potential of the extracts were total phenolic ...

BACKGROUND Periodontal diseases are one of the major health problems and among the most important preventable global infectious diseases. Porphyromonas gingivalis is an anaerobic Gram-negative bacterium which has been strongly implicated in the etiology of periodontitis. Additionally, matrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9) is an important factor contributing to periodontal tissue destruction by a ...

Objective: To evaluate the hepatoprotective activity of Pterocarpus marsupium stem bark extracts against carbon tetrachloride (CCl 4 )-induced hepatotoxicity. Materials and methods: Hepatotoxicity was induced in male Wistar rats by intraperitoneal injection of CCl 4 (0.1 ml/kg/day for 10 days). Methanol and aqueous extracts of P. marsupium stem bark were administered to the experimental rats (2...

Symplocos racemosa Roxb bark belongs to the family: Symplocaceae. In Ayurveda it is known as Lodhra. The bark was collected and dried for four days under sun and powdered. It was extracted with different solvents ethanol, methanol and ethyl acetate by soxhlet hot extraction process. Preliminary phytochemical analysis was carried out for different extracts. It was found that saponin glycosides a...

One hundred methanol plant extracts were screened for antibiotic activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium. Nineteen extracts exhibited some activity against M. tuberculosis and 16 extracts showed some activity against M. avium. Thirteen of these 19 active extracts were traditionally used by First Nations peoples to treat tuberculosis. Extracts made from Heracleum maxi...

UNLABELLED In the Eastern Mediterranean region the wood of Pinus brutia Ten. is used as building material, the bark being the main waste of the wood production processes. A study was designed to explore possible medicinal applications for the bark waste. This paper reports on the superoxide dismutase-like and NO scavenging effects of bark extracts. MATERIAL AND METHODS Bark extracts (a raw hy...

UNLABELLED Ear infection is one of the common diseases occurring throughout the world. Different etiological agents are responsible for ear infections. AIM To assess the antimicrobial potential of Terminalia arjuna leaves and bark extracts against Staphylococcus aureus, Acinetobacter sp., Proteus mirabilis, Escherchia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans, pathogens causing ear in...

Objective: In the present study anti-inflammatory activity of ethanol extract of leaf and bark of Hugonia mystax were inveatigated. Methods: The anti-inflammatory activity of ethanol extracts leaf and bark of H. mystax were evaluated by carrageenan induced rat paw edema to determine its effect on chronic phase of inflammation models in rats. Results: Preliminary phytochemical analysis of ethano...