Powder in fine suspension, water and alcoholic extract preparations of Cyperus Rotundus (Mustak), Iris versicolor (Haimavati) and Holoptelai integrifolia (Chirubilva) were used in adipose cell suspension and also administered orally to evaluate the effect of these plant preparations on adipose tissue metabolism in rats. The result, showed that the preparations from these medicinal plants exhibi...

The scientists at ALMPG Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Chennai, India evaluated a combination of spices (Piper nigrum Linn., P. longum Linn. and Zingiber officinale Rosc.), herbs (Cyperus rotundus Linn. and Plumbago zeylanica Linn.) and salts make up Amrita Bindu for its possible antioxidant activity. The study was focused to evaluate the antioxidant property of indi...

Treatment with a mixture of Cyperus rotundus, Iris versicolor and Holoptelia integrifolia resulted in a rapid decrease of weight in and ad libitum fed obese rats. Body fat and Fat: Protein ratio were much less while food consumption, body protein, energy expenditure and metabolic rate were more in mixture treated obese rats than in food restricted obese. A mixture of these plant preparations, t...

The ethanol extract of Cyperus rotundus (EECR) was tested for possible pharmacological effects on experimental animals. EECR significantly potentiated the sleeping time of mice induced by standard hypnotics, viz. pentobarbitone sodium, diazepam, and meprobamate in a dose dependent manner. EECR showed significant analgesic properties as evidenced by the significant reduction in the number of wri...

BACKGROUND Cyperus rotundus L. was used in traditional Iranian medicine to treat memory and cognition disorders. The present study was aimed at investigating the effect of the extract and essential oil of C. rotundus on memory dysfunction. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cognition was evaluated using the object recognition task that was composed of a square wooden open field box with different shape ob...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : the usefulness of electroconvulsive therapy (ect) in the management of mood disorders would be improved if its related cognitive impairment is attenuated properly. in this study we investigated the effects of using a combination of crocus sativus (cs), cyperus rotundus (cr), and honey in the treatment of ect-i...