Cassia fistula seeds have many therapeutic uses in traditional medicine practice. The present investigation was undertaken to demonstrate the anticandidal activity of the C. fistula seed extract at ultra-structural level through transmission electron microscope (TEM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations. The effect of seed extract on the growth profile of the Candida albicans was...

Medicinal plants are essential aspects of readily available primary healthcare remedies. Phytochemical constituents medicinal cover a broad variety chemical fields to explore medicines. This review highlights selected empirical data on traditional uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacological properties Taunggyi plants, Andrographis paniculata, Physalis peruviana, Cassia fistula. Historically, thes...

Safety pharmacology studies help in identifying preclinical adverse drug reactions. We carried out routine safety pharmacology with focus on cardiovascular variables and pharmacokinetic herb-drug interaction studies on rats fed with standardized traditional hydro-alcoholic extract and technology-based supercritical extract of Cassia auriculata for 12 weeks. Our studies indicate that both these ...

Medicinal plants are source of important therapeutic aids for alleviating human ailments. The history of drug is intricately interowen with natural products for centuties. In tune with this effort, the objective set for the present investigation is to estimate the phenolic and flavonoid contents in flower extracts of Cassia auriculata and Cassia siamea. The preliminary qualitative screening rev...

Various extracts of flowers of Cassia fistula Linn (Leguminosae) such as petroleum ether (60-80°), chloroform, acetone, ethanol, aqueous, and crude aqueous extracts and two fractions of ethanol extract were tested for antihyperglycemic activity in glucose-overloaded hyperglycemic rats. The effective antihyperglycemic extracts and fraction were tested for their hypoglycemic activity at two dose ...

Introduction and objective: Otitis externa, commonly called ear disease, is characterized by inflammation of the external ear canal. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial potential of Cassia fistula flowers, leaves and bark extracts against Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus mirabilis, Escherchia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter sp., and Candida albicans, pathogens caus...

Endophytic fungi are present within all plants and more than one million species predicted to be present. They widely studied as they promote plant growth well resistance environmental stress, produce bioactive compounds that have industrial applications play a vital role in biogeochemical cycles. The medicinal Cassia (commonly known seenas) belongs the Order Fabales Family Caesalpiniaceae. Thi...

Tropical plants are utilized in traditional medicine and are a storehouse of secondary metabolites, some of which display medicinal properties. Five plants were selected for investigation, namely Cassia fistula, Delonix regia, Senna siamea, Spathodea campanulata and Tibouchina granulosa. Extracts of the inflorescence of these plants were prepared and their antioxidant, total phenolics and fatty...