Background: Curettage is an act of scraping the granulation tissue on lateral gingival wall periodontal pocket. After curettage, a pack was applied to control bleeding and keep wound area clean. The addition iodine leaves as alternative because it contains flavonoids that can help healing process. This study aims determine effect adding 10% leaf extract gel curettage process.Method: A true expe...

Neem leaf alcoholic extract (NLE) was investigated for its effects on the ECG and blood pressure of rat. Intravenous administration of NLE (100, 300 and 1000 mg/kg) resulted in initial bradycardia followed by cardiac arrhythmia in rats. NLE produced a significant and dose-related fall in blood pressure which was immediate, sharp and persistent. Pre-treatment with either atropine or mepyramine f...

Aims: The present study was undertaken to explore in vivo antioxidant potential of ethanol extracts of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis leaf and stem in adjuvant induced arthritic rats. Methodology: Arthritis induced rats were administered with extract of Nyctanthes arbortristis leaf and stem. (150 mg/kg body Weight/rat/day for 30 days. Results: A significant decrease in paw edema was observed followin...

Agarwood leaf extract was found to possess antipyretic, laxative and antimicrobial activities. A trial of one diabetic patient taking long term agarwood leaf tea was found to have blood glucose returned to normal. In this work, the effects of methanol, water and hexane crude extracts of agarwood leaf on hyperglycemia in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were investigated. Only methanol and w...

The present work reports the anticancer, antioxidant, lipo-protective, and anti-HIV activities of phytoconstituents present in P. hysterophorus leaf. Dried leaf samples were sequentially extracted with nonpolar and polar solvents. Ethanol fraction showed noticeable cytotoxic activity (81-85%) in SRB assay against MCF-7 and THP-1 cancer cell lines at 100  μg/ml concentration, while lower activit...

The side effects associated with the usage of synthetic antidiabetic drugs make it imperative to search for alternative drugs from medicinal plants. Therefore, this study was aimed at evaluating the α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitory potential of Calotropis procera leaf, as well as its possible mode of inhibiting these enzymes. Acetone, aqueous and ethanolic extracts of C. procera leaf was ...

Influenced by the ancient literature of various communities and reports presented by modern authors regarding the medicinal uses of Colocacia esculenta., present study was conducted to investigate the antihepatotoxic efficacy associated with Colocacia esculenta whole leaf juice. The antihepatotoxic and hepatoprotective studies were carried against two well known hepaotoxins paracetamol and CCl4...