OBJECTIVE The roots of Chlorophytum borivilanum are used in traditional medicine for the treatment of arthritis and inflammation. The aim of the work was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of isolated saponins from Chlorophytum borivilianum (ISCB). METHODS The ISCB was screened using the carrageenan-induced paw edema, histamine-induced paw edema, cotton pellet-induced granuloma, and F...

Eggs, larvae and pupae of Ptenidium pusillum obtained by rearing adults are described. Larval chaetotaxy is treated in detail. Two larval instars are identified, differing in minor chaetotaxic characters, pigmentation and measurements. The lack of urogomphi, confirmed in Ptenidium, is discussed in the context of current systematics of Ptiliidae. Serial chaetotaxic homology and between-instar ho...

Chlorophytum borivilianum is a traditional medicinal plant distributed throughout the trop‐ ics and subtropics. In the present investigation, RAPD and ISSR analyses were used to assess the genetic diversity among 21 accessions collected from different geographical regions of India using 20 RAPD primers and 6 ISSR primers. RAPD and ISSR primers revealed 92.26% and 82.76% polymorphism, respective...

Mycorrhizal and dark septate endophyte in Chlorophytum borivillianum cultivated in different parts of southwest India was found. Dark septate fungi with melanized hyphae and microsclerotia were documented. During culturing of themicrosclerotia-containing roots, fungi with `Rhizoctonia-like’ characters developed. The fungi showed reluctance in sporulation but produced microsclerotia in the mediu...

Nonsteroidal and steroidal drugs are generally used to treat inflammation. However, these drugs have side-effects like nausea, vomiting, etc. This lead to search for new anti-inflammatory agents from natural sources, which would be effective and safe. Many plant extracts show a synergistic effect with each other or with modern drugs. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the synergistic a...

Safed Musli grows wild in thick forests and is a traditional medicinal plant. Mainly its tuberous roots are used in Ayurvedic medicines. Safed Musli has been named in the Atharva Veda as one of the divine herbs, offering cure for many ailments and health related problems. Because of its significant medicinal properties, Chlorophytum borivillianum, a variety of Safed Musli has got today maximum ...

BACKGROUND Impaired sleep quality is commonplace within industrialized societies, as evidenced by the increasing number of prescription sleep aids available. Certain herbal preparations have been suggested to provide a natural benefit to sleep; however, limited controlled data are available documenting this benefit. In the present study we tested the effect of an experimental dietary supplement...