The antihyperglycemic, antidiabetic, and antioxidant potentials of the methanolic extract of Garcinia pedunculata (GP) fruit in rats were investigated. The acute antihyperglycemic effect of different doses of GP was studied in normal male Wistar rats. Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin (STZ) injection in another cohort of male Wistar rats and they showed significantly higher blood glucose a...

Introduction: The current research has focused on the potentiality of medicinal plants for treatment of Candida albicans infections. Five plants viz. Clerodendron colebrookianum Walp. (Leaf), Gnetum gnemon L. (Leaf), Sarcochlamys pulcherrima (Roxb.) Gaud. (Leaf), Garcinia lancifolia (Don) Roxb (Leaf) and Euryale ferox Salisb. (Seed), used as traditional medicines in Cachar district, Assam, Indi...

Background: Bacterial infection was a health problem thathard to overcome, due the presence of bacterial resistance current antibacterial drugs. Therefore, use herbal antibacterials is an alternative that can be used. Mangosteen (Garciniamangostana L.) plant contains xanthone compounds and its derivatives have antimicrobial, antioxidant, cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory, anti-HIV activity.Part mang...

Dexamethasone (10 mg/kg body weight/day, s.c.) administered rats were treated with or without Garcinia cambogia fruit extract (1 g/kg body weight/day, orally) for 8 days. The administration of dexamethasone resulted in marked increase in the levels of triglycerides and cholesterol and free acids in both plasma and liver. The level of phospholipids increased in the plasma but decreased significa...

OBJECTIVE To assess the neuroprotective effects of aqueous extract of Garcinia kola on neurotoxin administered malnourished mice adopting histological procedure. METHODS The study was carried out using thirty-two adult malnourished mice which were randomly assigned into four groups (n=8): A, B, C and D. Group A served as control, while the other groups served as the experimental groups. Anima...

Kulit buah manggis memiliki senyawa antioksidan yang dapat menangkal radikal bebas. Serum adalah cairan diperkaya bahan aktif seperti mampu menembus kedalam kulit wajah. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode eksperimental, dengan uji (Garcinia mangostana L.) diperoleh cara ekstraksi etanol pa. Tahapan penelitian meliputi pembuatan ekstrak dari dan diformulasikan sediaan serum dalam beberapa konsent...