medicinal plants are a source of great economic value all over the world. nature has bestowed on us a very rich botanical wealth and large number of diverse types of plants grows in different parts of the country. in this study the in vitro antimicrobial activity of crude ethanolic, methanolic and water extracts of the stem bark of o.basilicum were investigated. the extracts exhibited antimicro...

background and objectives: the main aims of this study have been finding out the antibacterial activity and preliminary phytochemical screening of some fern species. methods: the antimicrobial activity of the methanol extracts of polypodium interjectum shivas, polystichum woronowii fomin, polystichum aculeatum (l.) roth., dryopteris affinis (lowe) fraser-jenk, athyrium filix-femina (l.) roth, a...

strychnos henningsii gilg is recommended among other remedies for the treatment of diabetes in traditional medicine of southern africa. the antidiabetic effect of oral administration of aqueous bark extract of the plant at 125, 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight was investigated in diabetic rats induced with streptozotocin-nicotinamide for 15 days. the extract decreased the blood glucose level, feed...

a phytochemical screening of fifty five iranian plants belonging to 21 families was carried out. a qualitative phytochemical analysis was performed for the presence of alkaloids, tannins, saponins and flavonoids. the medicinal uses of these plants are also reported.

3 Department of Chemistry, Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, (India) ABSTRACT In the present study the effect of maceration and soxhlet extraction from plant leaves of Casearia tomentosa were compared for phytochemical screening and antioxidant activity using petroleum ether as solvent. The phytochemical screening was evaluated using standard protocols and the antioxidant ...

A phytochemical screening of fifty five Iranian plants belonging to 21 families was carried out. A qualitative phytochemical analysis was performed for the presence of alkaloids, tannins, saponins and flavonoids. The medicinal uses of these plants are also reported.

A phytochemical screening of fifty five Iranian plants belonging to 21 families was carried out. A qualitative phytochemical analysis was performed for the presence of alkaloids, tannins, saponins and flavonoids. The medicinal uses of these plants are also reported.

Microscopy and phytochemical screening of the leaves of Pandanus candelabrum were studied. Microscopical examination of the leaves showed paracytic stomata which are more numerous on the lower surface with prisms of calcium oxalate cystals. Preliminary phytochemical screening of the 80 % ethanol extract of the leaves revealed the presence of anthraquinones, saponins and traces of tannins and al...

Plants of genus Leucas belongs to family Lamiacae and have been widely employed by the traditional healers to cure many diseases. The objective of the study was to do preliminary phytochemical screening of Ethanolic Extract of Leaves of Leucas indica (EELLI). About 1000 gm of air dried powdered material of leaves of Leucas indica was extracted with 90% ethanol in a soxhlet extractor for 36 hour...

The present study was aimed to evaluate the phytochemical constituents and antibacterial activity of the flower extracts of Albizia lebbeck, Cordia sebestena, Thunbergia grandiflora and Antigonon leptopus. Preliminary phytochemical screening was done by the standard methods described by Harborne. Antibacterial study was carried out by disc diffusion method. The results of the phytochemical anti...