Abstract:
:The hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and methanol fractions of leaves of Acalypha siamensis Oliv. ex Gage were evaluated for antibacterial and antifungal activity. The antibacterial activity was more pronounced in the ethyl acetate and methanol extracts. No activity was shown against tested moulds.
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J Ethnopharmacoljournal_title
Journal of ethnopharmacologyauthors
Wiart C,Hannah A,Yassim M,Hamimah H,Sulaiman Mdoi
10.1016/j.jep.2004.07.014keywords:
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2004-12-01 00:00:00pages
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1872-7573pii
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杂志文章abstract:ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Alocasia macrorrhiza has been used as a folk medicine for cancer treatment in the Southwest of China. AIM OF THE STUDY:The purpose of this study is to confirm the anticancer activity of aqueous extract of alocasia macrorrhiza against hepatic cancer and to elucidate its mechanism of actio...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2012.03.037
更新日期:2012-06-14 00:00:00
abstract::The ethanol extract of the plant Hippocratea excelsa was examined for its anti-inflammatory effects using several animal models. It produced significant inhibition of carrageenan-induced paw edema and reduced the weight of cotton pellet-induced granuloma at doses of 25-100 mg/kg. The extract was found to exert a prote...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0378-8741(95)01257-e
更新日期:1995-07-07 00:00:00
abstract:ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE:Oral administration of alcoholic decoctions of Aristolochia ringens is used extensively by Traditional Medicine Practitioners (TMP) of Yoruba heritage in South west, Nigeria for the management of diabetes and its associated complications. AIM OF THE STUDY:To assess the potentials of roo...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.002
更新日期:2016-04-22 00:00:00
abstract::Studies on ethnomedicobotany of Kandha tribe of Orissa, India, are scanty. In view of this the original ethno-botanical information and plant specimens were collected from the Kandhamal district of Orissa by visiting the area several times. The paper reports 27 plant species belonging to 24 families used in the treatm...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2005.06.024
更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The antitumour activity of the ethanol extract of Bauhinia variegata (EBV) has been evaluated against Dalton's ascitic lymphoma (DAL) in Swiss albino mice. A significant enhancement of mean survival time of EBV-treated tumour bearing mice was found with respect to control group. EBV treatment was found to enhance peri...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0378-8741(03)00264-2
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Morinda officinalis is a well-known Chinese tonic herb that has shown clinical efficacy in the treatment of bone disease. However, its anti-osteoporotic potential and the M. officinalis polysaccharides (MOPs) responsible for activity require further investigation. AIM OF THE STUDY:This s...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2020.113113
更新日期:2020-10-28 00:00:00
abstract:ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:The roots and rhizomes of Gentiana scabra Bunge in the family Gentianaceae comprise a major herbal medicine for skin diseases caused by wind-heat or dampness-heat in China, Japan and Korea. This treatment can clear away heat and dry dampness and purge fire from the liver and gallbladder. ...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2018.12.046
更新日期:2019-04-06 00:00:00
abstract:AIM OF THE STUDY:Genus Aloe has been traditionally utilized for medicinal purpose for decades. Compared with Aloe vera gel, the qualitative assessment for the therapeutic effects of the other two Aloe species, Aloe ferox Miller and Aloe arborescens Miller, for their topical wound healing was less addressed. Therefore, ...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.08.008
更新日期:2008-11-20 00:00:00
abstract:ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Spatholobus suberectus Dunn is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that can activate blood, dispel stasis, inhibit platelet aggregation, and stimulate hematopoiesis, and thereby treat anemia and diseases related to blood stasis syndrome (BSS). However, its hematopoiesis-stimulating activ...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2019.111938
更新日期:2019-08-10 00:00:00
abstract:AIM OF THE STUDY:In the present study, we examined the effect of Allium tuberosum seeds extract upon the expression of male rat sexual behavior, in order to know whether Allium tuberosum seeds extract possess aphrodisiac property. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The aphrodisiac activity of Allium tuberosum seeds n-BuOH extract ...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2009.01.018
更新日期:2009-04-21 00:00:00
abstract:ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Polygonum multiflorum Thunb (Heshouwu, HSW) is commonly used in clinical medicine, while the hepatotoxicities of HSW are reported increasingly in recent years. Currently, researchers have demonstrated an essential role of Bile Acids (BAs) in liver diseases. The occurrence of hepatotoxicit...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2018.12.007
更新日期:2019-05-10 00:00:00
abstract:ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Helicobacter pylori is associated with the majority of gastric disorders and the antibiotic resistant rates have increased annually worldwide. Anisomeles indica and its constituent, ovatodiolide (OVT), were shown to have bactericide activity against Helicobacter pylori. The aim of this st...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2012.11.015
更新日期:2013-01-09 00:00:00
abstract:AIM OF THE STUDY:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a kind of autoimmune diseases characterized by persistent synovitis, systemic inflammation and autoantibodies. Huang-Lian-Jie-Du-Tang (HLJDT) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with anti-inflammatory activity. In the present study, a rapid-resolution liquid chromatogra...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2012.11.010
更新日期:2013-01-30 00:00:00
abstract::Several high performance liquid chromatographic methods for the analysis of gossypol in different kinds of sample were developed. (1) Pure gossypol: separation on C18 column with MeOH/H2O/CHCl3 (70:30:40) containing 0.1% H3PO4 as mobile phase or on SO3H column with MeOH/citrate buffer (pH 6.3) (55:45) as mobile phase ...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0378-8741(87)90112-7
更新日期:1987-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Oridonin, a diterpenoid isolated from Rabdosia rubescens (Hemsl.) Hara, is currently one of the most important traditional Chinese herbal medicines. We investigated the anti-proliferation effect of oridonin on the cultured murine melanoma cell line K1735M2. The growth inhibition activity of oridonin for K1735M2 cells ...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2005.07.020
更新日期:2006-01-16 00:00:00
abstract:ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL USAGES:Leaves and roots of Pfaffia glomerata areused as aphrodisiacs, tranquilizers and antirheumatics. Due to the lack of experimental scientific data, studies are necessary to identify its medicinal properties. AIMS:The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of hydroalcoholic root extract of...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2018.12.047
更新日期:2019-04-06 00:00:00
abstract:ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr., a traditional Chinese folk medicine, has been used in treating diabetes and other inflammatory disorders. Our previous study revealed that the triterpene saponins in E.Phaseoloides possessed an antidiabetic effect in type 2 diabetic rats by activating AMP-a...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2017.10.004
更新日期:2018-01-30 00:00:00
abstract:ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Sri Lanka has rich traditional systems of medicine, which cater to 60-70% of the rural population׳s primary health care needs. However, development of existing systems has been hindered by the unavailability of up-to-date information on medicinal materials and other related issues. For st...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2014.06.016
更新日期:2014-08-08 00:00:00
abstract:ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Bear bile (BB) originally used as a traditional Chinese medicine has also been adopted in Japan as a traditional home remedy mainly for gastrointestinal problems due to impaired digestion. However, recently, efforts have been made to find alternatives to BB for ecological and ethical reas...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2009.07.014
更新日期:2009-09-07 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:ETHNOPHAMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCY: The whole plant of Talinum triangulare (Family: Portulacaceae) is used in variety of diseases including hepatic ailments in Africa and Taiwan of China. AIMS OF THE STUDY:The study was aimed to evaluate the antioxidant and hepatoprotective activity of polysaccharides from T. tr...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2011.04.047
更新日期:2011-06-22 00:00:00
abstract:ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Persicae Semen (Taoren) and Carthami Flos (Honghua) used in pair which is named as Taoren-Honghua (TH) herb pair has been used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for promoting blood circulation to dissipate blood stasis for many years in China. AIM OF THE STUDY:This paper investigated...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2011.11.016
更新日期:2012-01-31 00:00:00
abstract:ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Withania somnifera (WS) root extract has been used traditionally in ayurvedic system of medicine as a memory enhancer and anti-stress agent. AIM OF THE STUDY:To evaluate the neuroprotective and prophylactic potential of WS root extract in ameliorating hypobaric hypoxia (HH) induced memor...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2012.10.063
更新日期:2013-01-30 00:00:00
abstract:ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Five herbs, Curcuma longa L. (CL), Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi (SBC), Scutellaria barbata D. Don (SBB), Hedyotis diffusa Willd. (HD) and Solanum nigrum L. (SN), are often prescribed in the polyherbal formulas for cancer treatment by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners. The...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2013.04.014
更新日期:2013-06-21 00:00:00
abstract:ETHNO-PHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Natural products have long been the most important source of ingredients in the discovery of new drugs. Moreover, since the Nagoya Protocol, finding alternative herbs with similar efficacy in traditional medicine has become a very important issue. Although random selection is a common me...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.007
更新日期:2016-04-22 00:00:00
abstract::The flowers of Albizzia julibrissin are used as a sedative in oriental traditional medicine. The phytochemical study of this plant allowed the isolation of two flavonol glycosides, quercitrin (1) and isoquercitrin (2). The sedative activity of these compounds was evaluated, and both compounds 1 and 2 increased pentoba...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0378-8741(99)00202-0
更新日期:2000-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effects of the freeze-dried aqueous extract from red mangrove bark on gastric ulceration induced by ethanol-hydrochloric acid were studied in rats. Mucosal damage was compared with that given with cimetidine. The effects of these agents on the quantity and quality of the gastric mucus were also determined. Oral tr...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0378-8741(01)00277-x
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM OF THE STUDY:Calotropis procera is a wild growing plant with multifarious medicinal properties. The present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of dried latex (DL) of Calotropis procera and its methanol extract (MeDL) against gastric ulcers induced in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Aqueous suspension of DL (...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2009.10.016
更新日期:2010-02-03 00:00:00
abstract:ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Thymus praecox subsp. skorpilii var. skorpilii (syn. Thymus praecox subsp. jankae (Celak.) Jalas) is consumed as a Turkish folk medicine for the treatment of spasm, sore throat and shortness of breath, also having strong antioxidant activity and the leaves of the plant have been utilized ...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2018.10.028
更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Traditional Korean medicine, Cheongyeolsaseuptang (CYSST) has been widely applied as a treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Korea. However, its effect in experimental models remains unknown. Recent reports suggest that in patients with RA, synovial mast cells increase in number and show signs of activation and pr...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2004.10.018
更新日期:2005-02-10 00:00:00
abstract::The effect of the butanol extract of Zizyphus spina-christi (L.), Willd (Rhamnaceae) leaves and its major saponin glycoside, christinin-A, on the serum glucose and insulin levels was studied in non-diabetic control, type-I (insulin-dependent) and type-II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetic rats. Pretreatment either with ...
journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2005.04.007
更新日期:2005-10-03 00:00:00