Chemical composition and biological evaluation of essential oils of Pulicaria jaubertii.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lavatera cretica L. was used in folk medicine as anti-inflammatory among other applications. As inflammation is many times associated with oxidative processes, the aim of the present work was to evaluate the ability of aqueous extracts obtained from different parts of L. cretica to prevent oxidation or infla...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Ben-Nasr S,Aazza S,Mnif W,Miguel Mda G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Essential oil of Ocimum sanctum Linn. exhibited various pharmacological activities including antifungal and antimicrobial activities. In this study, we analyzed the anticancer and apoptosis mechanisms of Ocimum sanctum essential oil (OSEO). OBJECTIVE:To trigger the apoptosis mechanism in human breast cancer...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Manaharan T,Thirugnanasampandan R,Jayakumar R,Kanthimathi MS,Ramya G,Ramnath MG

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Withania somnifera is a medicinal plant native to India and is known to have anticancer properties. It has been investigated for its anti-melanoma properties, and since melanoma presents on the skin, it is prudent to probe the use of W. somnifera in topical formulations. To enhance topical drug delivery and ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Chinembiri TN,Gerber M,du Plessis LH,du Preez JL,Hamman JH,du Plessis J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Caries and periodontal diseases remain as important diseases in the Brazilian population. One important pathogen associated with this situation is Streptococcus mutans and other important factor is this pathogen's ability to adhere firmly to the tooth surface leading to dental biofilm formation and caries de...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： de Sousa MB,Júnior JO,Barbosa WL,da Silva Valério E,da Mata Lima A,de Araújo MH,Muzitano MF,Nakamura CV,de Mello JC,Teixeira FM

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hexane, ethylacetate and methanol extracts from Bauhinia tomentosa and Bauhinia vahlii roots were tested for their antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria (four strains), Gram-negative bacteria (three strains) and three fungi strains using microdilution methods, for the determination of minimal inhib...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Dugasani S,Balijepalli MK,Tandra S,Pichika MR

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The study is conducted to evaluate the immunomodulatory, cytotoxicity, and antioxidant potential of Ziziphus mauritiana (Rhamnaceae). Phytochemical analysis of Z. mauritiana revealed the presence of alkaloids, anthraquinone glycoside, cardiac glycoside, saponin, tannin, and flavonoids. METHODOLOGY:The cytotoxicit...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Afzal S,Batool M,Ch BA,Ahmad A,Uzair M,Afzal K

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The RP-HPLC resolution of two triterpenic acid isomers was unstable. OBJECTIVE:To separate the oleanolic acid (OA) and ursolic acid (UA) simply within RP-HPLC. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The separation ability of five stationary phases was studied with the retention effect of their carbon loads. Also the resolu...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Zhang Y,Xue K,Zhao EY,Li Y,Yao L,Yang X,Xie X

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, many efforts have been made to discover new products of natural origin which can limit the xenobiotic-induced hepatic injury. Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) is a highly toxic chemical that is widely used to study hepatotoxicity in animal models. OBJECTIVE:The present study was conducted to investigat...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Abdou RH,Saleh SY,Khalil WF

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the free amino acid contents of chamomile flowers using reverse-phase high-performance column chromatography preceded by pre-column derivatization with 6-aminoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate (AQC), and to determine the reliability of this method. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Derivatization wit...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Ma X,Zhao D,Li X,Meng L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Yinqiaosan (Lonicerae and Forsythiae Powder), as a famous prescription of Dr. Wu Jutong in Qing dynasty of China, has the effects of diaphoresis cooling, fire-purging, and detoxicaton. It is mainly used in the treatment of influenza, hand-foot-mouth disease, esophagitis, pneumonia, acute tonsillitis, mumps, ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Shu Y,Chen Y,Qin K,Liu X,Cai B

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abelmoschus esculentus L. is a healthy vegetable belonging to the family Malvaceae. This article reports the contents of total phenolics (TP) and total flavonoids (TF) in 80% methanol extracts of the flower (FL), fruit (FR), leaf (L), and seed (S) of A. esculentus, and in 0, 10, 30, 50, and 70% methanol elua...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Liao H,Dong W,Shi X,Liu H,Yuan K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sesquiterpenoids, such as tussilagone, has effects of raising blood pressure, antiplatelet aggregation, and anti-inflammation activities, which is regarded as index compound for quality control of Tussilago farfara L. OBJECTIVE:This study was aimed to obtain an effective method for fast isolation of sesquit...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Cao K,Xu Y,Zhao TM,Zhang Q

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Grapes and their products are known to have been used for the treatment of diseases throughout history. OBJECTIVE:It was aimed to investigate the effects of Erzincan Cimin grapes on an organism model of Caenorhabditis elegans N2 wild type and C. elegans BS913 strains with gonad cancer. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Ozpinar H,Ozpinar N,Karakus S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:At present, approximately 17-25 million people in the world suffer from Alzheimer's disease (AD). The most efficacious and acceptable therapeutic drug clinically are the acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs). Yinhuang oral liquid is a Chinese medicine preparation which contains AChEIs according to the lit...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Zhang H,Guo Y,Meng L,Sun H,Yang Y,Gao Y,Sun J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Meyna spinosa (M.S) (Roxb.) ex Link and Oroxylum indicum (O.I) (Linn.) Vent, widely used traditional Northeast Indian medicinal plant used for various purposes, have not yet explored for safety profile. Objective:To investigate the safety profile of M.S (Roxb.) ex Link leaves and O.I (Linn.) Vent stem bark ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Singh S,Chattopadhyay P,Borthakur SK,Policegoudra R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to study and identify free radicals scavenging and antihyperglycemic principles in fruit of Piper attenuatum. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Bioassay guided identification of extracts possessing potent free radical scavenging activity, and isolation of compounds was done. Chloroform extract of P. attenuat...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Reddy SD,Siva B,Poornima B,Kumar DA,Tiwari AK,Ramesh U,Babu KS

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Occurrence of integristerone A (1), 20-hydroxyecdysone (2), ecdysone (3), 2-deoxy-20-hydroxyecdysone (4) has been analyzed in 64 species of the East Asian Caryophyllaceae. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Ecdysteroid content was determinate by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). HPLC with a high-resolution ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Novozhilova E,Rybin V,Gorovoy P,Gavrilenko I,Doudkin R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tithonia diversifolia belongs to the Asteraceae family. The leaves of T. diversifolia have been studied lately because of the presence of tagitinin C. OBJECTIVE:Looking for an easy and inexpensive method to extract tagitinin C from T. diversifolia leaves, this work aims to conduct a screening to evaluate th...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Silva AMR,Ferreira NLO,Oliveira AE,Borges LL,Conceição EC

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tephrosia purpurea is an Indian herb used in traditional medicine to treat various diseases such as jaundice, asthma, liver and urinary disorders. However, the anti-cancer potential of T. purpurea on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is poorly understood. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the anti-cance...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Padmapriya R,Gayathri L,Ronsard L,Akbarsha MA,Raveendran R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coffea canephora is the commonly cultivated coffee species in the world along with Coffea arabica. Different pests and pathogens affect the production and quality of the coffee. Jasmonic acid (JA) is a plant hormone which plays an important role in plants growth, development, and defense mechanisms, particul...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Bharathi K,Sreenath HL

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida) fruit has enjoyed a great popularity as a pleasant-tasting food associated with hypolipidemic and antioxidant effects. Objective:Our aim was to screen the effective fraction of hawthorn fruit in the treatment of hyperlipidemia rats. Materials and Methods: In this study, etha...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Shao F,Gu L,Chen H,Liu R,Huang H,Chen L,Yang M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Enterococcus faecalis (Ef) is a multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria associated with hospital-acquired infections. Ef is involved in a number of infectious diseases. It generally infects patients with the weekend immune system, i.e. a person mostly acquires Ef infections in the hospital, especially in int...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Katva S,Das S,Moti HS,Jyoti A,Kaushik S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isolation and structure elucidation of flavan-3-ol constituents from the leaves of Ficus spragueana and their cytotoxic activity. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Different open silica gel column chromatographic techniques with different solvent systems were used for the separation of the constituents of the ethyl ace...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Ragab EA,Mohammed Ael-S,Abbass HS,Kotb SI

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliot fruits are very rich in polyphenols - procyanidins, flavonoids, and phenolic acids. OBJECTIVE:On rat hepatocytes, isolated by two-stepped collagenase perfusion, we investigated the effect of A. melanocarpa fruit juice (AMFJ) in two models of liver toxicity caused by (i) me...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Kondeva-Burdina M,Valcheva-Kuzmanova S,Markova T,Mitcheva M,Belcheva A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The plant Launaea procumbens belongs to the family Asteraceae and traditionally used in the treatment rheumatism, kidney, liver dysfunctions and eye diseases. In the present study Phytochemical analysis and fractions of methanolic extract of L. procumbens leaves were tested in vitro for their cytotoxicity. ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Rawat P,Saroj LM,Kumar A,Singh TD,Tewari SK,Pal M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gegenqinlian decoction (GQD) is a famous traditional medicine recipe. It is composed of four herbs including Radix Puerariae (GG), Radix Scutellariae (HQ), Rhizoma Coptidis (HL) and Radix Glycyrrhizae (GC), which is widely used for treating gastro-intestinal disorders in the clinical practice of Traditional ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Zhang Y,Yuan J,Wang Y,Wang Y,An R,Wang X

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Leaves of Costus pictus D. Don, (insulin plant) are used as dietary supplement for the treatment of diabetes. Objective:The antidiabetic activity of this plant is well documented, but its activity on different cell types and mechanism remains unknown. Thus, the present study evaluates the cytotoxicity of C....

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Neethu PV,Suthindhiran K,Jayasri MA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platycodi radix, the dried root of Platycodon grandiflorum A. DC, has been widely used as food and herb medicine for treating cough, cold and other respiratory ailments, and platycodin D (PD) is one of the most important compounds in Platycodi Radix. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to compare the ph...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Shan J,Zou J,Xie T,Kang A,Zhou W,Deng H,Mao Y,Di L,Wang S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Melanin is synthesized by melanocytes, which are located in the basal layer of the skin. After synthesis, melanin is further deposited on the surface of the skin to form black spots or chloasma. Tyrosinase is a rate-limiting enzyme that plays an important role in melanogenesis. Currently, there are many dr...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Hong JH,Chen HJ,Xiang SJ,Cao SW,An BC,Ruan SF,Zhang B,Weng LD,Zhu HX,Liu Q

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The active ingredients and thus pharmacological efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) at different degrees of parching process vary greatly. OBJECTIVE:Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) was used to develop a new method for rapid online analysis of TCM parching process, using two kinds of chemical ind...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Li K,Wang W,Liu Y,Jiang S,Huang G,Ye L

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00