Effect of Shankhpushpi on Alcohol Addiction in Mice.

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：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:Limonium tetragonum, a naturally salt-tolerant halophyte, has been studied recently and is of much interest to researchers due to its potent antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities. Objective:In the present study, we attempted to elucidate bioactive compounds from ethyl acetate (EtOAc) soluble fraction ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Lee JS,Kim YN,Kim NH,Heo JD,Yang MH,Rho JR,Jeong EJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Silymarin, an active polyphenolic fraction of Silybum marianum, and high flavonoid content of Fagopyrum possess various interesting biological activities. The substituted pyrazine-2-carboxamides were previously used as effective elicitors of studied secondary metabolites. OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of ne...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Tůmová L,Tůma J,Doležal M,Dučaiová Z,Kubeš J

更新日期：2016-01-01 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:Plant sterols are the major source of micronutrients and have not shown any obvious side effects in human. β-sitosterol is one of the most prevalent phytosterols which have been recorded in ancient medicinal history for its use in the treatment of many chronic diseases, especially cancer. The modulations of ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Sharmila R,Sindhu G

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 7-hydroxycalamenenene-rich essential oil (EO) obtained from the leaves of Croton cajucara (red morphotype) have been described as active against bacteria, protozoa, and fungi species. In this work, we aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of 7-hydroxycalamenenene against Candida albicans and nonalbicans sp...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Azevedo MM,Almeida CA,Chaves FC,Rodrigues IA,Bizzo HR,Alviano CS,Alviano DS

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The real mechanism for Thevetia peruviana poisoning remains unclear. Cholinergic activity is important for cardiac function regulation, however, the effect of T. peruviana on cholinergic activity is not well-known. OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of the acute administration of an aqueous extract of the seed k...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Marroquín-Segura R,Calvillo-Esparza R,Mora-Guevara JL,Tovalín-Ahumada JH,Aguilar-Contreras A,Hernández-Abad VJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mentha piperita essential oil was bactericidal in order of E. coli> S. aureus > Pseudomonas aeruginosa > S. faecalis > Klebsiella pneumoniae. The oil with total phenolics of 89.43 ± 0.58 µg GAE/mg had 63.82 ± 0.05% DPPH inhibition activity with an IC (50) = 3.9 µg/ml. Lipid peroxidation inhibition was comparable to BH...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Sharafi SM,Rasooli I,Owlia P,Taghizadeh M,Astaneh SD

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sophora flavescens Aiton is an important medicinal plant in China. Early in vitro researches of S. flavescens were focused on callus induction and cell suspension culture, only a few were concerned with in vitro multiplication. OBJECTIVE:To establish and optimize the rapid propagation technology of S. flavesce...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Kun-Hua W,Shan-Lin G,He-Ping H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Moringa oleifera (MO), commonly known as the drumstick tree, is used in folklore medicine for the treatment of skin disease. Objective:The objective of this study is to evaluate the ethyl acetate (EtOAc) fraction of MO leaves for in vitro antibacterial, antioxidant, and wound healing activities and conduct ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Gothai S,Muniandy K,Zarin MA,Sean TW,Kumar SS,Munusamy MA,Fakurazi S,Arulselvan P

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radix Saposhnikoviae (RS) exerts anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic, antioxidation effects and has been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat common colds, headache, and rheumatoid arthritis. Prim-O-glucosylcimifugin (POG) is the highest content chromone and one of the major active constituent...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Zhou J,Sun YY,Sun MY,Mao WA,Wang L,Zhang J,Zhang H

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Two of the important algae from Persian Gulf are Gracilaria salicornia and Hypnea flageliformis (Rhodophyta). Antibacterial, antifungal, and cytotoxic effects of the mentioned algae have been presented in the previous studies. AIM:In this study, the isolation and structural elucidation of the sterols from thes...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Nasir M,Saeidnia S,Mashinchian-Moradi A,Gohari AR

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Suillus granulatus is an edible and medicinal fungus in China. S. granulatus polysaccharide (SGP) was considered as the main bioactivity compounds in S. granulatus. Therefore, the extraction of SGP and their antioxidant activities were studied in this work. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fruiting bodies of S. granul...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Zhou F,Yan S,Chen S,Gong L,Su T,Wang Z

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:Alpinia purpurata or red ginger was studied for its phytochemical constituents as part of our growing interest on Philippine Zingiberaceae plants that may exhibit antimycobacterial activity. The hexane and dichloromethane subextracts of the leaves were fractionated and purified using silica gel chromatography to affor...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Villaflores OB,Macabeo AP,Gehle D,Krohn K,Franzblau SG,Aguinaldo AM

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:To optimization of extraction of antioxidant compounds from guava (Psidium guajava L.) leaves and showed that the guava leaves are the potential source of antioxidant compounds. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The bioactive polysaccharide compounds of guava leaves (P. guajava L.) were obtained using ultrasonic-assiste...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Kong F,Yu S,Feng Z,Wu X

更新日期：2015-07-01 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:Pogostemonis Herba, the dried aerial part of Pogostemon cablin Blanco, is a well-known materia medica in Asia that is widely used for syndrome of gastrointestinal dysfunctions. OBJECTIVE:This study was undertaken to examine whether Pogostemon cablin extract (PCe) might have any beneficial effect on hypoxia ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Lim CY,Kim BY,Lim SH,Cho SI

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many diseases are associated with oxidative stress caused by free radicals. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the antidiabetic, antioxidant and antiglycation properties of Eysenhardtia polystachya (EP) bark methanol-water extract. MATERIALS AND METHODS:: The antioxidant capacities were evaluated ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Gutierrez RM,Baez EG

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：:Chalcones have been shown to exhibit anti-cancer properties by targeting multiple molecular pathways. It was, therefore, of interest to investigate flavokawain C (FKC), a naturally occurring chalcone, which can be isolated from Kava (Piper methysticum Forst) root extract. The aim of this study was to investigate the i...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Phang CW,Karsani SA,Abd Malek SN

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Buddleja davidii and B. albiflora are two different original plants of the famous crude medicine "Diaoyangchen". MATERIALS AND METHODS:An ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometric method and a HPLC method were used for the determination of total and individual flavonoids (luteolin and apigenin) contents from t...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Ying C,Wan D

更新日期：2012-10-01 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:The androgen comprises a group of hormones that play roles in male reproductive activity as well as personal characteristics. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the androgenic activity of various herbal medicines in human prostate cancer 22Rv1 cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Herbal extracts of Trichosanthes kirilowii ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Jeong SJ,Choi JY,Dong MS,Seo CS,Shin HK

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