Backgraund: This study was designed to evaluate the phytochemical profile and the antimicrobial potential of the essential oil of Salvia brachyodon Vandas growing wild in Croatia. Short tooth sage (S. brachyodon Vandas),an endemic species that grows in the south east areas of the...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2018/44821
Faustus Akankperiwen Azerigyik, Michael Amoa-Bosompem, Thelma Tetteh, Frederick Ayertey, Ama Nyamekye Antwi, Kofi Baffour-Awuah Owusu, Kofi Kwofie Dadzie, Georgina Isabella Djameh, Mark Tetteh-Tsifoanya, Shiro Iwanaga, Alfred Ampomah Appiah, Tomoe Ohta, Takuhiro Uto, Yukihiro Shoyama, Nobuo Ohta, Theresa Manful Gwira & Mitsuko Ohashi·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2018
Aims: This study investigates the activity of tetracyclic iridoid compounds against Leishmania spp. and the mechanism(s) of action. Study Design: An experimental study. Place and Duration: Department of Parasitology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, between Septem...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2018/44972
Aim of the Study: To determine the phytochemicals and the antiviral activity of methanol stem bark extract of Enantia chlorantha and Boswellia dalzielii against Newcastle disease virus in embryonated eggs. Materials and Methods: Preliminary phytochemical screening was carried out...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2018/44919
Kolade Olatubosun Faloye, Marcus Durojaye Ayoola, Bamidele Martin Amos-Tautua & Samson Oluwaseyi Famuyiwa·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2018
This study investigated the anti-diabetic activity of the root bark extract of Parquetina nigrescens and the isolated compound, convallatoxin, from the root bark. A powdered sample of the plant was extracted with methanol, and the extract (A) was tested in glucose-loaded normal r...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2018/45129
Aim: Bael is an endangered medicinal tree with multipurpose utility propagated through seeds. Hence attempts were to improve the vigour of the seed through seed pelleting with ecofriently organic products. Study Design: A Factorial completely randomized design (FCRD) for laborato...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2018/11198
In this study, different extract fractions (aqueous, ethanol, methanol, hexane, diethyl ether and chloroform) of Sapium ellipticum (SE) leaf obtained by cold extraction method were screened for phytochemicals, and antimicrobial sensitivity. The percentage yield of extract was hig...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2018/8252
Against growing male infertility in the world, investigations are undertaken to find new bioactive molecules. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the pharmacological effects of aqueous extract of Cnestis ferruginea on the reproductive parameters of male rats. Indeed, 36 m...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2018/43492
Aims: This study aimed to find out any synergism of gentamicin with the solvent extracts of small tropical herb Phyllanthus niruri to combat methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Methodology: Bioactive constituents of Phyllanthus niruri were extracted by macerating ground...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2018/44442
Portulaca oleracea Linn. is among the medicinal plants used globally in the treatment of diseases and management of health challenges. The dearth of information on the long term effect of Portulaca oleracea on hepatic and renal toxicity prompted this study. The study investigate...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2018/43846
Aims: The tea industry is of great economic importance worldwide, owing to its possession of both food and medicinal values. Bangladesh is among the world-renowned tea exporting countries. However, the inadequate biochemical data for most cultivated Bangladeshi tea genotypes hind...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2018/44227