Alejandra Castellanos-Campos, Marco Antonio González Coronel, Samuel Treviño, Ulises Peña-Rosas, Berenice Venegas, José Albino Moreno Rodríguez, Teresa Marquez-Cabrera, José Ausencio Moran-Dominguez, Alfonso Díaz & Guadalupe Muñoz-Arenas·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2016
The Momordica charantia (bitter melon) is a widely used plant in the traditional medicine for the treatment of diabetes mellitus (DM). It has been shown that Momordica charantia (Mc) has hypoglycemic effects on animals and humans, however, we don´t know if this effect is present...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/30697
Two experiments were carried out to determine the physiological and phytochemical responses in Rosmarinus officinalis on in vitro callus formation/induction using natural and synthetic auxin, different cytokinin types and concentrations, different phenylalanine concentrations and...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/30486
Andrographis lineata Nees (Acanthaceae) is an endemic herb rich in flavonoids and diterpenoids which have pharmaceutical importance. Seedling explants source has not been studied for micropropagation and hence the present investigation has been taken up. An efficient protocol was...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/30411
Magdalena Kondeva-Burdina, Vessela Vitcheva, Rumyana Simeonova, Virginia Tzankova, Alexandar Shkondrov, Petrnaka Zdraveva & Ilina Krasteva·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2016
Aim: To evaluate and compare the effects of polysaccharides, isolated from n-butanol extracts of Astragalus glycyphyllos (PS1) and Astragalus glycyphylloides (PS2) in model of non-enzyme- and enzyme-induced lipid peroxidation (LPO) in isolated rat liver microsomes. Place and Dura...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/30432
Aims: Ursolic acid (UA) is a phytochemical found in fruits and herbs such as apples, cherries, rosemary and thyme. A multitude of rodent studies have shown UA’s protective effects in cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and neurodegenerative diseases. This study aim...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/30144
The species Oroxylum indicum (L) Kurz (Bignoniaceae) is an important medicinal tree being rich in secondary metabolites, employed in various traditional medicinal systems from folk to modern medicine. All the plant parts (root, stem bark, seed, leaf and flower) of the species are...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/30310
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial effects of ginger, cinnamon and their combination against Enterococcus faecalis located in infected root canals. Methodology: A quasi experimental pre-test post-test design was applied through microbiological testing up...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/25915
Ouédraogo Noufou, A. M. Emmanuel Thiombiano, Sawadogo W. Richard, Tibiri André, Martin Kiendrebeogo, Lompo Marius, Diederich Marc & Guissou I. Pierre·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2016
Aims: This study aimed to investigate the cytotoxic, antioxidant and lipoxygenase inhibition activities of extracts from stem barks of Piliostigma reticulatum and Piliostigma thonningii. Methodology: Methanol extract and decoction from stem barks of P. reticulatum and P. thonning...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/30417
Simon Alem, Festus M. Tolo, Nicholas Adipo, Peter G. Mwitari, Ngetich K. Japheth & Anselimo O. Makokha·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2016
Objective: To evaluate in vitro anti-Herpes simplex type 1 activity of methanol and aqueous crude extracts of pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium) plant grown in Kenya. Methods: Cytotoxic effect of methanol and aqueous extracts was determined on vero cells (African green mo...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/28967
Aims: In order to provide scientific evidence for the ethno-medical claims, this study was conducted to determine the phyto-constituents, antimicrobial activity and the antioxidant activity of the crude leaf and stem bark extracts of Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schum. & Thonn.) T...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/29585