Aims: The cultivation of medicinal plants in intercropping with other species of agricultural use has been an alternative to make production sustainable in family farming. The objective of this work was to evaluate the growth, biomass production, and chemical composition of the e...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v30i130167
The in vitro antibacterial assay was carried out against both Gram positive (B. cerus and S. aureus) and Gram negative (E. coli and K. pneumoniae) bacteria. Floral petals of 20 different species of plants were collected and tested for antibacterial activity. The result showed tha...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v30i130168
Elisa Flávia Luiz Cardoso Bailão, Illana Reis Pereira, Jeniffer Gabrielle Vieira Silva, Maria Alice Montes de Sousa, Fábio Santos Matos, Leonardo Luiz Borges, Pablo José Gonçalves, Paulo Roberto de Melo-Reis & Luciane Madureira Almeida·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2019
Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae) is a multiple purpose lacticiferous plant with potential for biodiesel production and medicinal uses. There is in the literature different analyses about the toxic and cytogenotoxic effects of J. curcas extracts, but few information about latex tox...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v30i130166
There are numerous known medicinal plants in the Gaza strip flora, some of them are used in the traditional medicine but despite extensive studies of plants either wild or cultivated in Palestine, only a few articles are reported with the phytochemistry of these plants especially...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v30i130165
Gabriel Tchuente Kamsu, Richard Simo Tagne, Siméon P. C. Fodouop, Louis-Claire Ndel Famen, Norbert Kodjio, Steve Endeguele Ekom & Donatien Gatsing·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2019
Aim: Study aimed to evaluate the in vitro antisalmonellal and antioxidant properties of Tectona grandis, a medicinal plant commonly used in traditional Cameroonian medicine for the treatment of typhoid fever. Study Design: In vitro Antimicrobial and antioxidant analyses of plant...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v29i430164
Traditional knowledge of medicinal plants is showing important and significant values to society. One of the important trees growing in the Panchmahal region, Bombax ceiba, has immersed medicinal values sited in few kinds of literature. Local populations utilizing various parts o...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v29i430163
Aim: To investigate the effect of Rhus toxicodendron (30CH) along with different compositions of phytohormones (Auxin and Cytokinin) on the basis of growth and multiplication of explants under optimum temperature under in-vitro conditions. Study Design: To establish and design t...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v29i430162
Objective: To determine the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of the solid powder extracted from the ethyl acetate fraction of the flower Hibiscus vitifolius L. Methods: The flower extract assessed for antioxidant activity using the 1,1–diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazile (DPP...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v29i430160
Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.) Ettingsh is an important medicinal plant belonging to the family Loranthaceae. It is perennial, climbing and woody parasitic plant of family Loranthaceae. It is ethnomedicinally used for treating ulcers, asthma, impotence, paralysis skin diseases and w...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v29i430159
Aim: We aim to treat the poor and downtrodden tribal people of Adilabad district of Telangana State, South India, who are suffering from kidney stones, with locally available plants and with any side effects also without financial burden on them. Design of the study: Identifying...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v29i330158
Aim: The present study was aimed to synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using Zanthoxylum ovalifolium leaf essential oil extracts and to screen the anti-oxidant and antimicrobial potential of the same. Place and Duration of Study: The studies were carri...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v29i330157
Aims: To examine the chemistry of two California Lycium species and evaluate the possible use of California Lycium species as dietary supplements especially for age related macular degeneration. Study Design: This exploratory analytical research used samples of Lycium andersonii...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v29i330156
Mathieu Nitiéma, Moumouni Koala, Lazare Belemnaba, Jean Claude W. Ouédraogo, Salfo Ouédraogo, Félix Bondo Kini, Sylvin Ouédraogo & Innocent Pierre Guissou·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2019
Aims: We aimed in this study to investigate the mechanisms of the vasorelaxation effect caused by the anthocyanins-enriched extract of Odontonema strictum flowers. Study Design: Anthocyanins-enriched extract of Odontonema strictum flowers and vasorelaxantes activities of mice aor...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v29i330155
Victor Alves de Oliveira, Diego Cipriano Chagas, Jefferson Rodrigues Amorim, Thaís Rodrigues Nogueira, Thais Alves Nogueira, Renato de Oliveira Pereira, Luana Mota Martins, Gilmara Peres Rodrigues, João Marcelo de Castro e Sousa, Felipe Cavalcanti Carneiro da Silva & Benedito Borges da Silva·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2019
MMP-9 expression may be induced at the transcriptional level in response to different agents. Due to its fundamental role in cancer progression, the control of MMP expression, especially MMP-9, is the possible target of future adjuvant therapies that seek to reduce metastases and...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v29i230153
Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify the phytochemical groups of hydroethanolic leaf extract of Senna sieberiana DC and its fractions and to investigate their free radical scavenging activity. Methods: S. sieberiana leaves were extracted with hydroethanolic solvent....
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v29i330154