Objective: Nauclea latifolia (Rubiaceae) stem-bark enjoys wide patronage in ethnomedicine due to multiplicity of usage. Acute and subacute hematological and biochemical toxicity studies are available in literature but none underpins its ameliorative effect with a histone deacetyl...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i430121
Suryakant Chakradhari, Keshaw P. Rajhans, Khageshwar S. Patel, Erick K. Towett, Jesús Martín-Gil & Pablo Martín-Ramos·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2019
Aims: Terminalia spp. is medicinal plants that belong to Combretaceae family, widely used in traditional Ayurvedic medicine. In this work, the nutritional constituents of the leaves, seed kernel and seed coat from four Terminalia species (T. arjuna, T. bellirica, T. catappa and T...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i430120
Aims: The aim of the study was to determine the in vivo anti-malarial activity of stem and root extracts of E. abyssinica using the 4-day suppressive in vivo anti-malarial test. Methodology: Female mice weighing approximately 20±2 g were intra-peritoneally injected with mice pass...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i430119
Galina V. Sukoyan, Nikoloz V. Gongadze, Natalya B. Demina, Veronika V. Golovach, Edisher T. Tsivtsivadze & Alesha D. Bakuridze·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2019
Skin aging is multitarget persistence processing that immediately involve hyperproduction of free radicals under influence of intrinsic and extrinsic factors and deterioration in intimal antioxidant defense system. The goal of the study was the evaluation of the anti-oxidant pote...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i430118
Mohamed Bonewendé Belemlilga, Tata Kady Traoré, Gilchrist A. L. Boly, Noufou Ouedraogo, Aristide Traoré, Marius Lompo, Sylvin Ouédraogo & Innocent Pierre Guissou·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2019
Aims: To evaluate antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of extracts of Saba senegalensis leaves. Study Design: In vitro antioxidant assay and in vivo anti-inflammatory, analgesic assay of Saba senegalensis extracts. Place and Duration of Study: Saba senegalensis...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i330116
Malaria is a public health problem and continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in most tropical and subtropical countries. A rapid spread of malarial disease globally due to treatment failure has led to an urgent need for new effective antimalarials which medicin...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i330117
Aims: Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. Therefore, the knowledge on medicinal plants used to cure human cancer could be of great importance for their widespread use and scientific validation. The present study records information on anticancer plants in Boyo D...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i330115
Aims: This study was carried out to investigate the antimicrobial activity of Chrysophyllum albidum leaves extract on selected Gastro-instestinal bacteria such as Salmonella typhimurium, Shigella dysentariae, Vibrio cholera, Escherichia coli and Clostridium perfringens. Methodolo...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i330114
Aims: To investigate the scientific basis for the anti-diabetic and antioxidant activity of Mucuna pruriens (Fabaceae) leaf ethanolic extract using alloxan-induced diabetic rats, DPPH and ABTS assay. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry Federal Univer...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i230110
Background: Ocimum gratissimum is an ethnopharmacological plant with numerous healing potentials. But there is paucity in scientific literature on its impact on the blood cells. Aim and Objective: The present study was intended to evaluate the dose and time-dependent effect of aq...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i230111
Aim: This study was designed to investigate the effect on of Ocimum gratissimum leaves extract on the histology of the gastrointestinal tract in rats. Study Design: Adult rats of both sexes were used for the work. The study was carried out at the Departments of Physiology and His...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i330113
Tetrapleura tetraptera stem bark has been reported to cause inhibition of luteinizing hormone release in cultured rat pituitary cells. Hence, we investigated the effects of Tetraptera tetrapleura pod extract on follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, cortisol, progeste...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i230109
The aim of the current study is to evaluate the inhibition of α-glucosidase activity by stem bark extract of Albizia chevalieri. The activity of alpha glucosidase was assayed in vitro using 50 mM acetate buffer pH 6.0 (prepared from acetic acid and sodium acetate) and various con...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i230107
Aim: Several medicinal uses have been reported for Anthocleista djalonensis and many types of pure compounds have been isolated. However, the anti-cancer activity of this plant has not been proven. The aim of this study was to screen for the phytochemicals present in the rootn-he...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i230108
Kollipara Venkata Manideep, Pattipati Anusha, Mulpuri Ramesh Babu, B. R. S. S. Srinivas Gupta, M. Swathi & V. P. B. Rekha·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2019
Piper betel L. belongs to the family Piperaceae. It has been an important medicinal agent since ages in various traditional and folk systems of medicine. Leaves obtained from the local market were shade dried and powdered. Different solvents were used based on polarity to extract...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i130105