Aim: Present study aims to screen some of the commonly used medicinal plants (Mangifera indica, Moringa oleifera, Pisidium guajava, Murraya koenigii and Ficus infectoria) and determination of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) against enteric human pathogen Vibrio cholera. Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/17973
Aim: The wound healing ability of Carica papaya latex in excisional wound of alloxan induced diabetic wistar rats was investigated. Methodology: The excisional wounds of 24 diabetic rats in four equal groups were dressed respectively with latex (LD), gentamicin (GD), normal salin...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/17758
S. I. Ogenyi, A. A. Ngokere, A. O. Onyemelukwe, T. P. P. Choji, A. O. Oluboyo, R. C. Chukwuanukwu, E. N. Ekekwe & P. O. Manafa·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2015
Aims: To determine the histopathological and biochemical effects of ethanolic crude extracts of Nauclea latifolia leaves, fruits, stem and root barks on the liver of Chinchilla rabbit. Study Design: This is an experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: The study, which last...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/17883
Objective: To learn the phytochemical screening of various compounds from different extracts of Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f flowers. Materials and Methods: Nymphaea nouchali flowers were extracted with different solvents (n-hexane, ethyl acetate and ethanol (70%). n - Hexane extract...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/17761
Background: Croton membranaceus is a plant cherished by traditional healers in Ghana for its anti-prostate cancer properties. Its cytotoxic effect as well as safety has been proved. However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has been conducted to assess its genotoxic and cyt...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/18583
Aims: Identify and document medicinal plants used for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Investigate the secondary metabolites present in those plants. Study Design: A questionnaire was employed for the survey and different chemicals and reagents were used for phytochemical scre...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/18777
Muritala A. Adebayo, Sherifat A. Aboaba, Olanrewaju I. Eresanya, Adeleke A. Ajetunmobi & Isiaka A. Ogunwande·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2015
The characterization of the leaf essential oil of Ficus benghalensis L. (Moraceae) was performed by gas chromatography-flame ionisation detector (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Monoterpene compounds (5.9%) are less common in the oil while the sesquiterp...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/18803
The study was carried out to analysis phytochemical constituents and antimicrobial effect of the essential oil of the leaf and rhizome obtained from the various accessions of Acorus calamus L., collected from India. Studies were carried out in C. G. Bhakta Institute of Biotechnol...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/17318
Aim: The effect of Moringa oleifera crude extract (MOCE) was carried out on Friesian bull semen for its antibiotic potential. Design of the Experiment: The design of the experiment was completely randomized design. Place and Duration of Study: Artificial Insemination Laboratory o...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/18546
The effect of crude leaf extract of Morinda lucida on germination and growth of Amaranthus spinosus and Amaranthus hybridus was studied. However, the aim was to use crude water extract from leave of M. lucida to germinate, nurture and compare the growth of A. hybridus and A. spi...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/18173
Aims: To evaluate eleven medicinal plants as natural sources that possess strong antidermatophytic, antibacterial, anticandidal and antioxidant substances with potential applications in therapeutics and food industry. Place and Duration of Study: Biodiversity and Environmental Re...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/17429
Aims: The current study estimated the anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, gastroprotective and anti-hyperglycemic activities in various rat models of total methanol extracts (TMEs) of different plant parts; mixture of leaves & stems (MLS) and subterranean organs (SO) and differe...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/17093
Aim: Schistosoma mansoni is a parasite of medical importance because it is the causative agent of intestinal schistosomiasis. The present study was designed to assess the in vivo antischistosomal effects of methanolic extracts of three food plants: Apple (Malus domestica), Lemon...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/16953
Aims: Today, detection of risk effects of metal and metal nanoparticles over environment has attracted much attention. Plants are always exposed to considerable nanoparticles. So we decided to study the stress effect of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and titanium dioxide nanoparticles...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/18055
Aims: To evaluate the antioxidant components and antioxidant activities of seed extracts of Lagenaria siceraria (Short-Hybrid Bottle Gourd). Study Design: In vitro assessment of antioxidant assays; quantitative determination of phenolic phytochemicals in seed extracts of short-hy...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/18242