Background: Thymoquinone (TQ), the bioactive constituent of black seed (Nigella sativa), has been shown to inhibit the growth of various human cancerous cells both in vitro and in vivo. Aim: To characterize the effects of thymoquinone on the activity of phase I and phase II carci...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/3870
Aims: Angelica glauca Edgew is a heavily exploited critically endangered medicinal cum aromatic herb of Himalayan region. Poor and erratic seed germination is one of the constraints in its in-situ as well as ex-situ conservation and large scale cultivation. Moreover, our understa...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7527
Sunday J. Ameh, Nneka Ibekwe, Aminu Ambi, Obiageri Obodozie, Mujtaba Abubakar, Magaji Garba, Herbert Cocker & Karniyus S. Gamaniel·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2014
Background: Herbal drug standardization (HDS) is multidisciplinary with botany and chemistry working together to facilitate decisions on production of herbal medicines. The common reasons for HDS are: i) it creates the need for establishing botanical identity; ii) it is necessary...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/5457
Najeeb Ur Rehman, Javid Hussain, Liaqat Ali, Abdul Latif Khan, Fazal Mabood, Syed Abdullah Gillani & Ahmed Al-Harrasi·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2014
Aims: The present study aimed to assess the nutritional significance of some of the commonly consumed vegetables collected from Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Study Design: The study was designed in randomized block design and each analysis was performed with three replicat...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/5271
Aims: To evaluate the protective effects of methanol extract of Ceiba pentandra leaves on indomethacin and ethanol induced gastric ulcer and on oxidative stress indices of alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Study Design: Extraction and administration of graded doses of the extract Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/6479
Aim: To determine phytochemical constituents and antimicrobial activity of leaves and twigs of Sclerocarpus africanus (Jacq); prove or otherwise ethno-medicinal claims on S. africanus. Place and Duration of Study: Departments of Chemistry, Biological sciences and Microbiology,...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7096
Background: Malaria infection remains the most devastating infectious parasitic disease responsible for the death and economic losses among half the world’s population. The development of resistance to the present antimalarial drugs by Plasmodium species has necessitated the sear...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/2822
Aims: This study is to provide scientific basis for the folkloric use of Sphenocentrum jollyannum roots in the management and/control of Diabetes mellitus. The effects of the extract on blood glucose level and serum lipid profile in Streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats was invest...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7618
Masfon – Aloe vera drink was employed in this study to ascertain its effect on gastric acid secretion, mucus output and cytoprotection. The study utilized forty five (45) wistar albino rats which were divided into 3 batches of 15 rats each. Batch 1 served for gastric acid secreti...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7789
Aims: To isolate pure compounds from the methanolic fraction obtained from successive fractionation of defatted ethanolic extract and evaluate in vitro antioxidant and anticancer activity of the crude ethanolic extract, methanolic fraction and pure compounds isolated from methano...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7053
Aims: With pickled perilla leaves as raw materials, this paper proposed the optimal ethanol extraction conditions and made a profound analysis for extract in the compositions of major active ingredients, nutrients, mineral elements and amino acid to characterize the nutritional a...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7453
Amani S. Al-Rawahi, Giles Edwards, Mohammed Al-Sibani, Ghanim Al-Thani, Ahmed S. Al-Harrasi & Mohammed Shafiur Rahman·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2013
Aims: This study was undertaken to analyze total phenolics and total flavonoids contents; and total antioxidant capacity of pomegranate peel extract and to identify the major functional components in the extract. Study Design: The extract was subjected to ESI-MS/MS. Place and Dur...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/6417
In order to assess the antibacterial activities of methanolic and aqueous leaf extracts (MLE and ALE) as well as that of methanolic berry extract (MBE) of Lantana camara Linn, we screened each for antibacterial effects against 14 bacterial isolates using agar-well diffusion metho...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/6992
Traditional Greco-Arab and Islamic medicine continues to be practiced within the Mediterranean as well as most Islamic countries. This medicine was developed during the Golden Age of Arab-Islamic civilization, which spanned from the seventh to fifteenth century and extended from...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/6530
Aim: This study aimed to screen the aqueous and hydro-alcoholic extracts of Achillea falcata L. (Asteraceae) grown in Jordan for their antioxidant, antibacterial, antiplatelet and anti-proliferative efficacy. Study Design: HPLC-MS evaluation of the aqueous and hydro-alcoholic ext...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7245