Volume 1, Issue 4

Research Article

1. Article

   Damarane Triterpene from Cleome arabica.

   K Khalafallah Ali, H Mohamed Abou-El-Hamd, H Yousof Afifi, A Hussien Taha, F. Mohamed-Elamir, Hegazy, Ohta Shinji

   pp. 162–165 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

   A damarane triterpene was isolated from the aerial parts of Cleome arabica L. (Capparaceae). The structure of the compound was elucidated by extensive spectroscopic methods including 1 D- [1H and 13C] and 2D- NMR experim…

2. Article

   Iron in Highbush Blueberries and It’s Effect in Total Antioxidant Status (TAS) Assay

   Kota Radhika, DerMarderosian Ara

   pp. 166–171 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

   Blueberries are well known for their antioxidant property, due to the polyphenolics present in these fruits. The antioxidant activity of blueberries is usually measured by colorimetric assays involving metals such as iro…

3. Article

   Essential Oil Composition of the Dracocephalum moldavica L from Xinjiang in China

   Tian Shuge, Zhou Xiaoying, Zhang Fan, An Dongqing, Yang Tao

   pp. 172–174 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

   The essential oil of Dracocephalum moldavica L from Xinjiang in China was isolated by hydrodistillation in yield of 0.15 %(w/w). The chemical composition of the essential oil was analyzed by GC and GCMS. Fifty-one compou…

4. Article

   Biological and Chemical Study of Cleome paradoxa B.Br.

   Essam Abdel-Sattar, Azza R. Abd El-Monem, Amany A. Sleem

   pp. 175–178 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

   The methanolic extract of Cleome paradoxa B.Br. and its different fractions (viz. hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and n-butanol) were tested for their antidiabetic activities. The ethyl acetate and hexane fractions exh…

5. Article

   Cestocidal Activity of Acacia caesia stem bark on Raillietina echinobothrida

   K. Lalchhandama

   pp. 179–184 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

   The effects of the methanol extract of Acacia caesia Linnaeus (Mimosaceae) stem bark were examined on the avian gastrointestinal cestode, Raillietina echinobothrida Megnin. In vitro treatments of the cestodes with differ…

6. Article

   Evaluation of extracts of Piper sarmentosum for accelerated stability by metabolomic fingerprint profiling

   K Hussain, Z Ismail, A Sadikun, P. Ibrahim,

   pp. 185–191 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

   Unlike pharmaceuticals, precise stability assessment of herbal products is challenging because of their complex nature. A new trend in natural products is that the extract is considered active as a whole whether active c…

7. Article

   Evaluation of Haematinic Potential of a Herbomineral Formulation (HMF-TE) in Haloperidol Induced Anaemic Rats

   Ashish Trivedi, S.H. Mishra

   pp. 192–196 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

   Iron deficiency anemia is one of the most common nutritional disorders worldwide, especially in India where 87% of pregnant women suffer from anemia and out of these about 10% have severe anemia (H < 80 g/l). In the pres…

8. Article

   GC-MS Analysis of Terpenes from Ficus mucuso

   C Djemgou Pierre, Ngandeu François, F Hegazy Mohamed-Elamir, Nkanwen Eric Rene, Neguim Gilles, Chosson Elisabeth, Verité Philippe, Tane Pierre

   pp. 197–201 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

   Fractionation of the CH2Cl2/MeOH extract of the stem bark of Ficus mucuso, a western Cameroonian plant species lead to five main fractions from which eleven terpenes previously reported from other species of the genus we…

9. Article

   Modulatory Effect of Erythrina vareigata on Experimental Hyperlipidaemia in Male Wistar Rats

   K Mangathayaru, K Balakrishna, Kuruvilla Sarah, Reddy C Uma Maheshwara

   pp. 202–207 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

   Erythrina vareigata is a medium sized quick growing tree found distributed in deciduous forests throughout India. Its leaves are eaten as a pot herb and different parts of the plant have folkloric reputation as an anti i…

10. Article

    Potential of Sida rhomboidea.Roxb Leaf Extract in Controlling Hypertriglyceridemia in Experimental Models

    MC Thounaojam, RN Jadeja, Ansarullah, VB Patel, RV Devkar, AV Ramachandran

    pp. 208–212 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

    The present study was undertaken to evaluate the antihypertriglyceridemic activity of Sida rhomboidea.roxb leaf extract (FESR) (200 and 400 mg/kg bodyweight) in Triton WR 1339 and oral lipid emulsion induced hypertriglyc…

11. Article

    Phytochemical Studies on Cissus quadrangularis Linn.

    Achal Thakur, Vandana Jain, L. Hingorani, K.S. Laddha

    pp. 213–215 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

    Cissus quadrangularis Linn. (Family: Vitaceae) is an ancient medicinal plant, named as Hadjod in Hindi. A triterpene δ-amyrin acetate (1), aliphatic acid hexadecanoic acid (3) and stilbene glucoside trans-resveratrol-3-O…

12. Article

    Evaluation of extracts of leaf of three Ficus deltoidea varieties for antioxidant activities and secondary metabolites

    Abdullah Zunoliza, Hussain Khalid, Ismail Zhari, Mat Ali Rasadah, Pisar Mazura, Jamaludin Fadzureena, Sahdan Rohana

    pp. 216–223 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

    Present study aimed to investigate alcoholic and aqueous extracts of three varieties of Ficus deltoidea for antioxidant activity using in vitro models such as free radical scavenging activity, reduction power of iron (II…

13. Article

    Standardisation of Avipattikar Churna- A Polyherbal Formulation

    HN Aswatha Ram, Ujjwal Kaushik, Prachiti Lachake, CS Shreedhara

    pp. 224–227 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

    Standardisation of herbal formulation is essential in order to assess the quality of drugs, based on the concentration of their active principles. The present paper reports on standardisation of Avipattikar churna, a pol…

14. Article

    Preparation of Philippine Plant Extract Libraries for High- Throughput Screening

    L Chichioco-Hernandez Christine, M Villaseñor Irene

    pp. 228–230 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

    Various terrestrial plants were collected from different places in the Philippines. The dried samples were then soaked in methanol and partitioned using modified Kupchan method. Portions of the ethyl acetate and aqueous …

15. Article

    Lipid Constituents from Cissus quadrangularis Leaves

    Jain Vandana, Thakur Achal, Hingorani Lal, KS Laddha

    pp. 231–233 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

    A phytochemical investigation of Cissus quadrangularis leaves yielded five additional known compounds including eicosyl eicosanoate, tetratriacontanol, tetratriacontanoic acid, α-amyrin and β-sitosterol. The characteriza…

16. Article

    Development and Evaluation of Polyherbal Formulations for Hair Growth Potential

    Rathi Vaishali, Rathi Jagdish Chandra, Tamizharasi Sengodan

    pp. 234–237 · DOI: · Published Jul-Aug 2009

    The present study is an effort to formulate and evaluate hair growth promoting activity of three polyherbal formulations. Polyherbal formulations were prepared using extract of Cicer arietinum Linn., Ocimum sanctum Linn.…