Volume 2, Issue 4

Assessing bioactivity

Ambrose Furey

pp. 203–204 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.69101 · Published January 2010

Determination of Teloschistes flavicans (sw) norm anti-inflammatory activity

Eugênia C. Pereira, Nicácio H. da Silva, Renata Almeida Santos, Ana Patrícia Paiva Sudário, Antonio Alfredo Rodrigues e Silva, Maria Bernadete de Sousa Maia

pp. 205–210 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.69102 · Published January 2010

Background Lichens produce a variety of substances that possesses pharmacological actions. However, rare products are submitted to rigorous scientific tests or have the risk potential or side effects evaluated. The lack …

Cytotoxic essential oil from Annona sengalensis Pers. leaves

A. L. Ahmed, S. E. M. Bassem, Y. H. Mohamed, M. W. Gamila

pp. 211–214 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.69105 · Published January 2010

The cytotoxicity against brine shrimp of the essential oil obtained from the leaves of Annona senegalensis Pers. (Annonaceae) was studied. The confirmation of this toxicity has been done by using selected tumor cell line…

Brine shrimp lethality and acute oral toxicity studies on Swietenia mahagoni (Linn.) Jacq. seed methanolic extract

Geethaa Sahgal, Surash Ramanathan, Sreenivasan Sasidharan, Mohd. Nizam Mordi, Sabariah Ismail, Sharif Mahsufi Mansor

pp. 215–220 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.69107 · Published January 2010

Background The seeds of Swietenia mahagoni have been applied in folk medicine for the treatment of hypertension, diabetes, malaria, amoebiasis, cough, chest pain, and intestinal parasitism. Here we are the first to repor…

A modified MS2 bacteriophage plaque reduction assay for the rapid screening of antiviral plant extracts

Ian Cock, F. R. Kalt

pp. 221–228 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.69108 · Published January 2010

Introduction Traditional methods of screening plant extracts and purified components for antiviral activity require up to a week to perform, prompting the need to develop more rapid quantitative methods to measure the ab…

C-Glucoside xanthone from the stem bark extract of Bersama engleriana

Pierre C. Djemgou, Taha A. Hussien, Mohamed-Elamir F. Hegazy, François Ngandeu, Gilles Neguim, Pierre Tane, Abou-El-Hamd H. Mohamed

pp. 229–232 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.69110 · Published January 2010

Background The genus Bersama belongs to the Melianthaceae family and comprises of four species (B. swinnyi, B. yangambiensis, B. abyssinica, and B. engleriana) all of which are very high trees; the latter two detected sp…

Rapid preparation process of antiparkinsonian drug Mucuna pruriens silver nanoparticle by bioreduction and their characterization

Subramanian Arulkumar, Muthukumaran Sabesan

pp. 233–236 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.69112 · Published January 2010

Backgorund Development of biologically inspired experimental processes for the synthesis of nanoparticles is evolving an important branch of nanotechnology. Methods The bioreduction behavior of plant seed extract of Mucu…

Standardization of a compound Unani herbal formulation “Qurs-e-Luk” with modern techniques

N. M. A. Rasheed, V. C. Gupta

pp. 237–241 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.69115 · Published January 2010

Background With global realization that use of synthetic drugs is not safe on the long run, the medical fraternity at large is looking at alternatives from natural sources to combat diseases particularly those wherein co…

Vasorelaxant effect of diterpenoid lactones from Andrographis paniculata chloroform extract on rat aortic rings

R. N. Sriramaneni, Ameer Z. Omar, Salman M. Ibrahim, Sadikun Amirin, Asmawi Mohd Zaini

pp. 242–246 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.69125 · Published January 2010

Background The aim of the present study is to evaluate the possible mechanism of the vasorelaxant effect of the Andrographis paniculata chloroform extract (APCE) and diterpenoids, such as, 14-deoxyandrographolide (DA) an…

A search for mosquito larvicidal compounds by blocking the sterol carrying protein, AeSCP-2, through computational screening and docking strategies

R. Barani Kumar, B. Shanmugapriya, K. Thiyagesan, S. Raj Kumar, Suresh M. Xavier

pp. 247–253 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.69126 · Published January 2010

Background Sterol is a very vital compound for most of the insects and mosquitoes to complete their life cycle. Unfortunately mosquitoes cannot synthesize the sterol, it depends on mammals for the same. Mosquitoes take t…

Antimicrobial screening of ethnobotanically important stem bark of medicinal plants

Meenakshi Singh, Sayyada Khatoon, Shweta Singh, Vivek Kumar, Ajay Kumar Singh Rawat, Shanta Mehrotra

pp. 254–257 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.69127 · Published January 2010

Background The stem barks are the rich sources of tannins and other phenolic compounds. Tannins inhibited the growth of various fungi, yeast, bacteria and virus. Hence, ten stem barks of ethnomedicinally important plants…

Antidiabetic activity and phytochemical screening of crude extract of Stevia rebaudiana in alloxan-induced diabetic rats

R. S. Kujur, Vishakha Singh, Mahendra Ram, Harlokesh Narayan Yadava, K. K. Singh, Suruchi Kumari, B. K. Roy

pp. 258–263 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.69128 · Published January 2010

Background Stevia rebaudiana regulates blood sugar, prevents hypertension and tooth decay. Other studies have shown that it has antibacterial as well as antiviral property. Methods Preliminary phytochemical screening of …

Isolation of b-sitosterol diglucosyl caprate from Alpinia galanga

S. B. Jaju, N. H. Indurwade, D. M. Sakarkar, N. K. Fuloria, M. D. Ali, S. P. Basu

pp. 264–266 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.69129 · Published January 2010

Background The purpose of present investigation to isolate b-sitosterol diglucosyl caprate from the rhizomes of Alpinia galanga. Methods The methanolic extract of the rhizomes of plant Alpinia galanga was subjected to co…

Mineral contents of some plants used in Iran

Rahimi Rahmatollah, Rabani Mahbobeh

pp. 267–270 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.69130 · Published January 2010

In this work, mineral contents of 4 plants used in Iran were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry. The concentrations were calculated on a dry weight basis. All materials contained high a…

Can the term Phytosensology be preferred over the term Organoleptic?

A. B. D. Selvam

pp. 271–272 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.69131 · Published January 2010