Volume 3, Issue 2

Editorial

1. Article

   Liver protective activity of a hydroethanolic extract of Arrabidaea chica (Humb. and Bonpl.) B. Verl. (pariri)

   Benedito Junior Lima de Medeiros, Kelém dos Santos Costa, Jeane Francisca Alves Ribeiro, José Otavio Carrera Silva, Wagner Luiz Ramos Barbosa, José Carlos Tavares Carvalho

   pp. 79-84 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81954 · 2011

   Folk medicine uses preparations of Arrabidaea chica (pariri) leaves to treat various liver pathologies. We evaluated the effects of the hydroethanolic extract of these leaves (CHEE) on an in vivo model of liver intoxicat…

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2. Article

   An examination of the medicinal potential of Scaevola spinescens: Toxicity, antibacterial, and antiviral activities

   Ian E. Cock, Liisa Kukkonen

   pp. 85-94 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81955 · 2011

   Scaevola spinescens is an endemic Australian native plant with a history of use as a medicinal agent by indigenous Australians. Yet the medicinal bioactivities of this plant are poorly studied. S. spinescens solvent extr…

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3. Article

   Methanolic extracts of Aloe secundiflora Engl. inhibits in vitro growth of tuberculosis and diarrhea-causing bacteria

   Richard M. Mariita, John A. Orodho, Paul O. Okemo, Claude Kirimuhuzya, Joseph N. Otieno, Joseph J. Magadula

   pp. 95-99 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81956 · 2011

   The emergence of resistance to antimicrobials by pathogens has reached crisis levels, calling for identification of alternative means to combat diseases. To determine antimicrobial activity of crude methanolic extract of…

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4. Article

   Antiproliferative and phytochemical analyses of leaf extracts of ten Apocynaceae species

   Siu Kuin Wong, Yau Yan Lim, Noor Rain Abdullah, Fariza Juliana Nordin

   pp. 100-106 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81957 · 2011

   The anticancer properties of Apocynaceae species are well known in barks and roots but less so in leaves. In this study, leaf extracts of 10 Apocynaceae species were assessed for antiproliferative (APF) activities using …

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5. Article

   Screening for estrogenic and antiestrogenic activities of plants growing in Egypt and Thailand

   Ali M. El-Halawany, Riham Salah El Dine, Mi Hwa Chung, Tsutomu Nishihara, Masao Hattori

   pp. 107-113 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81958 · 2011

   There is a growing demand for the discovery of new phytoestrogens to be used as a safe and effective hormonal replacement therapy. The methanol extracts of 40 plants from the Egyptian and Thailand folk medicines were scr…

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6. Article

   Effects of Gum acacia aqueous extract on the histology of the intestine and enzymes of both the intestine and the pancreas of albino rats treated with Meloxicam

   Ahmed M. A. Abd El-Mawla, Husam Eldien H. Osman

   pp. 114-121 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81959 · 2011

   Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) cause gastrointestinal damage both in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract, in addition to their undesirable side effects on the pancreas. Meloxicam like all NSAIDs ha…

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7. Article

   Design and development of a stable polyherbal formulation based on the results of compatibility studies

   Shrinivas G. Bhope, Dheeraj H. Nagore, Vinod V. Kuber, Pankaj K. Gupta, Manohar J. Patil

   pp. 122-129 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81960 · 2011

   Ayurvedic and herbal medicinal products contain a combination of botanicals; each of these contains a number of chemical compounds that may give the anticipated activity in combination. Therefore, it is very important to…

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8. Article

   Immunomodulatory and erythropoietic effects of aqueous extract of the fruits of Solanum torvum Swartz (Solanaceae)

   George A. Koffuor, Patrick Amoateng, Terrick A. Andey

   pp. 130-134 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81961 · 2011

   The effect of Solanum torvum (Fam: Solanaceae) on delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) response, hemagglutinating antibody (HA) titer, white blood cells (WBC), red blood cells (RBC) and hemoglobin concentration was invest…

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9. Article

   Chemical composition and larvicidal activity of essential oil of Cupressus arizonica E.L. Greene against malaria vector Anopheles stephensi Liston (Diptera: Culicidae)

   Mohammad Mehdi Sedaghat, Alireza Sanei Dehkordi, Mahnaz Khanavi, Mohammad Reza Abai, Fatemeh Mohtarami, Hassan Vatandoost

   pp. 135-139 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81962 · 2011

   Using botanical insecticides as an alternative biocontrol technique for vector control is considered by some scientists. Chemical composition of the essential oil was analyzed using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (…

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10. Article

    An in vitro evaluation of the anthelmintic activity of Hedychium spichatum rhizomes and Zingiber zerumbet rhizomes on the Pheritima Posthuma model: A comparative study

    Shambaditya Goswami, Awanish Pandey, Poonam Tripathi, Asheesh Singh, Amrita Rai

    pp. 140-142 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81963 · 2011

    Ethanolic extracts of Hedychium spichatum rhizomes and Zingiber zerumbet rhizomes were taken for in vitro comparative studies on the anthelmintic activity against Pheritima posthuma. Different concentrations (25, 50, 100…

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11. Article

    Chemical constituents and biological studies of Origanum vulgare Linn.

    Gottumukkala Venkateswara Rao, T. Mukhopadhyay, T. Annamalai, N. Radhakrishnan, M. R. Sahoo

    pp. 143-145 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81964 · 2011

    Bioassay-guided isolation of methanolic extract of the leaves of Origanum vulgare Linn., yielded two protocatechuic acid ester derivatives, origanol A (1) and origanol B (2) along with ursolic acid (3), oleanolic acid (4…

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12. Article

    Monograph: Ochrocarpus longifolius

    Roopesh Jain, Archana Tiwari

    pp. 146-146 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81965 · 2011

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13. Article

    Are we in the polyphenols era?

    Sanjib Bhattacharya

    pp. 147-148 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81966 · 2011

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