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Compost tea used as organic fertilizer have beneficial effects on plants growth and is considered as a valuable soil amendment with disease suppressing activity. This study was conducted to determine the concentration of Compost tea from two sources organic manures necessary for growth performance of A. muricata seedlings. Compost tea from cow dung and horse dung were applied at different concentration rate (25%, 50%, 75% and 100%) in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 9 treatments each replicated seven (7) times. Parameters assessed were plant height, stem diameter and number of leaves of the seedlings. The data collected were subjected to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and means were separated using Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT) at 5% level of significance. The result showed that there was no significant difference among the treatments at 5% probability level as T5 (cow dung 100%) had best performance plant height, stem diameter and number of leaves with mean of 11.25cm, 7.57cm and 7.00 at 10th week respectively. It can be concluded that undiluted...
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The present study aimed to investigate the essential oil of Solenostemon monostachyus aerial part extract and its antioxidant and phytochemical potency. The essential oil of S. monostachyus aerial part was obtained by hydrodistillation using Clevenger-type apparatus, and the aqueous extract by infusion. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of the essential oil gave twenty-two compounds as the major constituents with their retention factor. A total of forty-three compounds were identified of which limonene (55.40 %) and neral (10.39%) were found as major compounds followed by trans-verbenol (6.43%) and decanal (3.25%). The aqueous extract’s phytochemical analysis revealed terpenes, alkaloids, sterols, tannins, reducing sugar, flavonoids, saponins, and anthraquinones. HPLC analysis gave sixteen peaks, including tannins, caffeic acid, rutin, ferulic acid, morin, and apigenin. S. monostachyus exhibited antioxidant activity from the first dilution at 20 mg/mL up to the ninth dilution at 0.08 mg/mL in 2-fold dilutions signifying the presence of antioxidant compounds at those concentrations. Therefore, the results showed that the aqueous and hydroalcoholic extract of Solenostemon monostachyus exhibited antioxidant...
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Posted by admin on Jan 31, 2023 in |
The expansion of research on finding herbal sources for producing new effective and safe medicinal herbal remedies is an urgent pharmacy task. One of the ways to increase the amount of herbal medicinal preparations is a broad study of the pharmacological action of non-pharmacopoeial medicinal plants used in folk medicine. One of these plants is Black root officinalis (Cynoglossum officinale), which grows wild in the European part of Russia, Siberia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, including North Ossetia, but does not form significant thickets. Today Cynoglossum officinale is used mainly in folk medicine as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, sedative, and expectorant. When applied externally, Cynoglossum exhibits antipruritic properties and is capable of tissue regeneration. Therefore, the pharmacognostic study for further research on pharmacological effects on the human body is quite...
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Objective: This study aim’s to deal with the in vitro anticancer activity of flowers of Couroupita guianensis (family: Lecythidaceae) against B16F10 (skin cancer cell line). Materials and Methods: MTT assay for flowers of Couroupita guianensis against B16F10 (Skin Cancer cell line) is conducted. Results: At the Concentration 44.44 µg/ml, the methanolic flower extract of Couroupita guianensis showed good percent inhibition of B16F10 (Skin Cancer cell line) as compared to the standard drug. Conclusion: The present attempt provides information that may generate researchers’ interest in exploring such natural...
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Caesalpinia sappan L. is a member of the Caesalpiniaceae family. It originated from India through Myanmar and Thailand to peninsular Malaysia to Indochina and south china. It is also called Brazilin. The heartwood of Caesalpinia sappan contains water soluble properties that color to transform into the red. When oxidation process occurred. The chemical constituents investigation of sappan wood resulted that it has phenolic components, including one xanthine, one coumarin, three chalcone, 2 flavones, three homoisoflavonoid and Brazilin. The traditional Chinese medicine brazilin is used to treat increased blood circulation, promote menstruation, and exhibit analgesic property. The article aims to review the pharmacognostic study of Caesalpinia sappan and explore its pharmacological properties such as antioxidant activity, antibacterial activity, antiacne activity, anti-inflammatory activity, hepatic-protective, anticancer activity, and larvicidal...
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