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The stem of Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb. (Rubiaceae) was evaluated for its pharmacognostic characteristics. The stem was assessed for its macroscopic, organoleptic, microscopic and phytochemical characters. The macroscopic study revealed variation in color of the stem when fresh and dried. The macroscopic evaluation was studied with parameters viz. color, odor, shape, and surface in fresh and dry condition. Quantitative microscopical data of wood elements as well as stomatal index studied through standard procedures. Total ash, acid insoluble ash, percentage extractives and fluorescence analysis in addition tannin, flavonoid, alkaloid, saponin in the alcoholic extract of stem powder recorded during an investigation. The quantitative estimation of protein, carbohydrate and oil was carried out by different scientific denoted methods. In the propagation study through the stem, cutting showed maximum percent sprouting in the treatment IAA 100 ppm (65%) and maximum percent survival in the treatment IAA 100 ppm (60%) followed by IAA 50 ppm (42%). Antioxidant assay by using Superoxide Dismutase showed positive results 96.7% in dark...
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The present study deals with the qualitative and quantitative analysis of phytochemical and proximate analysis of seed extract of two different germplasms of Mucuna black and white colored seeds (BCS & WCS) were investigated. Between the two seeds studied, the black colored seed which is in raw form registered higher efficiency in proximate composition as well as phytochemical when compared to white colored seeds. This consequence has followed the same in both cooked and soaked & cooking process of Mucuna seeds. Further, mechanistic studies on pharmacological evaluation are needed for commercial exploitation of these legumes as...
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The crude extracts from stem tuber and leaf of Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes in different solvents, were subjected to physicochemical, fluorescence analysis, phytochemical and antimicrobial study. The microscopic analysis revealed that B. oleracea showed stone cells and calcium oxalate prisms. The ash value was high 7.88 % in B. Oleracea. The fluorescent analysis at 366 nm of B. oleracea under ultraviolet light revealed that powder extracted with alcohol showed pale blue colored fluorescence, with water showed yellow color, 0.1 N Sodium hydroxide showed pale yellow and dilute hydrochloric acid had greenish yellow. The extraction value with different solvents exhibited that B. oleracea maximum extractive value with chloroform followed by benzene, ethanol and petroleum ether. The phytochemical screening of the various extract of B. oleracea revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, resins, saponins, and tannins. Anti-bacterial screening in B. oleracea using stem revealed that the ethanol solvent showed maximum inhibition against gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus) and chloroform solvent showed maximum inhibition in the case of gram-negative bacteria (Serratia...
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The hypolipidemic activity of Aloe vera (Family: Liliaceae) extract has been studied in two models of hyperlipidemia in rats. In an acute model, hyperlipidemia was induced by injecting a single dose of triton WR-1339 (400mg/kg, b.w.) intraperitoneally in rats. Feeding with Aloe vera extract at the dose of 500 mg/ kg, b.w. exerted a significant lipid-lowering effect as assessed by the reversal of plasma levels of total cholesterol (TC), phospholipids (PL), triglyceride (TG) and reactivation of post-heparin lipolytic activity (PHLA). In the chronic model, hyperlipidemia was induced by feeding with cholesterol-rich- HFD in rats. The treatment with seeds extracts of Aloe vera (500 mg/ kg b.w) simultaneously for 15 days also caused lowering of lipid levels in plasma and liver following reactivation of plasma post-heparin lipolytic activity and hepatic lipoprotein lipase activity in animals. The hypolipidemic activity of Aloe vera was compared with a standard drug guggulipid (200 mg/ kg, b.w.) in both...
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The present investigation has been carried out to determine the antioxidant activity of the ethanolic extracts obtained from plant seeds belonging to family Leguminosae i.e., Lens culinaris, Vigna unguiculata, Dolichos biflorus and Phalaseous. Phenolic compounds present in the extracts showed the antioxidant and antiradical properties when investigated using a ferrous ion chelating ability and reducing power assay. The results indicated that ethanolic extracts of all four plant seeds resembled in the activities above. Phenolic constituents contained in plant mentioned above seeds may have a future role as ingredients in the development of functional...
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