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This study aimed to utilize the phytoconstituents from medicinal plants; Carissa spinarum to generate herbal based antimicrobial and cosmetics to reduce the synthetic ingredients by incorporation of natural extracts whose functionality is comparable with their synthetic ingredients and compare its effectiveness with marketed antimicrobial and cosmetics products. The method used was the Soxhlet extraction to generate phytoconstituents, qualitative analysis of phytoconstituents for the presence of alkaloids, saponins, tannins and flavonoids, antimicrobial activity test by using disc diffusion sensitivity test. Three investigated herbal based shampoo formulations (F1, F2, and F3) were prepared by varying composition of Carrisa spinarum extracts and sodium laureth sulfate as a surfactant with a fixed amount of glycerine, EDTA and distilled water. F0 was containing all ingredients except Carissa spinarum extracts and was used as a negative control. Evaluation of physicochemical test including pH, solid content, wetting ability, foam volume and stability, and antimicrobial properties was conducted and compared to marketed shampoo. The result indicated that F2 and F3 produced clear shampoo and their averaged pH...
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Posted by admin on Mar 10, 2017 in |
In the few decades, there has been exponentially growth in the field of herbal medicines. Most of the traditional system of medicine is effective but they lack standardization. So there is a need to develop a standardization technique. Standardization of herbal formulation is essential in order to assess the quality, purity, safety and efficacy of the drug based on their concentration of their principles. This articles reports on standardization of triphala churna. Polyherbal ayurvedic medicines used to treat constipation, gastric disorder. The present research study deal with the comparative Standardization of two reputed marketed triphala churna formulation, from Patanjali, Shree shree Ayurveda and laboratory made churna. The standardization of these formulation, organoleptic characteristics, physical properties such as moisture content (LOD), ash value, extractive values, crude fibre content were carried out. The heavy metal content, tannin test and alkaloid test study also carried out to ascertain the quality, purity and safety of these herbal...
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Posted by admin on Mar 10, 2017 in |
The toxicity of aqueous extracts of S. siamea leaves, S. latifolius roots collected in Benin and their mixture (1/1, w/w), was evaluated on female non-pregnant rats, Albino wistar genus. They were treated for two weeks, with various extracts administered by the oral way at 2000 mg/kg body weight. The biochemical parameters were determinate, histological analysis of the rats was done, and the urinary concentration of neutral gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) was measured. The treatment of the rats with different extracts not caused undesirable effects and deaths during the fourteen days of observation. Significant changes are relative of a histological aspect of hepatocyte and renal cortex as well as significant increases in the activity of enzyme serum alanine aminotransferases (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferases (AST). The aqueous extracts at 2000 mg/kg were disrupted some biochemical parameters. These changes were confirmed by the rate raised from NGAL noted in the urine of the treated...
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Posted by admin on Jan 28, 2017 in |
Loganin is an iridoid glycoside, a key phytoconstituent in Strychnos plants having a crucial role in the biosynthesis of indole, monoterpene alkaloids and other natural products. It is a bitter iridoid glycoside with numerous activities like anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, glucose-lowering and anti-diabetic nephropathy activities. The objective of this study was to develop a simple method for isolation of loganin from fruit pulp of Nux vomica and quantify by HPLC. The isolated compound was characterized by TLC, UV, IR, MS, and NMR spectral analysis and purity were confirmed by HPLC analysis. Quantification of loganin was done from fruit, seeds and pulp extract using HPLC. A simple solvent partitioning method was used for the extraction and isolation process. This isolation method developed involved easy solvent-solvent extraction technique followed by recrystallization to purify the...
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Posted by admin on Jan 28, 2017 in |
As per the appeal issued by World Health Organization (WHO) “save plants to save lives,” there is the need for a global movement for the conservation of medicinal plants and the revitalization of the native health traditions of local communities. Such health traditions based on medicinal plants are the result of centuries of observation, selection, and experimentation. They thus constitute an accumulated pool of medical wisdom, based on the dictum “an ounce of practice is worth tons of theory.” Unfortunately, such invaluable knowledge and experience are increasingly coming under the category of ‘dying wisdom.’ Throughout human history people have relied on natural products and plants, in particular, to promote and maintain good health and to fight sickness, pain, and disease. The past 200 years have witnessed not only an acceleration in the rate of extinction of plant and animal species but also the erosion of traditional knowledge related to the medicinal properties and uses of the plant and other natural products. India also had a rich tradition for primary...
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