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Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K. Jansen (family Asteraceae) is an interesting plant because of its wide range of medicinal and culinary uses. It has been traditionally used in the treatments of anemia, body ache, cancer, gastric ulcer and infections, gingivitis, gout, inflammations, laceration, malaria, stammering, and worm infection (helminthiasis). Different extracts of the plants were prepared, and the methanol extract showed the highest number of bioactive compounds, including carbohydrates, phytosterols, and tannins. The antioxidant activity was estimated from the rate of scavenging of the free radical, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). The plant extract showed similar concentration-dependent scavenging activity as that of butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT). The total antioxidant activity was estimated against ascorbic acid, and it showed a higher value than BHT. The methanol extract was treated with two Gram-negative bacteria Pseudomonas aeuroginosa and Escherichia coli, and two gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis. However, no antibacterial activity was observed. Nonetheless, the study provides important information on the basic pharmacological properties of the...
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Background: The whole plant of Argyreia pilosa Wight & Arn. (Convolvulaceae) continuously to be utilized in indigenous Indian systems as a remedy for cough, quinsy and applied externally in case of itch, eczema and other skin troubles, antidiabetic, antiphlogistic, rheumatism and reduce burning sensation. Still, there were constrained phytochemical or biological studies on the whole plant of A. pilosa, as well as no studies which align using its conventional medicinal uses. Aim: This study aimed to determine the total tannin and flavonoids contents, antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of two extracts of the whole plant of A. pilosa and compare them to find out the better extract for upcoming studies. Materials and Methods: The whole plant material was subjected to cold maceration with ethyl acetate and methanol to obtain ethyl acetate extract (APEE) and methanolic extract (APME). Phytochemical constituents of these extracts were determined as per standard procedure. Total phenolics had been estimated by the Folin–Ciocalteu colorimetric method using tannic acid as standard. Total flavonoids had been estimated by aluminium...
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Aerva lanata has been used in traditional medicine for many years and used for the treatment of urinary bladder and kidney stones. The aim was to study the pharmacognostic characters and antimicrobial activity of important medicinal plant Aerva lanata (Amaranthaceae). The physicochemical, phytochemical and fluorescence analysis of powdered aerial and root parts of Aerva lanata was performed according to the standardization procedures recommended by the World Health Organization. The physicochemical parameters such as total ash, acid insoluble ash, water-soluble ash reveal that the plant has less amount of carbonates, silicates and are less affected by contamination and inorganic compounds. The various colors obtained by fluorescence were analyzed, and the moisture content of aerial and root parts were found to be 37.5%, 35.33% respectively. The preliminary phytochemical screening showed the presence of alkaloids, saponins, terpenoids, flavonoids, proteins, glycosides, coumarins, carbohydrate, steroids, tannins, phenols and phytosterols. The antimicrobial activity performed of Aerva lanata on Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumonia, Bacillus substilis, Streptococcus mutants, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus showed maximum activity against gram-negative...
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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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