Aim: Urena lobata L. a member of Malvaceae family, is widely used as famine food in Africa. It is also used in traditional medicine system to cure gonorrhea, fever, wounds, toothache & rheumatism. The plant has already been tested for its antioxidant activity. The work was ex...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/21502
Aims: Applications of herbal medicine extracts as antimicrobials agents in human health and food protection as well as the analysis methods of the novel compounds, biosynthesis, and genetic regulation of them are describing in this work. According to the increasing prevalence of...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/20114
Aim: The aim of this work is to evaluate the in‐vitro antioxidant activity as well as estimate the total phenolic and flavonoid content of methanolic extract and fractions of Cleome viscosa L. Study Design: Evaluation of the antioxidant capacity of Cleome viscosa L. Methodology:...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/21668
Aim: This study was conceived for the purpose of evaluating dermal toxicity potentials of extracts from S. glaucescens which is known for many traditional application in human and animals including healing wounds, boils, HIV, worms and application on the swollen lymph nodes of ca...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/20763
Ryan da Silva Ramos, Alex Bruno Lobato Rodrigues, Raimundo Nonato Picanço Souto & Sheylla Susan Moreira da Silva de Almeida·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2015
Aims: The purpose of this research was to accomplish chemical study, antioxidant analysis and evaluation of the larvicidal potential against Aedes aegypti larvae of essential oil from the leaves of O. basilicum Linn. Location of the Study: Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry Laborat...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/18230
Aim: To investigate the antibacterial activities of Ageratum conyzoides and Alchornea cordifolia as part of the exploration for new and novel bioactive compounds. Study Design: Aqueous and ethanol extracts were prepared and antibacterial effectiveness were assessed against common...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/20739
Md. Irfan Amin Chowdury, Mohammad Nazmul Alam, Sudipta Chowdhury, Md. Shahrear Biozid, Md. Faruk, Muhammad Moin Uddin Mazumdar & Ahmad Ibtehaz Chowdhury·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2015
Aim: The current study evaluates the anti-arthritic, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancerous and thrombolytic activities of methanolic extract of Mussaenda roxburghii leaf. Place and Duration of study: This study was conducted in the Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science and Engin...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/20483
The purpose of this work is to appreciate different aromatic and medicinal plants from Morocco belonging to four different families, by chemical characterization and evaluation of their antioxidant activity. The reducing efficiency of DPPH radical decreased in the following order...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/19928
Ismet Ara Jahan, Proity Nayeeb Akbar, Mohammad Enayetullah, Nazir Ahmmad, Mohammad Nuruddin & Md Ranzu Ahmed·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2015
Aims: The present study investigates the elemental and fatty acid content of four different medicinal plants, namely Kaiempferia rotunda, Cuscuta reflexa, Centella asiatica and Asparagus racemosus, grown in Bangladesh. Methodology: Macro (Na, K), micro (Mg, Mn, Fe, Cu, Cr) and he...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/20312
Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the potential antimicrobial activities of the ethanolic leaf extract of Strobilanthes crispus (S. crispus) by determining the susceptibilities of various strains of microbes to the extract and to profile the bioactive compounds in the ext...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/20075