Aims: The therapeutic effect of Euphorbia heterophylla and cassava flakes mixture in treatment of Salmonellosis was studied in vivo. Methodology: Antibacterial activity of aqueous extract of Euphorbia heterophylla was first evaluated using agar well diffusion method by measuring...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/8979
Aims: To investigate cytotoxicity of pure fractions of compounds extracted from yoyo bitters on human cervical cancer cell and to characterize the compounds present in various extracts. Study Design: Experimental Study. Background: Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes o...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/15913
Aims: To determine the total phenols content and antioxidant activity of Cola rostrata and C. lepidota seeds and fruit pulp methanol extracts. Study Design: In vitro evaluation of antioxidant assays; phytochemical screening, quantitative determination of total phenolics and flavo...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/15976
Psidium guajava (guava tree plant) is widely used in Nigerian communities as food and for medicinal purposes to treat some bacterial and non-bacterial related diseases. Increase in the rate at which pathogenic bacteria develop resistance to some available synthetic drugs calls fo...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/14307
Hemayet Hossain, Proity Nayeeb Akbar, Shaikh Emdadur Rahman, Sabina Yeasmin, Tanzir Ahmed Khan, Md. Mahfuzur Rahman & Ismet Ara Jahan·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2015
The aim of this research was to investigate the antioxidant activity and HPLC fingerprinting profiles of the ethanolic leaf extract of Hibiscus tiliaceus growing in Bangladesh. Catechin, rutin hydrate, ellagic acid and quercetin contents were quantified in the sample by HPLC-DAD...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/14720
Background: Achyranthes aspera is used mostly in Nigerian and other folklore medicines to stop bleeding from wounds and in the treatment of other conditions such as dog bite, scorpion bite, gonorrhoea, obstetric disorders and diabetes mellitus. Objectives: The present study evalu...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/7043
Aims: The anti-ulcer effects of methanol extract of Mangifera indica L stem bark was investigated on wistar rats. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out between August and November 2013 in the Pharmacology Laboratory of Department of Pharmacology, Facul...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/14569
Aim: The objective of the present work is to study the antidiabetic and hypolipidemic effect of different fractions of heart wood of Pterocarpus marsupium in alloxan induced diabetic rats. Methodology: Diabetes was induced by administering alloxan dissolved in saline (65 mg/kg bo...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/15927
Aims: The current study was designed to establish a cost effective protocol for rapid in vitro regeneration of Andrographis paniculata (Kalmegh) and also screening the antibacterial activity of its crude protein extracts against five human pathogenic bacteria. Study Design: The w...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/15663
Aim: Mimusops elengi L. (Sapotaceae) commonly known as Bakul is a small to large evergreen tree found all over the different parts of the world. Literature survey showed no reports on the anti urease activity of the flowers and leaves of Mimusops elengi. The present study was the...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/12240