Introduction: Antibiotic resistance represents one of the major worldwide health problems. Though many medicinal plants are traditionally used to treat microbial infections. The antimicrobial potential of Cymbopogon schoenanthus flowers has not been investigated yet. Furthermore...
Aim: Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides is a plant of the family Rutaceae used for treating different ailments such as malaria, sickle cell anaemia, tuberculosis, paralysis and intestinal disorder due to the presence of some bioactive constituents. The present study was aimed at identify...
Aims: This study was aimed at evaluating the antimicrobial potential of the alcohol and aqueous extracts as well as peptide fractions of T. fuscatus and P. aurita. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Methodology:...
Aims: wheat, Barley and millet meals are having superior nutritional qualities and health benefits; they can be used for supplementation of macaroni. Its effect on physiochemical, rheological, color parameters, cooking quality, nutritional value and sensory evaluation. Place and...
Clément M. Mbadiko, Koto-Te-Nyiwa Ngbolua, Pius T. Mpiana, Nadège K. Ngombe, Paulin M. Kapepula, Landry L. Kemfine, Gédéon N. Bongo & Théophile F. Mbemba·South Asian Research Journal of Natural Products·2019
Aims: The aim of this research was to evaluate comparatively the anti-sickling activity of aqueous and methanol extracts of different organs of C. longa, to determine the polyphenolic compounds and to evaluate the antioxidant potential of different parts of C. longa. Also, to est...
Plumbago zeylanica Linn. is a perennial shrub comes under the category of Angiosperm commonly known as Ceylon leadwort belonging to family Plumbaginaceae. In Indian System of Medicine i.e. Ayurveda, Plumbago (Chitrakmool) used as ingredient in various formulations as an effective...
Aims: To evaluate the modulatory effect of plant extracts on the expression of mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1 (MKP-1) and the protein kinases P-ERK and P-p38 in primary cultures of trigeminal ganglion from Sprague Dawley rats. Study Design: In vitro analysis of me...
Objective: To investigate the phytochemical composition and evaluate the microbial activity of the ethanolic and aqueous extracts of Annano muricata against some pathogenic bacteria. Methods: The leaf of Annano muricata from Annonaceae family which is used as herbal remedies for...
Background: African oil bean seed is one of several plant products commonly used in Nigeria as food. However, report as to whether or not it could predispose consumers to dyslipidemia is yet to be documented. Aim: The study aim was to determine the effect of fermented Pentacleth...
For long time, medicinal plants and other natural products have been used to treat varieties of diseases and as a result a number of modern drugs have been developed from them. Several families of plants have been used in ethnomedicine to treat various ailments in which Celestrac...