Fatimazahra Marhoume, Younes Zaid, Hicham Boufous, Nadia Errafiy, Mehdi Ait Laaradia, Jawad Laadraoui, Abde lmalek Hakmaoui, Abdellah Bagri & Abderahmane Chait·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2017
This study investigated the hepatoprotective activity of Rubia tinctorum’s extract against CCl4 induced liver damage in rats. Twenty four rats were divided into four groups. Group I received normal saline (10 ml/kg) and group II (normal control) was treated with vehicle (olive oi...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/35441
Aim: Uterine fibromyomas are non-cancerous or benign growth of the uterus. They are sensitive to changes in levels of oestrogen and progesterone which affect the size of the fibroid. It has been well established that glutamate, a naturally occurring amino acid induces uterine fib...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/36335
Md. Abdul Mannan, Md. Shamsul Alam, Farhana Mustari, Md. Kudrat-E-Zahan, Roushown Ali, A. B. M. Hamidul Haque, Shahed Zaman & Debashish Talukder·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2017
A comparison of in vitro antioxidant, antimicrobial, insecticidal and cytotoxic activities of two medicinal plants, Allamanda cathartica and Mimusops elengi have been studied by spectrophotometric and disk diffusion methods in this research. It was observed that different leaf ex...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/35730
Aims: To determine the antibacterial activities of methanolic extracts of Euphorbia heterophylla and Tithonia diversifolia on clinical isolates. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at Afe Babalola University and the plants were collected from the campus. The is...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/28568
Aims: To provide complete data on the alike and differentiating characters of the bark of six species of Prunus i.e. P. amygdalus Stokes, P. armeniaca L., P. cerasoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don, P. domestica L. and P. persica (L.) Batsch vis-a-vis P. africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman of fam...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/35897
Aims: Napoleona imperialis is a wild plant commonly found in Southeastern part of Nigeria used mostly for the treatment of wounds. The methanolic leaves extract of Napoleona imperialis was qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed for the presence of bioactive secondary metabolit...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/33139
Rita Maneju Sunday, Olugbenga Ayodeji Ayannuga, Joseph A. Ibeh, Lucky Abdul Ajige, Olusegun Julius Oyedele, Bartholomew Okechukwu Ibeh, Efere Martins Obuotor & Olapade Rufus Ilesanmi·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2017
Aims: To investigate the anti-diabetic effect of Anthocleista vogelii root ethanolic extract (EE) and fractions (ethyl acetate [EF], dichloromethane [DF] and n-hexane [HF] fractions) in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic albino rats. Study Design: The antidiabetic effect of A....
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/35483
Aim: Anchomanes difformis (A. difformis) is commonly used in folkloric medicine for the treatment of malaria. However, there had been no scientific evidence to substantiate this folkloric claim in murine models; hence the study. Study Design: We employed murine models for this in...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/35165
Aim: This study was designed to discriminate Bletillae Rhizoma from its common adulterants: Iris tectorum, Polygonatum odoratum and Polygonatum cyrtonema using molecular barcoding. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/35791
Dahae Hwang, Isabel Vasquez, Leticia Galvez, Huong Do, Anthony Lopez de Santa Ana, Shane Matta, Feimeng Zhou, Michael Chen & Amelia Russo-Neustadt·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2017
Aims: To determine if whether, in a hippocampal neuron culture model subjected to nutrient deprivation stress (simulating degenerative disease state), Ashwagandha and/or two of its putative active ingredients, withanolide A or withaferin A, affect any of the following: neurite ou...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/35355
Diabetes mellitus is a disease associated with the increase in Blood glucose level caused by the abnormalities of glucose receptors in the uptake of glucose or total destruction of the β pancreatic cell, with approximately 366 millions of people worldwide diagnosed with the disea...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/34702
Seyedeh-Fatemeh Mousavi-Ezmareh, Mohammad Mazani, Esfandiar Heidarian, Reza Alipanah Moghadam, Mahmoud Rafieian-kopaei, Garshasp Mardanian, Lotfollah Rezagholizadeh & Ali Shamsazar·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2017
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the hepatoprotective and antioxidant activities of Ferulago angulata Extract (FAE) in experimental diabetic rats. Materials and Methods: 54 adult male Wistar rats divided into 6 groups (n=9). Diabetes was induced in all animals except th...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/35134
A. N. Antwi, K. B. A. Owusu, M. Amoa-Bosompem, N. B. Williams, F. Ayertey, L. Akyeh, J. Agyapong, T. Tetteh, G. I. Djameh, S. K. Botchie, F. Azerigyik, A. Ablordey, N. H. Tung, A. A. Appiah, S. Iwanaga, Y. Shoyama, N. Ohta, B. Egyir & M. Ohashi·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2017
Antibacterial resistance is one of the fast rising health concerns globally. WHO emphasized the need for development of new drugs to combat antimicrobial resistance. Our group previously found several anti-protozoan compounds: ML-2-3, Molucidin and ML-F52 from a Ghanaian medicina...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/35437
Aim: The work was designed to investigate the antmalarial activity of methanolic leaf extract of Carica papaya on Plasmodium berghei NK65 strain infection in vivo. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biochemistry and National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Develo...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/34698
Background: Alcohol-induced fatty liver disease is the earliest liver disorder associated with excessive consumption of alcohol. Various treatment regimens have been proposed for the treatment of alcohol-induced liver disorders including the use of medicinal plants such as Nigell...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/34661