Total Phenols, Antioxidant Capacity and Antibacterial Activity of Manuka Honey Extract Aims: To evaluate total phenols content (TPC), antioxidant capacity (TAC) and antibacterial activity of Manuka honey extract (MHE) and to compare such properties with those for unfractionated M...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/37101
The antioxidant potential of Bridelia ferruginea, which is a widely used medicinal plant in Nigeria, sub-tropical Africa and parts of Asia was investigated using thiobarbituric acid reactive species (TBARS) assay. The aqueous extract of Bridelia ferruginea stem bark used in this...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2017/36752
This study was aimed to determine the antioxidant capacity of various fractions of crude methanol extract of Polyalthia longifolia leaves. The various fractions were obtained by successive liquid-liquid partitioning of the crude methanol extract into n-hexane, chloroform and ethy...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/35002
A series of 2-(2-arylamino-4-phenylthiazol-5-yl)benzofurans derivatives were synthesized from 1-aryl-3-(N-phenylbenzimidoyl)thiourea and 2-(2-bromoacetyl)benzofuran in the presence of triethylamine. Their structure was established on the basis of IR, 1H NMR and mass spectral ana...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/36069
Noumedem Anangmo Christelle Nadia, J. Wabo Poné, Nguemfo Tchakungni Arlette, D. Mohanakrishnan, Garima Mittal, Dinkar Sahal & Mpoame Mbida·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2017
Malaria is still regarded as a major global infectious disease in the 21st Century with a high pediatric mortality toll in the developing world. In Africa, malaria is one of the diseases causing the most morbidity and mortality. These past 30 years, malaria parasites especially P...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2017/36352
Shikha Kumari, S. M. Verma, Hemant Kumar & Chandan Kumar Kyal·Advances in Research·2017
Aims: This study was conducted to investigate the antioxidant potential, antimicrobial activity and wound healing activity of ethyl acetate, butanol, and aqueous fractions of methanolic extract of leaves of Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) a locally used leave in Jharkhand, India. Place...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36610
Objective: The objective of this work was the screening of different phytoconstituents and invitro antioxidant potential and α-glucosidase inhibitory activity of aerial parts of Fagopyrum tataricum. Methods: Preliminary phytochemical screening was performed by using standard prot...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2017/36067
The use of plants for medicine is gaining more acceptability worldwide due to its availability, affordability, efficiency and considerable safety. This study sought to gather information on the phytochemical and nutrient composition of Pterocarpus erinaceus stem bark. This will b...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2017/36546
Packaged food and beverages are consumed all over the world for their nutritional value, durability, thirst quenching properties, stimulating effect and for their medicinal values. With changing lifestyle and requirements, people now often prefers the packaged food products over...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOB/2017/36091
Ismat Ara Dahlia, Md. Badrul Islam, Shahed Zaman, Md. Asadul Islam, Md. Abdul Jalil, Nazim Uddin Ahmed, Md. Abdur Rahim, Md. Mahmudul Hassan Mondol, Ali Ahsan Muzahid & Murshed Hasan Sarkar·Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medical Research·2017
Aim: The use of herbal medicine is becoming popular day by day due to toxicity and side effects of allopathic medicines and hence the present study was carried out to assess the in-vitro DPPH free radical scavenging potential of the methanolic extract and their different fraction...
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Research Article10.9734/JOCAMR/2017/35993
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
Aim: Solenostemon monostachyus (P.Beauv.) Briq.(SE) is the object of our investigation test the mechanism of its anti-oxidative action to further establish its anti-sickling properties.. Sample: To correlate hematological parameters and antioxidant activities with the presence i...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2017/35719
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
Some cyanobacteria have therapeutic properties related to anticancer, antioxidant and antibacterial activity. The aim of the present study was to determine the polyphenol content together with antioxidant and anticancer activity against Ehrlich Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma cell line...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34457
Aims: To screen hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol fractions of the methanol extract of Spathodea campanulata leaves for secondary metabolites, to isolate and to characterize constituents of the ethyl acetate fraction using GC-MS and IR and to determine the antioxidant activities...
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Research Article10.9734/JOCAMR/2017/35156