Plants continue to serve as an important reservoir of various phytochemicals with significant therapeutic value in traditional and modern medicine. Psidium guajava L. (guava), belonging to the family Myrtaceae, is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions and is reco...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2026/v25i4869
Background: The acceptance of traditional medicine as an alternative form of healthcare and the development of microbial resistance to the available antibiotics has led researchers to investigate the antimicrobial activity of plant extracts. Aim: This was to evaluate antibacteria...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2022/v32i330379
Aim: The traditional medicinal plant Bergenia ciliata was used to evaluate its antiplasmodial activity against Plasmodium falciparum in vitro and preventive and curative activity against Plasmodium berghei in vivo. The safety of the ethanolic leaf extract of Bergenia ciliata (ELE...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/29262
Novel, less toxic, more effective catalysts were used to synthesize various flavones under auto clave conditions. Substituted o- hydroxyl acetophenones and benzaldehydes were reacted in-presence of 2, 4, 6-trimethylpyridine, a pinch of TiCl4 and yielded chalcones. Equimolar ratio...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/15884
The aqueous distillate (arka) of Boerhaavia diffusa was prepared and investigated qualitatively for TLC. The following work constitutes the enrichment of constituents present in the aqueous distillate (arka) by partition technique using various solvents such as toluene and ethyl...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/19399
The aim of this work was to find an alternative to chemical fungicides currently used in the control and prevention of activities of toxigenic Aspergillus flavus, A. parasiticus and A. ochraceus in food and feed. The antifungal activity of extracts of five medicinal plants used in...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/20390
Background: In addition to the problems of resistance to commonly used antibiotics, toxicity depicts the state of adverse effects caused by the interaction of toxicants with cells. Similarly, blood components are exposed to significant concentrations of toxic compounds as they fo...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/19971
Aim: Morus mesozygia is a specie of the Morus family in Africa that is traditionally used for the treatment of rheumatism. Until this moment, there is no available literature on the scientific evidence of the in vivo anti-inflammatory effects. The aim is to determine the safety o...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/28746
Odontonema is a group of tropical plant species used in folklore medicine because of its wide range of pharmacological properties. These plants are known to be anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-hypertensive, anti-viral, hepatoprotective, sedative and anti-oxidant. Furthermo...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/29877
Background: Penisetum glaucum is one of the earliest indigenous food crops in East Africa. Pearl millet contains numerous phytocompounds. Isolation and characterization of secondary metabolites from pearl millet and evaluation of their bioactivity is necessary. These will act as...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/28434
Aims: To perform anti-microbial activity guided isolation and to characterize compound(s) from fruit pulp (extracts) of Azanza garckeana. Place and Duration of Study: Department of chemistry, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria, and University of Strathclyde in Scotland,...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/30152
Background: Alchornea laxiflora is a medicinal plant with immense health benefits. Aim: To verify the protective effects of methanol extract of Alchornea laxiflora (MEAL) leaf on hepatotoxicity and reproductive toxicity induced by CCl4. Settings and Design: Extraction and adminis...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/29807
Aim: To prevent proliferation of mosquito borne diseases, to improve quality of life, mosquito control is essential. Research was aimed to find alternative eco-friendly and bio-degradable strategies in mosquito control at the larvae stage. Hence an attempt was made to study the l...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/29878
Contemporary civilization is facing more than thousands of disorders accompanied with free radicals. Antioxidants from edible and non-edible mushrooms are gaining importance to fight these disorders. The current investigation was intended to evaluate antioxidant and cytotoxic eff...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/30594
Acacia mearnsii is characterized as a tree with dark green leaves and grow on any types of soil. Its bipinnate leaves with individual leaflets that are used in folk medicine in wound healing, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antiviral. Phytochemical tests demonstrated the prese...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/30173