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Development of anthelmintic resistance and high cost of conventional anthelmintic drugs lead to the evaluation of medicinal plants which acts as an alternative source of anthelmintics. The present study has been undertaken to perform the evaluation of anthelmintic activity of Plumbago zeylanica belonging to family Plumbaginaceae. In the current study, experiments were conducted to evaluate the possible anthelminitic effects of various extracts of the roots of Plumbago zeylanica. Various concentrations (5, 10, 15, 20mg/ml) of water and methanol extracts were tested and results were expressed in terms of time for paralysis and time for death of worms. Piperazine citrate was taken as a reference standard drug.The anthelmintic activity was observed by gradually increasing the dose of extract. Methanolic extract of Plumbago zeylenica showed higher activity as compared to water...
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by the abnormal aggregation of amyloid ß (Aß) peptide into insoluble fibrils called amyloid plaques. Preventing this process of fibrillization may offer effective therapy for treatment of AD. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of methanolic extracts of 13 plant species which are known to be brain boosters in Ayurvedic system of medicine. Our study addressed the influence of these extracts on (i) prevention of aggregation of Aß and (ii) dissociation of preformed Aß fibrils. The aggregation status was monitored by thioflavin T fluorescence assay. The results showed that extracts from Bacopa monneria, Centella asiatica, Convolvulus pluricaulis, Withania sominfera, Nardostachys jatamansi and Glycirrhiza glabra exhibited promising activity by preventing Aß fibril formation/ retention thus identifying Aß as the molecular target for their action. These findings prompt further studies to isolate the active ingredients from these extracts to ultimately determine their therapeutic potential in AD...
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An HPTLC method for estimation of Terbinafine hydrochloride in its tablet formulation has been developed. It employs aluminium backed silica gel 60 F254 TLC plates,( 100×50 mm, thickness of layer 0.2 mm), prewashed with methanol and dried at room temperature)and mobile phase comprising of Acetonitrile: 1, 4 dioxan: Hexane: Acetic acid (1:1:8:0.1) (v/v/v/v). The developing solvent was run upto 70 mm in Camag chamber. Densitometic scanning was then performed with Camag TLC scanner-3 at λmax 282 nm. The Rf value was found to be 0.45. The linearity and range for Terbinafine Hydrochloride was found to be 500-4500ng/spot. The method was validated for precision, accuracy and...
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The phytochemical constituents of Borassus flabellifer was identified and evaluated the antibacterial activity of the acetone, benzene, chloroform, ethanol and methanol extracts. A phytoconstituent analysis of alkaloids, glycosides, terpenoids, steroids, flavonoids, tannins, phenols and saponins were performed on the various solvent extracts. Antibacterial activity was analyzed by agar well diffusion method against five pathogenic microorganisms, E. coli, S. aureus, K. pneumonia, P. aeruginosa and B. subtilis. The maximum zone of inhibition was exhibited for E.coli (14mm); P. aeruginosa (13mm) and B. subtilis (11mm)against compared to tested micro organisms. The methanolic extract of the palm root has showed consistently significant inhibitory activity on different bacterial species tested. Furthermore, identification of bioactive compounds will be...
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The study describes a validated reverse-phase HPLC method for the simultaneous estimation of paracetamol and naproxen in bulk and in tablet formulation. The proposed RP-HPLC method utilizes Eclipse XDB C18 column (150 ×4.6 mm i.d., 5 µm), optimum mobile phase consisted of gradient run of initial ratio of water (pH-2.5 adjusted with orthophosphoric acid): acetonitrile (87:13) with the effluent flow rate of 1.0 ml/min, and UV detection wavelength 263 nm. The developed method was statistically validated for linearity, precision, robustness, ruggedness and specificity. The method was linear over the range of 5-80 µg/ml for paracetamol and 3-48µg/ml for naproxen. The mean recovery was 99.72% and 100.88% for paracetamol and naproxen respectively. The intermediate precision data obtained under different experimental setup was quite concurrent with less critical % RSD. The proposed method can be useful in the quality control of paracetamol and naproxen in bulk drug and drug...
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