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In recent times, focus on plant research has increased all over the world and a large body of evidence has collected to show immense potential of medicinal plants used in various traditional systems. Solanum nigrum (commonly called Makoi) is also a medicinal plant. A dietary intake of Solanum nigrum supplies our body with nutrients that offer protection against numerous diseases. All parts of this plant are used in the traditional medicine as a remedy for treating various diseases like, cough, cold, asthma, skin diseases and liver problem. Now a day, Diabetes mellitus has become a real problem of public health in developing countries. This is a metabolic disorder characterized by disarrangements in carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism caused by the complete or relative insufficiency of insulin secretion and /or action. This is due to defective or deficient insulin secretary response. This results into impaired glucose use, which is a characteristic feature of diabetes mellitus i.e. resultant hyperglycemia. Elevated blood glucose level causes dehydration of the tissue cells as glucose...
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Medicinal plants are important source of potentially useful structures for the development of novel chemotherapeutic agents. The present study was aimed to evaluate the antifungal effect of partially purified C. gigantea latex extract on some human pathogenic fungi. Ethanolic extract of the latex were tested in vitro against fungi strains. The inhibitory effect was assessed by disc diffusion method. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) were also determined by serial dilution method. The ethanolic extract was subjected to qualitative phytochemical screening for the presence of bioactive ingredients. The ethanolic extract shows the presence of many biologically active molecules such as flavonoids, alkaloids, triterpenoids, steroids, saponins, phenols and glycosides. The latex extract shows significant zone of inhibition in dose dependent manner. The MIC and MFC values of latex extract against fungal strains varies from 1 mg to 8 mg and the results are comparable with Amphotericin B. From this study, we conclude that the latex extract possesses potent fungicidal activity which may be due to the...
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Objective of the study was to assess the antidiabetic activity of a polyherbal formulation in alloxan induced diabetic rats. Methods: The antidiabetic activity of a polyherbal formulation in alloxan induced diabetic rats was assessed using Alloxan β- cytotoxin induced chemical diabetes in a wide variety of wister albino rats. Result: The polyherbal formulation contain the following plants leaves of Caesalpinia bonducella, Mucona puriens, Pongamia pinnata. The extracts were prepared by continous hot soxhlet extraction using petroleum ether and water. Conclusion: The study reveals that the polyherbal formulations have antidiabetic activity and the action may be due to the restoration or regeneration of β-cells of...
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The optimization of this study is biochemical effect of protein in Liver, Kidney, Uterus and Ovary of albino rats (Sprague-dawley strain) weighing about 200-250gm treated orally of ethanolic extract of plant Tridax procumbens at 300mg/kg body weight concentration for 3 and 5 days chronically. The result showed that both treated groups of rats are not showing very significant changes in protein content of Liver, Kidney, Uterus and Ovary of rats as compared to their control groups. Therefore, it is safe to use it against various...
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Synthesis of some aldehyde derivatives of 1, 4 di- hydro pyridine has been done. The entire synthesized compounds were characterized by UV, IR and 1HNMR spectroscopy. The anticonvulsant and antimicrobial activity were also evaluated. The present investigation deals with the synthesized compounds possessing good anticonvulsant, analgesic and antimicrobial activity. Synthesized compounds like PNH, PNA, ONF, MND, PAH posses significant anti convulsant activity. However, all the compounds showed analgesic activity less than the reference standard. Anti bacterial activities of the compounds were evaluated against staphylococcus aureus and the zone of inhibition was measured as the parameter of activity. Amikacin, the standard showed a zone of inhibition of 18 mm out of 8 synthesized compounds only one PNN (Ia) compound showed an equal activity when compared with standard. In which (ONF, PAN) showed considerable anti bacterial activity. The remaining four compounds PNM, MNC, MNA, PAK showed moderate antibacterial activity. Anti bacterial activity of the compounds were evaluated against E. Coli and the zone of inhibition was measured as the parameter of...
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