Jaber S. Mossa

TL;DR: An enumeration of these 86 medicinal species is presented with the current nomenclature, Arabic names and medicinal uses, emphasizing the importance of setting up conservation priorities, and sustained development of various medicinal plants of Saudi Arabia.

TL;DR: Turmeric extract had a highly significant protective effect against cystodestructive agents and increased the gastric wall mucus significantly but also restored the non-protein sulfhydryl (NP-SH) content in the glandular stomachs of the rats.

TL;DR: The results of this study demonstrate that the extract in the dose of 500 mg/kg orally exert highly significant cytoprotection against 80% ethanol, 0.6M HC1,0.2M NaOH and 25% NaCl induced gastric lesions and prevented the occurrence of gastric ulcers induced by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and hypothermic restraint stress.

TL;DR: The safety evaluation studies revealed that the use of extract in single high doses (up to 3 g/kg) does not produce any visible toxic symptoms or mortality, however, prolong treatment (90 days) causes significantly higher mortality as compared to control group.

TL;DR: The synergistic activity of antimycobacterial constituents from Saudi plants was evaluated in combination with isonicotinic acid hydrazide (INH) against four atypical organisms, namely, Mycobacterium intracellulare, M. smegmatis,M.