Showing papers in "Fitoterapia in 2004"

TL;DR: Results seems to support the use of F. vulgare fruit methanolic extract in relieving inflammation.

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: The available data do not allow the assessment of the NOEL or the mutagenicity studies, and further toxicological studies are needed.

TL;DR: Ethanolic extracts of selected nine Thai medicinal plants were tested for antiproliferative activity against SKBR3 human breast adenocarcinoma cell line using MTT assay and Garcinia mangostana showed the most potent activity.

TL;DR: The methanol extracts of eight species of medicinal plants were tested for insecticidal activity in third instar larvae of Egyptian cottonworm and the extracts of Ocimum basilicum, Origanum majorana and Salvia officinalis appeared to be highly toxic.

TL;DR: The decoction of Mimosa pudica leaves given intraperitoneally at dose of 1000-4000 mg/kg protected mice against pentylentetrazol and strychnine-induced seizures and antagonized N-methyl-D-aspartate- induced turning behavior, which could explain its use in African traditional medicine.

TL;DR: The methanol extract of aerial parts of Barleria lupulina orally tested exerted significant antihyperglycemic effect in streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemia in rats [correction].

TL;DR: The results suggest that the triterpenic acids 1 and 2 are responsible for the antiinflammatory activity of T. catappa leaves.

TL;DR: Psoralidin, bakuchicin, psoralin and angelicin isolated from the seeds of Psoralea corylifolia showed significant antibacterial activities against a number of Gram + and Gram (-) bacteria.

TL;DR: The ethanol, ethyl acetate and butanol extracts of Helicteres isora root showed significant oral hypoglycemic activity on glucose loaded rats at a dose of 250 mg/kg.

TL;DR: CPS-1 was shown to possess a significant antiinflammatory activity and suppressed the humoral immunity in mice but had no significant effects on the cellular immunity and the non-specific immunity.

TL;DR: Fifty methanolic plant extracts belonging to 44 plant species of 33 families finding use in Iranian folkloric medicine were screened for antibacterial activity, finding Dianthus coryophyllus was active against all tested G(-) and G(+) bacteria except Micrococcus luteus.

TL;DR: The essential oil ofemisia douglasiana leaf shows limited antimicrobial activity in vitro, so it is unclear if the oil exerts a direct antimicrobial effect in vivo, or plays some role in stimulation of host defenses.

TL;DR: The bioassay-guided fractionation of the dichloromethane extract of aerial parts of Plumbago zeylanica led to the isolation of beta-sitosterol,beta-sitosteryl-3beta-glucopyranoside, beta- sitosteryl -6'-O-palmitate, lupenone, lupeol acetate, plumbagin and trilinolein.

TL;DR: Results suggest that scopoletin might suppress the production of such pro-inflammatory cytokines and exert inhibitory activity on LPS-induced PGE2 production through the depression of COX-2 expression.

TL;DR: The ethanolic extract of E. amoenum seems to possess anxiolytic effect with lower sedative activity than that of diazepam, which prolonged the ketamine-induced latency to sleep but had no significant effects on total sleeping time induced by ketamine.

TL;DR: The fruits essential oil of Xylopia aethiopica showed activity against four microorganisms and cytotoxicity to carcinoma cells (Hep-2 cell line) at 5 mg/ml concentration.

TL;DR: All the tested extracts of Cichorium intybus showed antibacterial activity, the ethyl acetate extract being the most active.

TL;DR: The aqueous root extract of Mimosa pudica dose dependently inhibited the hyaluronidase and protease activities of Indian snakes.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the AkseBio2 product is promising as a larvicide against C. pipiens and could be useful in the search of new larvicidal natural compounds.

TL;DR: The use of medicinal and aromatic plants was investigated in a group of 200 elderly people from Villagrande Strisaili, Sardinia, recording the use of 78 species for the treatment of various ailments, especially of the respiratory tract, the mouth, and the skin.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the extract of G. pentaphyllum at the given doses did not produce any significant toxic effect in rats during 6-month period of the treatment.

TL;DR: The methanol, hexane and diethyl ether extracts from both leaves and roots of Withania somnifera were evaluated for the antibacterial/synergistic activity by agar plate disc-diffusion assay against Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli to find out the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), which came out to be 0.1 mg/ml.

TL;DR: The essential oil, chloroform extract and seven sesquiterpenoids compounds newly isolated from the oleo-gum-resin of Commiphora mukul showed a wide range of inhibiting activity against both Gram (+) and Gram (-) bacteria.

TL;DR: Paeoniflorin showed a significantly lowering effect of total cholesterol, LDL and triglyceride levels compared with the control group at the dose of 200 and 400 mg/kg, p.o. once a day for 4 weeks.

TL;DR: Results suggest that B. candicans increases the peripheral metabolism of glucose in rabbits and reduces plasma glucose level also in normal, as well as, glucose loaded rabbits.

TL;DR: The antimicrobial activities of methanol extracts of four species of Artemisia species of Iran are reported.

TL;DR: The nonselective opioid receptor antagonist, naloxone blocked the antinociceptive effect of the extract in both tests, suggesting that M. malabathricum may act both at peripheral and central levels.

TL;DR: Spirulina fusiformis given by oral route to mice at doses of 250, 500 and 1000 mg kg(-1) significantly inhibit the genotoxicity induced by cisplatin and urethane.

TL;DR: A new benzophenone, named rhizoctonic acid, together with three known compounds monomethylsulochrin, ergosterol and 3beta,5alpha,6beta-trihydroxyergosta-7,22-diene were isolated through bioassay-guided fractionations from the culture of Rhizoctonia sp.