Showing papers in "Journal of Ethnopharmacology in 1988"

TL;DR: All the various techniques are reviewed here and, in order to unify the different criteria and parameters, standard methods to study the antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants are proposed.

TL;DR: A family of peptides with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity has been isolated from the skin of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis and appear to represent a previously unrecognized class of vertebrate antimicrobial activities.

TL;DR: In this paper, seven flavonoids and three non-flavonoid antioxidants, i.e. butylated hydroxyanisole, chlorpromazine and BW 755 C, were studied as potential scavengers of oxygen free radicals.

TL;DR: The biological functions of bromelain, a non-toxic compound, have therapeutic values in modulating tumor growth, blood coagulation, inflammatory changes, and debridement of third degree burns.

TL;DR: Results indicate that this extract of Teucrium polium caused significant reductions in blood glucose concentration 4 h after intravenous administration and 24 h after intraperitoneal administration, which could be due to enhancement of peripheral metabolism of glucose rather than an increase in insulin release.

TL;DR: The consistent and significant improvement in a number of markers of liver disease and the apparent decreased mortality from liver disease suggest that colchicine may provide some long-term clinical benefit in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis, but the failure of colchichine to reduce hepatic inflammation and fibrosis leaves uncertain the effect of the drug on the longterm outcome of this disease.

TL;DR: Results suggest that zingiberene, the terpenoid and 6-gingerol are important constituents in stomachic medications containing ginger.

TL;DR: A general standardized method based on high-performance liquid chromatography with an alkylphenone retention index and photodiode-array detection combined with thin-layer chromatography (TLC) in two different eluents for the analysis of mycotoxins and other fungal secondary metabolites has been developed.

TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the constituents of the Valerianaceae is presented with particular reference to the sedative activity of extracts from various constituent species, and recent research into the toxicology of the valepotriates.

TL;DR: While several extracts showed a positive effect in one of the tests, significant effects in both tests were produced by Serjania communis only.

TL;DR: Results of the study indicate an immunostimulant capability for Ocimum sanctum which may be contributory in explaining the adaptogenic action of the plant.

TL;DR: The hypoglycemic effects of a decoction and an ethanol extract of Trigenolla foenum graceum seeds on the serum glucose levels of normal and alloxan diabetic mice were studied and reduction in blood glucose concentration was highly significant, was maximum at 6 h and was dose-dependent.

TL;DR: The oleoresin from Brazilian Copaifera species yielded copalic acid and sesquiterpenes and showed marked anti-inflammatory activity using various experimental models in rats and significantly inhibited carrageenin-induced pedal edema following oral doses.

TL;DR: Cepharanthine, a bisbenzylisoquinoline (biscoclaurine) alkaloid, completely overcomes resistance of a multidrug-resistant subline, ChR-24, derived from human KB carcinoma cells, to vincristine, actinomycin D, and daunomycin, and partially overcame resistance to Adriamycin this paper.

TL;DR: The pharmacological effects assayed are discussed in relation to the chemical constituents of this plant and its popular use in gastrointestinal disturbances, and inflammatory conditions could be related to the presence of the flavonoids.

TL;DR: The antifertility effect of the extract appears to be due to multiple attributes, including estrogenic, anti-estrogenic, progestational and antiprogestational activities.

TL;DR: L'extrait inhibe l'activite contractile spontanee du muscle lisse de l'ileon du lapin and exerce un effet hypotenseur fonction de la dose chez le rat anesthesie.

TL;DR: An ethanolic extract of the flowers of Calotropis procera was investigated for anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, analgesic and antimicrobial activities and showed some weak effect in rats on the writhing induced by acetic acid.

TL;DR: The chemical-analytical data presented in this study do not indicate marked differences in the carcinogenic potential of moist snuff compared to dry snuff.

TL;DR: Oral administration of an aqueous extract of the aerial parts of this plant to normoglycemic and to alloxan-diabetic rabbits produced significant hypoglycemic activity, which was consistent and time-dependent.

TL;DR: It is shown that the ginsenosides Rh1 and Rh2, which are plant glycosides with a dammarane skeleton resembling a steroid skeleton as an aglycone, control the phenotypic expression of mouse B16 melanoma cells in different ways.

TL;DR: The phytochemical evidence thus far available indicates that the daphnane and tigliane diterpene esters are clearly responsible for the toxic reactions observed, but chemotaxonomically it is not possible to predict which additional genera are likely to contain these toxins.

TL;DR: Plant material from 34 Amazonian species of the family Euphorbiaceae were collected and extracts prepared for their ability to inhibit the growth of bacteria, Yeasts, yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans and dermatophytic fungi.

TL;DR: Various medicinal plants and plant components, which are being used as anticonvulsant and antiepileptic, are discussed.

TL;DR: This study concerns the traditional uses of wild plants against human diseases in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region of Italy, and parts of plants, their traditional uses, methods of preparing the drug, chemical constituents and therapeutic properties are described.

TL;DR: The most significant diuretic effect was observed with Hedychium coronarium sheath and leaf-blade extracts, and a majority of the ethanol-free extracts produced a more pronounced diuresis than would be expected from the potassium concentration of the extracts.

TL;DR: The seed oil of Azadirachta indica (neem oil) is well known for its medicinal properties in the indigenous Indian system of medicine, and its acute toxicity was documented in rats and rabbits by the oral route.

TL;DR: An aqueous extract of Aloe vera gel was analyzed guided by modulatory activity with regard to the in vitro activation of human complement and of human polymorphnuclear leucocytes (PMN) and only the l-Mr fraction could inhibit the production of free oxygen radicals by activated PMNs.

TL;DR: The experience of traditional Chinese medicine affords a valuable approach in the search for new antineoplastic drugs as illustrated by indirubin from Dang Gui Lu Hui Wan, irisquinone from Iris lactea pallasii and Zhuling polysaccharide from Polyporus umbellata.