Showing papers in "Pharmacognosy Journal in 2019"

TL;DR: In this paper, Petalostigma spp. extracts were combined with a range of conventional antibiotics and tested against various microbial triggers of autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.

TL;DR: S. polyanthum has valuable therapeutic potentials including antidiabetic, antihypertensive, antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer, antitumor, antidiarrheal, acetylcholinesterase inhibitory, and dental plaque inhibition properties, but few research areas, especially its toxicological profiles, mechanism of actions, as well as identification of its bioactive compound, require more in-depth studies.

TL;DR: Senouci et al. as mentioned in this paper presented a survey of the medicinal plants used in the Southern Mediterranean region of Bissa (Northeastern Dahra Mountains, Algeria) in 2019.

TL;DR: This review provides a comprehensive report on Gymnema sylvestre having antidiabetic and antioxidant activity due to its bioactive compounds like oleanines, Gymnemasides, dammarenes, anthraquinones, flavones, hentriacontane, pentatriacontan, phytin, resin, tartaric acid, butyric acid, lupeol, β-amyrene related glycosides and anthraquones.

TL;DR: In this paper, the anti-angiogenic properties of Morinda citrifolia L. leaves extracts using Chicken Chorioallantoic Membrane (CAM) assay were investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of natural deep eutectic solvent-based ultrasonic-assisted extraction (NADES-UAE) on enrichment of caffeine and chlorogenic acid in extract from green coffee beans (Coffea canephora).

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative analysis of bioactive phytochemicals present in methanol and ethyl acetate extracts of different plant organs and callus of Leptadenia reticulata by GC-MS technique is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, a study was done to determine the contents of xanthone derivatives using Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and antioxidant activity of six different maturity levels of mangosteen rind extract using Electron spin resonance (ESR).

TL;DR: The use of nanotechnology in medicine in particular, specifically drug delivery is shown to have various benefits as discussed by the authors, where nanoparticles are being used to reduce toxicity and side effects that drugs may impose to the patient.

TL;DR: This article focuses on complete profile of Aegle marmelos L. which belongs to the family Rutaceae, widely available in several places in India and can be a good reference for researchers who are willing to undertake further investigation about A. marmelo.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors determined the activities of T. conoides as antioxidant and tyrosinase inhibitor and reported that T.conoides is one of abundant brown macroalgae in Indonesian oceans contains phenolic derivatives.

TL;DR: In this article, the therapeutic and phytochemical properties of stems and roots of trans-himalayan plant Codonopsis clematidea were investigated using three different methods viz. sonication, maceration and soxhlet in methanol.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the antioxidant potential in the ethanolic extract and its active fraction (chloroform, ethyl acetate, nbutanol and aqueous fraction) from fruits and leaves of Terminalia bellerica.

TL;DR: The plant family Zingiberaceae or ginger family includes about 50 genera and roughly 1,600 known species of flowering perennial plants that are distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

TL;DR: In this article, methanol extract of marine red macro algae species Gracilaria corticata was analyzed using Gas chromatography-Mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to reveal the presence of various secondary metabolites and bioactive compounds present in the algae and study its diverse properties.

TL;DR: Comparison of volatile oil analysis of R. epapposum growing in Buraydah, Qassim with reported data of the same plant growing in Riyadh “Al-Majmaah” and Northern border region of Saudi Arabia found volatile oils were active against all microbial strains.

TL;DR: In this paper, the pharmacognostic standards, phytochemical profile, major volatile compounds and in vitro properties of Mesua ferrea flower bud were studied through powder microscopy.

TL;DR: The antidiabetic,anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant,Anti-microbial and antimitotic activity of Caesalpinia bonducella is reported.

TL;DR: In the state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil, one of the earliest records of M. charantia is found in the Coleção Descritiva das Plantas da Capitania do Céá do Naturalista Feijó "Descriptive collection of Plants of Capeáregion" by João da Silva Feijo, who was a Ceara naturalist in 1818 as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: It is likely that plants will continue to be a valued source of new molecules which may, after possible chemical manipulation, provide new and improved drugs.

TL;DR: Elufioye et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated the relation of total phenolic, Flavonoid and Tannin content of Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) (Crassulaceae) extract with the antioxidant and anticholinesterase activities.

TL;DR: These extracts directly can be used as natural alternative preventives to control various food poisoning diseases and preserve food stuff avoiding healthy hazards of chemically antimicrobial agent applications.

TL;DR: In this article, the results highlight the considerable inhibitory effect of EOFE against various microbial species was mainly due to the presence of phenolic compounds and other phytocompounds.

TL;DR: Biological activities such as analgesic, antioxidant, anticancer, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and antitumor of most medicinal plants have been attributed to their secondary metabolite constituents.

TL;DR: Recent researches have shown that eradication of malaria is facing drug resistancy of Plasmodium, and the protozoans have developed resistance against chemical drugs including chloroquine and pyrimethamine which revealed the need for developing new classes of medicine to overcome this resistency problem.

TL;DR: Among the natural antioxidants are non-toxic and biodegradable products and received much attention due to the best alternative to currently available synthetic antioxidants.