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Abstracts. October 2011
Research Articles
Evaluation of Wound Healing Activity of Patulitrin from Flowers
of Tagetes erecta (L.)Anuradha. R* and Sukumar.D
Abstract
Natural products have numerous medicinal applications and play important roles in the biology of the organisms that accumulate them. Flavonoids are one large group of natural products Tagetes erecta (Family: Asteraceae) was screened for wound – healing activity on the male rabbits by Excision wound model respectively. The studies on excision wound model reveals significant wound healing activity of the extract, which is comparable with the reference control. The isolates of Tagetes erecta show significant activity on all wound models.
Key words : Tagetes erecta, wound healing activity, patulitrinCorrosponding Author E-mail : anu_ra09@yahoo.co.in
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Pharmacognostical Standardization of Aerva monsoniae
(Amaranthaceae)Sandhya.S*, Sai kumar.P, Vinod K.R, David Banji, Gouthami. G, Sunitha.Ch
Abstract
Aerva monsonieae is a branched perennial herb which belongs to the family Amaranthaceae and is distributed in Peninsular India, Burma and Bangladesh. The whole plant is medicinally important and cures several diseases. Therefore in this background meticulous pharmacognostic study of various parts like leaf, stem, and root has been carried to establish the Pharmacognostical standards. The parameters selected were microscopical studies, proximate analysis, fluorescence analysis and preliminary phytochemical screening. In physico-chemical evaluation the ash values and extractive values were studied. Fluorescence analysis performed showed the wide range of fluorescence colours for the crude powder as well as the extracts. The powder of A. monsoniae was successively extracted with petroleum ether, chloroform, ethylacetate, ethanol and water for the identification of the best solvent. Preliminary phytochemical screening was carried out for all the extracts and maximum chemical constituents were observed in the aqueous extract.Keywords: Microtome, anomalous growth, isobilateral, fluorescence analysis
Corrosponding Author E-mail : E-mail : sanpharma@gmail.com
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Antibacterial Activity of Citrus Fruits against Vibrio Cholerae
Preetha.B and Judia Harriet Sumathy.V*
Cholera is one of the most severe diseases of the intestines and is a waterborne disease which is common during the monsoons. The mortality rate for this disease has been quite high. The disease strikes suddenly and fills the intestinal canal with bacilli which die rapidly and leave the person quickly, alive or dead. The original home of th cholera is Bengal in India. It spread from this country during the 19 century in a series of epidemics along the trade routes. It reached Japan and also Astrakhan, in Russian, in 1817. The disease spread to Moscow in 1826, Berlin in 1831 and London and Paris in 1832. Subsequently, it spread to Canada and several countries in Europe. However, by 1895, cholera had disappeared from Europe (Camella C. Bailey, 1998). Vibrio cholera culture was obtained from MTCC culture collection method and was subcultured. The Antibacterial activity was done with the crude extract of citrus fruits using agar gel diffusion method. Crude extract of citrus fruits produced zones of inhibition against Vibrio cholerae and thus it can be concluded that citrus lemon has greater activity against Vibrio cholerae compared to the antibiotic erythromycin. Results also indicate that the extract is very active and citrus fruits possess anticholeric properties.
Key words: Waterborne disease, Mortality Rate, Epidemic, Vibrio Cholerae and Anticholeric properties.
Corrosponding Author E-mail : sbsj@rediffmail.com
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Plant Extracts Effect on Common Pathogens Causing Stomach
DisordersSachu Susan George and Judia Harriet Sumathy .V*
Microorganisms are present everywhere and in all types of environment. They are even present in and on our bodies, some permanently while others temporarily. Gastro intestine is one area where there are hundreds of microorganisms coexisting but is also prone to many infections ranging from food poisoning to deadly diseases
like cholera and typhoid fever. The gastric infections can be bacterial, viral, protozoal or helminthic. Stomach disorders are very common among adults as well as in children. Contaminated food and water are the main sources of the organisms which can cause gastric problems. Since the introduction of antibiotics there has been tremendous increase in the resistance of diverse bacterial pathogens. This shift in susceptibility greatly affects our ability to successfully treat patients empirically. The present study is based on finding a much safer and effective alternative for the antibiotics given for the organisms causing various stomach diseases. The six plant extracts which have been used against the common gastrointestinal pathogens showed good results and hence can be used as medicines for the treatment of such disorders.Keywords: Stomach disorders, Contaminated food, Resistance, Antibiotics and Plant Extracts.
Corrosponding Author E-mail : sbsj@rediffmail.com
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My experiences with herbal plants & drugs as I knew XXX:
Matricaria Chamomilla (Babunahh) its Introduction and
Traditional Cultivation in IndiaShah.N.C
AbstractThe article deals with the paleo-ethnobotanical findings, botany, distribution, introduction, chemical constituents and the uses of Matricaria Chamomilla (Babunahh) with its present status in India.
Corrosponding Author Email: shsncdr@gmail.com
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