Payar Hossain , Md. Hossain Rasel , Md. Jahirul Islam Mamun , Md. Abdul Alim , S.M. Naim Uddin
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Abstract
Bischofia javanica (Euphorbiaceae) has been used for a long time to manage ulcers, bone fractures, dislocations, inflammation, and tuberculosis. This study evaluated the analgesic, antidiarrheal, and hypoglycemic effects of the methanolic fruit extract (MFBJ) and n-hexane fraction (NHF) of the plant. At 400 mg/kg, both reduced pain in the writhing test (56.74 % and 51.63 %; p < 0.001) and prolonged hot plate response times. MFBJ also showed stronger antidiarrheal (68.65 %) and hypoglycemic (5.92 ± 0.03 mmol/L; p < 0.001) effects. Findings suggest therapeutic potential, warranting further characterisation of bioactive compounds.
期刊介绍:
Phytochemistry Letters invites rapid communications on all aspects of natural product research including:
• Structural elucidation of natural products
• Analytical evaluation of herbal medicines
• Clinical efficacy, safety and pharmacovigilance of herbal medicines
• Natural product biosynthesis
• Natural product synthesis and chemical modification
• Natural product metabolism
• Chemical ecology
• Biotechnology
• Bioassay-guided isolation
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmacology of natural products
• Metabolomics
• Ethnobotany and traditional usage
• Genetics of natural products
Manuscripts that detail the isolation of just one new compound are not substantial enough to be sent out of review and are out of scope. Furthermore, where pharmacology has been performed on one new compound to increase the amount of novel data, the pharmacology must be substantial and/or related to the medicinal use of the producing organism.