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{"title":"Hypolipidemic Effect of Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) Bark Ethanolic Extract on Triton X-100 induced Hyperlipidemia in Albino Rats","authors":"Abdelgadir A. Abdelgadir, H. M. Hassan, Abeer M Eltaher, Khnsaa Ga Mohammed, Lamya Aa Mohammed, Tassneem B Hago, Tassneem H Aboalbashar, Tbyan H Aalim, Alia M Ahmed, Alaa K Mohamed","doi":"10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.351","url":null,"abstract":"Hyperlipidemia is the greatest risk factors that precipitate coronary heart disease. Medicinal may confer hypolipidemic effects in order to compliment the cardiovascular diseases treatment regimen. The aim of this study was to investigate hypolipidemic effect of cinnamon bark ethanolic extract in Triton X-100 induced hyperlipidemic in rats. Twenty five adult male albino rats (150-250 g) were randomly divided into five groups: group A stand as negative control, group B stand as positive control, groups C and D received 250 and 500 mg/kg cinnamon extract respectively and group E received atorvastatin 10 mg/kg after of induction of hyperlipidemia by Triton X-100 for seven days. The results was showed a significant (p<0.05) hypolipidemic effect on cholesterol and triglycerides of cinnamon extract in groups administered 250 and 500 mg/kg compared with the negative and positive control group. Also the hepatic histopathological study was showed that the cinnamon ethanol extract has preventive effect from liver fatty infiltration and granular degeneration.","PeriodicalId":14019,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76134770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Physical Characteristics of the Essential Oil Extracted from Released and Improved Spearmint Varieties, Peppermint and Japanese Mint","authors":"Beriso Mieso, Abdela Befa","doi":"10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.355","url":null,"abstract":"The mint species namely spearmint, peppermint and Japanese mint which belong to the genus mentha, the family Lamiaceaeare the most aromatic and medicinal plants those Wondo genet Agricultural research center is working on their different research activities and releasing different varieties. The essential oils were extracted using the hydrodistillation method. This study investigated the analysis of physical characteristics of spearmint varieties, peppermint and Japanese mint essential oils. The analyzed physical properties were Essential Oil Content (EOC), specific gravity (relative density) and refractive index. The three released spearmint varieties namely Liyu, WGSM03 and WGSPM Fran (java) have equal essential oil content and relative density with value 0.8% and 0.9210 respectively. WGSPM fran (java) has highest refractive index with the value 1.489 ± 0.002. The value of the refractive index for the other two varieties was 1.487 ± 0.002 and 1.485 ± 0.002 for WGSM03 and Liyu respectively. The oil content, specific gravity and refractive index of peppermint were 1.3%, 0.9215 and 1.462 respectively whereas Japanese mint contains 0.7% essential oil content, 0.9210 specific gravity (relative density) and 1.460 refractive indexes.","PeriodicalId":14019,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76329325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editorial Note for Medicinal & Aromatic Plants","authors":"M SindhuSri","doi":"10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.e180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.e180","url":null,"abstract":"Medicinal & Aromatic Plants (ISSN: 2167-0412) is a scientific journal that includes a wide range of fields in its discipline and reports about the usage of plants for fragrance and medicinal uses during the modern times by identifying the therapeutic ingredients in plants that play a crucial role","PeriodicalId":14019,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants","volume":"802 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78883537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Leishmanicidal and anti-inflammatory activities of Lupeol Acetate isolated from Cnidoscolus tehuacanensis Breckon","authors":"María del Carmen Juárez-Vázquez, G. Siordia-Reyes, M. Z. Pérez-González, K. Chavez-Rueda, M. V. Legorreta-Haquet, Rocío Nieto-Meneses, L. Yépez-Mulia, M. L. M. Rubalcava, M. A. Jiménez-Arellanes","doi":"10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.347","url":null,"abstract":"Cnidoscolus tehuacanensis is an endemic medicinal species used to treat some inflammatory diseases, and biosynthesizes triterpenes and sterols, being Lupeol Acetate (LuAc) the main compound. It was submitted to biological assay to determine the anti-inflammatory and leishmanicidal potential. Anti-inflammatory effect was determined on acute (12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate -TPA- and Carragenan models) and chronic inflammatory models (induce with Complet Freud´s Adjuvant -CFA-) using Indomethacin and Phenylbutazone (PBZ) as reference drugs. In vitro leishmanicidal activity was determined on Leishmania mexicana promastigotes and amastigotes, Miltefosine and amphotericin B were used as reference drugs. In TPA assay, LuAc showed an ED50=1.79 mg/ear (Ind, ED50=0.91 mg/ear) and on Carragenan model, the antiinflammatory effect was not dose-dependent, in this case LuAc at 100, 150 and 250 mg/kg showed 43.31, 40.22 and 51.25% of inhibition, respectively at 5 h. On CFA chronic inflammatory model, LuAc and PBZ groups showed similar anti-inflammatory effect and similar Body Weight (BW) gain although this value was less respect to healthy and CFA groups. Also, inhibited the COX-2 activity being this effect slightly better that PBZ, and the joints and soft tissue from LuAc and PBZ groups did not show any alteration with respect to CFA group. In soft tissue, CFA group showed a significant increase size and leukocyte infiltrate as a result of the chronic inflammatory process; it group also showed sinusoidal hyperplasia in the joint. In liver histological analysis, the healthy and LuAc groups showed no alteration, and the CFA group showed a slight microabscess and scarce hematopoiesis, while the PBZ group presented scarce steatosis. The fraction (rich in LuAc) and LuAc pure were less active that extract against L. mexicana promastigotes. C. tehuacanesis is a potential source of LuAc. This natural compound showed a good anti-inflammatory activity (similar effect to PBZ) and did not cause liver damage.","PeriodicalId":14019,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants","volume":"117 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83687299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Antioxidant, Antiproliferative Activities and Chemical Profile of Clinacanthus nutans Leaf Extracts Processed Using Two Different Pre-Extraction Drying Methods","authors":"Zaleha Md Toha, N. Haron, N. Kamal, Hasni Arsad","doi":"10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.361","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Clinacanthus nutans (CN) is a medicinal herb that is traditionally used in Southeast Asia as a treatment for disease and prevention of cancer. Objective: The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of different drying processes on properties of CN. Methods: Air dried (ADDCM) and oven dried (ODDCM) leaves were extracted using the dichloromethane (DCM) Soxhlet extraction method. Antioxidant activity of the extracts was measured using the 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging assay. The chemical profile of the extracts was determined using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis, and the antiproliferative activity was tested using MCF-7 (breast cancer) and MCF- 10A (normal breast) cell lines and the Sulphoromide B assay. Results: The percentage of scavenging ability was 12.354 ± 0.003% and 13.151 ± 0.009% for ADDCM and ODDCM, respectively, with r2 values of 0.969 and 0.968. The total content of DPPH scavenging radicals in the ADDCM and ODDCM extracts significantly correlated with their trolox relaxation effects (r2 >0.9, p<0.05). GC-MS identified 89 major phytochemical compounds present in both extracts. The antiproliferative effects of both extracts on MCF-7 cells were dose dependent. No antiproliferative effect was detected for MCF-10A cells. Conclusion: Both extracts exhibited free radical scavenging activity, but the ADDCM extract contained a greater amount of chemical compounds. Additionally, the DCM extracts showed selective antiproliferative activity against MCF-7 but not MCF-10A.","PeriodicalId":14019,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants","volume":"10 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89715212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editorial Note on Importance of Essential Oils","authors":"M. SindhuSri","doi":"10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.E182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.E182","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14019,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants","volume":"8 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79067632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of Mechanical, Chemical, Growth Hormone and Biofertilizer Treatments on Seed Quality Enhancement in Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera Dunal)","authors":"Sapra Nc, P Kalyanrao, N. Sasidharan, A. Das, P. Susmitha","doi":"10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.350","url":null,"abstract":"The investigation on effect of mechanical, chemical, growth hormone and biofertilizer treatments on seed quality enhancement in Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera Dunal) was conducted at Department of Seed Science and Technology Laboratory, B. A. College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand during 2017-18. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (Factorial) with two varieties, viz., JA 134 and GAA 1. Seeds of both the varieties were treated with different scarification, growth hormones and biofertilizer treatments and their combined effect on germination and other seed quality attributes was studied. The effect of pre-sowing seed treatment with growth hormone GA3 (200 ppm), bio-fertilizer treatment Phosphorous Solubilizing Bacteria and varieties showed significant effect on germination per cent, seedling length and seedling vigour indices of aswagandha. The maximum germination per cent was attained by the GAA 1 compared to JA 134.","PeriodicalId":14019,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants","volume":"15 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76423754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Performance of Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) in different agro-ecologies of Ethiopia","authors":"W. GejaWoliso, B. MengeshaKassahun","doi":"10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.352","url":null,"abstract":"Two genotypes of hibiscus sabdariffa (Sudan and Jamaica) type was evaluated for the purpose of agronomic adaptability and economic traits. The experiment was done in different agro-ecologies of Ethiopia at Wondogenet and Hawassa and Qoqa by using randomized complete block design with three replications. Data on agronomic and economical traits were collected for two years from 2012 to 2013 and statistically analyzed by analysis of variance using SAS PROC GLM (2002) at P<0.05. Differences between means separated using the least significance difference test at P<0.05. The overall respective mean performance across the test locations varied from 87.13-131.4 cm, 18.8-66.83, 43.93-72.17, 95.93-159.69 g, 19.41-33.59 g, 58.7-98.06 g, 5.87-9.88 g, 2.66-4.44 ton, 5.39-9.33 ton, 16.30-27.50 ton, 1.63-2.75 ton for plant height; number of branches/plant; number of pods per plant; pod yield/plant; dry seed yield/ plant; fresh calyx yield/plant; dry calyx yield/plant; pod yield/hectare; dry seed yield/hectare, fresh calyx yield/ hectare, dry calyx yield /hectare respectively. The highest value for all this parameter were recorded at Hawassa; and the lowest value were recorded at Qoqa for plant height and number of branch /plant and Wondogenet for the other parameter and Jamican type was highly preformed than Sudan type. Therefore, these variations are due to fluctuating features of the environmental factors and the two types of hibiscus were adapted well over the testing locations and years. Hence, it is possible to use the existing the two hibiscus cultivars for the production of pod, calyx and seed for local and international consumption for the food and medicinal purpose in Ethiopia","PeriodicalId":14019,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants","volume":"26 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88595192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fertilizer Application in Basil (Ocimum basilicum) Cultivation in Greece","authors":"Constantinos G. Ipsil, V. Greveniotis, Nikolaos P. Deligeorgidis, Panagiota Pampouktsi, Ioannis Tsakiropoulos, Nikolaos Boudouroglou","doi":"10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.345","url":null,"abstract":"Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is cultivated in many countries as an aromatic herb because of its essential oils that have many uses. In our study, nitrogen application at three levels and a tester was used, and effects on quantity and essential oil characteristics were recorded. The purpose was to explore nitrogen effects on essential oil of basil in Greece. Two commercial cultivars of basil were used: Red Rubin and Lettuce Leaf. The experiment conducted was a replicated fully randomized complete block split-split plot with the two varieties as the main factor, split factor was nitrogen levels (four rates) and split in time factor was sampling time (six dates). Nine characteristics were studied (chlorophyll content measurements-CCM, foliar surface, plant height, fresh weight, dry weight, leaves/stems ratio for fresh weight, leaves/stems ratio for dry weight, essential oil content of flowers and essential oil content of leaves). Basil plants were generally favoured by nitrogen application and many characteristics were improved. Especially for foliar surface, chlorophyll content, plant height and biomass weight (for both cultivars). Red Rubin exploited better nitrogen application in comparison to Lettuce leaf, especially for the second level. On the opposite, Lettuce leaf showed better essential oil production. The two cultivars differed also in the composition of essential oils with impact on essential oil properties. Finally, the biological cycle was accelerated for both cultivars because of increased metabolism after nitrogen application. Genotype × environment interaction was present in many cases, except for foliar surface, leaves/stem ratio and essential oil content of leaves.","PeriodicalId":14019,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77316286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Phytochemical Investigation and Anti-Arthritic Activity of Hydroalcoholic Extracts of Trichosanthes dioica","authors":"A. Sarkar, An, P. Rai","doi":"10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.356","url":null,"abstract":"Trichosanthes diocia Roxb. is a Cucurbitaceous perennial herb widely distributed in tropical areas of Asia and Australia. This herb is cultivated across the globe firmly as a vegetable source. Trichosanthes diocia are used in traditional medicinal system as anti-inflammatory agent, liver tonic, cardiotonic, skin infection, antiulcer, antidiabetic etc. Number of phytochemical and pharmacological work has been carried out on deferent parts of Trichosanthes diocia, prime objective of the study to find out Anti-Arthritic activity of hydroalcoholic extract of Trichosanthes diocia. Hydroalcoholic extracts are rich of flavonoids, Vitamins, Alkaloids, proteins and saponins. Although flavonoids are also responsible for inflammatory induced Antiarthritic activity, presence of secondary metabolite phytoconstituents encourages the current work. Results of the current study shows that Trichosanthes diocia Roxb. having significant anti-arthritic activity.","PeriodicalId":14019,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants","volume":"22 1","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90997640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}