S. Boukhira, L. E. Mansouri, Mouna Bouarfa, A. Ouhammou, S. Achour, Maroua Khadhr, D. Bousta
{"title":"Phytochemical Screening, Anti-Inflammatory and Analgesic Activities Of Formulation Cream of Silene vulgaris","authors":"S. Boukhira, L. E. Mansouri, Mouna Bouarfa, A. Ouhammou, S. Achour, Maroua Khadhr, D. Bousta","doi":"10.3923/RJMP.2016.150.158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/RJMP.2016.150.158","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21121,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Medicinal Plant","volume":"124 1","pages":"150-158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79490985","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":"Studies on Nutraceutical Properties of Caesalpinia bonducella L.: An Indian Traditional Medicinal Plant","authors":"S. Manikandas, V. Vadivel, P. Brindha","doi":"10.3923/RJMP.2016.127.139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/RJMP.2016.127.139","url":null,"abstract":"Caesalpinia bonducella L. belongs to the family Caesalpiniaceae is distributed throughout India and commonly known as Kazhichikkai in Tamil. In the present study, attempts were made to assess the physicochemical, phytochemical, nutritional and pharmacological properties of C. bonducella seeds. Powder microscopy revealed characteristics features of C. bonducella seeds. Physicochemical properties such as foreign matter (0.97%), loss on drying (8.83%), total ash (3.37%), solubility in water (28.8%) and extractive value in water (6.7%) were revealed by the sample. Phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of alkaloid (0.12 mg gG1), phenol (0.60 mg gG1), flavonoid (0.33 mg gG1), tannin (4.90 mg gG1) and lignin (74.7 mg gG1). The nutritional profile of C. bonducella revealed the presence of carbohydrate (18.4 mg gG1), proteins (17.6 mg gG1), fat (3.6 mg gG1), fibre (3.3 mg gG1) and energy value (73.6 kcal). Presence of different phytochemicals was confirmed in the hexane and chloroform extracts of C. bonducella using HPTLC and GC-MS techniques. The aqueous extract (1000 μg mLG1) recorded anti-inflammatory activity in terms of inhibition of protein denaturation (94.15%), inhibition of protease activity (32.40%) and HRBC membrane stabilization (81.66%). Strong antioxidant activity was noticed in aqueous extract based on the results of DPPH radical scavenging (90%) and lipid peroxidation (99.69%) assays, which are higher than that of BHT standard. Thus the present investigation provides scientific evidence for the folk-lore claims for medicinal value of C. bonducella seeds.","PeriodicalId":21121,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Medicinal Plant","volume":"51 1","pages":"127-139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89915095","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}
M. R. Bertão, Milena Cristina Moraes, D. A. Palmieri, L. P. Si, R. M. Gonçalves
{"title":"Cytotoxicity, genotoxicity and antioxidant activity of extracts from Capsicum spp.","authors":"M. R. Bertão, Milena Cristina Moraes, D. A. Palmieri, L. P. Si, R. M. Gonçalves","doi":"10.3923/RJMP.2016.265.275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/RJMP.2016.265.275","url":null,"abstract":"Laboratorio de Fitoterapicos Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas Faculdade de Ciencias e Letras de Assis Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Avenida Dom Antonio 2100","PeriodicalId":21121,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Medicinal Plant","volume":"10 1","pages":"265-275"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73334206","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":"Physico-chemical characterization of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) oil from three Indonesian avocado cultivars.","authors":"Luthfia Indriyani, A. Rohman, S. Riyanto","doi":"10.3923/RJMP.2016.67.78","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/RJMP.2016.67.78","url":null,"abstract":"A study was carried out to determine the physico-chemical characteristics of avocado oil derived from three Indonesian avocado cultivars, namely Bantul (MAB), Purwokerto (MAP) and Garut (MAG). The extraction of avocado oil from avocado fruit was carried out using solvent extraction method. The avocado oil obtained from all samples had a green yellowish color. The iodine value of MAG is 88.7 g I2/100 g oil, slightly higher than MAB (87.0 g I2/100 g oil) and MAP (77.09 g I2/100 g oil) indicated that MAG contains more unsaturated fatty acid. The saponification values of avocado oil were 193.1 mg KOH/g oil for MAB, 198.4 mg KOH/g oil for MAP and 153.17 mg KOH/g oil for MAG, respectively. The peroxide values of MAB, MAP and MAP were 166.1, 124.7 and 14.9 meq kgG oil, respectively. The Conjugated Dienes (CDs) and Conjugated Trienes (CTs) value of MAB, MAP and MAG were significantly different in the specific absorptivity range value from 2.6-3.7. The MAG had lowest CDs and CTs value. The anisidine value for avocado oil samples ranged from 10.59-11.36. There were no significant differences in the anisidine value among avocado oil samples. Avocado oil samples had high amounts of total unsaturated fatty acids, i.e., MAB (55.7%), MAP (62.8%) and MAG (68.9%), respectively. Thermal analysis by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) showed that avocado oil from three different cultivar had different melting and crystallization profile. Principal component analysis was used to classify each sample based on their DSC parameters. The results showed that by using the melting and crystallization proWles the discrimination of three avocado oils was very clear.","PeriodicalId":21121,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Medicinal Plant","volume":"4 1","pages":"67-78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81664273","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}
B. Elya, Ika Maruya Kusuma, M. Jufri, Rosita Handayani
{"title":"Antibacterial Tests Against Acne in vitro, the Physical Stability and Patch Test using Cream Containing Ethyl p-methoxycinnamate Extracted from Kaempferia galanga L., Rhizoma","authors":"B. Elya, Ika Maruya Kusuma, M. Jufri, Rosita Handayani","doi":"10.3923/RJMP.2016.426.434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/RJMP.2016.426.434","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21121,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Medicinal Plant","volume":"7 1","pages":"426-434"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89101235","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":"Nativity, Phytochemistry, Ethnobotany and Pharmacology of Dianthus caryophyllus","authors":"S. Chandra, D. Rawat, D. Chandra, J. Rastogi","doi":"10.3923/RJMP.2016.1.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/RJMP.2016.1.9","url":null,"abstract":"Dianthus caryophyllus L. (carnation) is an important cut flower in trade. This plant traditionally used in China, Japan and Korea in the treatment of wounds and gastro-intestinal disorder and various other ailments. In recent pharmacological studies plant tested for anticancer, antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal and anti-insecticide activities. Kaempferide triglycoside a phenolic compound from plant exhibit anticancer properties against colon cancer cell lines and also show antifungal properties against Fusarium wilt causative pathogenic fungi. Plant extract possesses antibacterial properties against Helicobacter pylori, Pseudomonas spp. and Bacillus spp. The seeds extract of D. caryophyllus exhibit potent antiviral activity against HIV, herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) and hepatitis A virus-27 (HAV-27). Essential oil extracted from flowers of carnation shows arthropods repellent and larvicidal activity.","PeriodicalId":21121,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Medicinal Plant","volume":"104 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75520999","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}
Febrina Rahmayanti, D. F. Sastradipura, Z. A. Mas’ud, B. Bachtiar, Y. Wimardhani, G. Permana
{"title":"Acute oral toxicity testing of ethyl acetate fraction from Garcinia mangostana linn extract in sprague-dawley rats","authors":"Febrina Rahmayanti, D. F. Sastradipura, Z. A. Mas’ud, B. Bachtiar, Y. Wimardhani, G. Permana","doi":"10.3923/RJMP.2016.261.264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/RJMP.2016.261.264","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21121,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Medicinal Plant","volume":"1 1","pages":"261-264"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77307294","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":"GC/MS Determination of Bioactive Constituents of Methanol Fraction of Spilanthes uliginosa (Sw) Leaves","authors":"A. Uraku","doi":"10.3923/RJMP.2016.42.54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/RJMP.2016.42.54","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21121,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Medicinal Plant","volume":"39 1","pages":"42-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86882445","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}
P. A. Figueiredo, K. D. Spera, A. Gomes, A. L. Dokkedal, L. L. Saldanha, V. Ximenes, Luciana P Silva, R. M. G. Silva
{"title":"Antioxidant Activity and Chemical Characterization of Extracts from the Genus Hymenaea","authors":"P. A. Figueiredo, K. D. Spera, A. Gomes, A. L. Dokkedal, L. L. Saldanha, V. Ximenes, Luciana P Silva, R. M. G. Silva","doi":"10.3923/RJMP.2016.330.339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/RJMP.2016.330.339","url":null,"abstract":"Laboratorio de Fitoterapicos Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas Faculdade de Ciencias e Letras de Assis Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Avenida Dom Antonio 2100","PeriodicalId":21121,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Medicinal Plant","volume":"14 1","pages":"330-339"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87838590","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}