Volume 7, Issue No.1                                     Contents                                              January 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full Papers

Reprinted from Phytomedicine with permission

G. Ulrich-Merzenich, H. Zeitler, D. Jobst, D. Panek, H. Vetter, H. Wagner

Application of the “-Omic-” technologies in phytomedicine

J. K. Patel, P. Y. Patel

Botanical therapeutics: discovery, development and manufacture - prospects and constraints

S. K. Panda, S. C. Si, S. P. Bhatnagar

Studies on hypoglycaemic and analgesic activities of Chlorophytum borivilianum Sant & Ferz.

M. N. Somchit, S. Siti Rahmah, A. Zuraini, A. Ahmad Bustamam, Z. A. Zakaria, N. Somchit, L. Shamsuddin

Gastroprotective activity of Spirulina platensis in acetic acid- and ethanol- induced ulcers in rats.

Pavana P, Manoharan S, Sethupathy S.

Anti-hyperglycemic and anti-lipidperoxidative effects of Tephrosia purpurea leaf extract in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats

Rina H. Gokani, Nayana S. Kapadia, Mamta B. Shah

Development of physico-chemical parameters for indigenous drug, Bharangi: Clerodendrum serratum and Premna herbacea

R. K. Goel, R. N. Maiti, T. Prabha, M. Mohan Kumar, Prakash, G. Singh

Effect of Tamrabhasma, (an Indian Ayurvedic preparation of copper) on some general physiological, reproductive and laboratory parameters in rats

G. Kumar, G. Sharmila Banu, R. Maheswaran, S. Rema, M. Rajasekara Pandian, A. G. Murugesan

Effect of Plumbago zeylanica L. on blood glucose and plasma antioxidant status in STZ diabetic rats.

Paul A. Nwafor, Hajja Gana Hamza

Anti-diarrhoeal and anti-inflammatory effects of methanolic extract of Guiera senegalensis leaves in rodents

K. Jeyaprakash, P. Chinnaswamy

Antioxidant property of Spirulina and Liv-52 against lead induced toxicity in albino rats

Rakesh Chaudhary, R. S. Gupta, J. B. S. Kachhaw, Dharmendra Singh, S. K. Verma

Inhibition of spermatogenesis by Triterpenes of Albizia lebbeck (L.) benth pods in male albino rats

Papiya Bigoniya, A. C. Rana

Wound healing activity of Euphorbia neriifolia leaf ethanolic extract in rats

M. S. Ganachari, Shiv Kumar, K. R. Alagawadi

Anti-obese activity of Ziziphus jujuba Lam leaves extract in dietary obese rats

Attia H. Atta, Nawal H. Mohamed, Soad M. Nasr, Samar M. Mouneir

Phytochemical and pharmacological studies on Convolvulus fatmensis Ktze

H. Shivakumar, T. Prakash, R. Nagendra Rao, B. H. M. Jayakumar Swamy, A. N. Nagappa

Wound healing activity of the leaves of Thespesia populnea

M. C. Joshi, M. Mohan Kumar, T. Prabha, M. Dorababu, R. K. Goel

Status of mucosal offensive and defensive factors in pylorus ligatedinduced gastric ulceration in NIDDM rats vis-à-vis plantain banana

A. Bose, S. Mondal, J. K. Gupta, T. Ghosh, S. Si, D. Debbhuti

A study on antimicrobial activity of Cleome rutidosperma DC

Sheetal Anandjiwala, Milind S. Bagul, H. Srinivasa, Jyoti Kalola, M. Rajani

Antioxidant activity of stem bark of Thespesia populnea Soland ex Corr.

B. Andallu, V. Ramya

Antihyperglycemic, cholesterol-lowering and HDL–raising effects of cumin (Cuminum cyminum) seeds in type - 2 diabetes

H. M. Suresh, B. C. Hatapakki, S. I. Shivakumar, C. S. Hallikeri, B. M. Swamy, V. K. Chandur

Laxative activity of Cassia auriculata Pods in Rats

Purnima Ashok, G. S.Prasanna, R. Rajendran, B. G. Desai

Effect of aqueous alcoholic extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa L. and Ocimum sanctum L. on plasma triglycerides in wistar rats

B. Natarajan, A. Muralidharan, R. Satish, R. Dhananjayan

Neuropharmacological activity of Trigonella foenum graecum Linn. seeds

S. B. Kasture, V. S. Kasture, A. J. Joshua, A. Damodaran, A. Amit

Nootropic activity of BacoMind™, an enriched phytochemical composition from Bacopa monnieri

S. Nikhil, S. Sudha, B. Aruna, Amarjeeth R, S. Guido, A. Amit

Laxative effects of different extracts of B.monnieri: an experimental study in animals