Thechemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the essential oil from aerial parts (leaves and flowers) of Chuquiraga arcuataHarling grown in the Ecuadorian Andes were studied. One hundred and twenty-six compounds were identified in the essential oil...
Antioxidantes/química,
Antioxidantes/farmacología,
Extractos Vegetales/química,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Aceites Volátiles/química,
Aceites Volátiles/farmacología,
Asteraceae/química,
Hojas de la Planta/química,
Ecuador,
Antiinfecciosos/química,
Antiinfecciosos/farmacología,
Monoterpenos/análisis,
Hidrocarburos/análisis,
Cromatografía de Gases,
Bacterias/efectos de los fármacos
SUMMARY: Stroke is the leading cause of acquired physical disability in adults and second leading cause of mortality throughout the world. Treatment strategies to curb the effects of stroke would be of great benefit. Pongamia pinnata is a recent attraction in medicine, owing to its abundant medicinal ben...
Millettia/química,
Extractos Vegetales/administración & dosificación,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Accidente Cerebrovascular/tratamiento farmacológico,
Ratas Wistar,
Modelos Animales de Enfermedad,
Corteza Cerebral/efectos de los fármacos,
Isquemia Encefálica/tratamiento farmacológico,
Factor Neurotrófico Derivado del Encéfalo/genética,
Factor Neurotrófico Derivado de la Línea Celular Glial/genética,
Factor 1 Inducible por Hipoxia/genética,
FN-kappa B,
Administración Oral,
Reacción en Cadena en Tiempo Real de la Polimerasa,
Factores de Crecimiento Nervioso/administración & dosificación
SUMMARY: Although tacrolimus (TAC) significantly reduces allograft rejection incidence in solid-organ transplantation, its long-term use is associated with an increased risk of TAC-induced nephrotoxicity. In this study, we investigated the renoprotective effects of green tea extract (GTE) with or without...
Tacrolimus/toxicidad,
Enfermedades Renales/inducido químicamente,
Té,
Piperidonas/administración & dosificación,
Pirimidinas/administración & dosificación,
Enfermedades Renales/tratamiento farmacológico,
Extractos Vegetales/administración & dosificación,
Piperidonas/farmacología,
Pirimidinas/farmacología,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Sinergismo Farmacológico,
Riñón/efectos de los fármacos,
Sustancias Protectoras,
Inmunosupresores/toxicidad
To study the effect of 50% ethanol extract of
Bougainvillea xbuttiana
on the enzymatic
activity, cell via
bility and cytokine production provoked by the venom of
Bothrops jararaca
in macro
-
phages. Three assays were used to study the effects of
B. xbuttiana
extract on the dama...
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Venenos de Crotálidos/antagonistas & inhibidores,
Macrófagos/efectos de los fármacos,
Nyctaginaceae/química,
Citocinas,
Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática,
Etanol,
Fosfolipasas A2,
Ratones Endogámicos BALB C,
Venenos de Crotálidos/enzimología,
Supervivencia Celular/efectos de los fármacos
We evaluated the effect of the total macerate (TM) and seed oil (SO) of mature
Carica
candamarcensis
fruits, on the release of Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) and the phosphorylation of
MAPK in neutrophils. The antioxidant
capacity of these extracts was evaluated by ABTS a...
Bashir, Salah O;
Morsy, Mohamed D;
Mohammed, Muataz E;
Abbas, Amr M;
Badi, Rehab M;
Osman, Osama M;
Dawood, Amal F;
Saeed, Amal M;
Eid, Refaat A;
Sabir, Deema K.
SUMMARY: This study assessed the effects of Acacia Senegal (AS) combined with insulin on Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA) activity and mRNA expression, serum glucose, renal function, and oxidative stress in a rat model of diabetic nephropathy (DN). Sixty rats were equally divided into six groups: normal control, norm...
Acacia/química,
Extractos Vegetales/administración & dosificación,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Nefropatías Diabéticas/tratamiento farmacológico,
ATPasa Intercambiadora de Sodio-Potasio/efectos de los fármacos,
ATPasa Intercambiadora de Sodio-Potasio/genética,
Estrés Oxidativo,
Control Glucémico,
Insulina/administración & dosificación,
Quimioterapia Combinada,
Expresión Génica,
Malondialdehído,
Superóxido Dismutasa,
Modelos Animales de Enfermedad,
Ratas Sprague-Dawley,
Riñón/efectos de los fármacos,
Microscopía Electrónica de Transmisión,
Hemoglobina Glucada/análisis,
d0123330
Although numerous studies have demonstrated the biomedical potential of
Myrtus communis
L., (Myrtaceae) data on myrt
le from Montenegro are scarce. T
o evaluate antioxidant, antimutagenic and
antibacterial activity of myrtle methanolic extracts.
Antioxidant activity was evaluated by measur...
Myrtus/química,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Antioxidantes/farmacología,
Antibacterianos/farmacología,
Antimutagênicos/farmacología,
Montenegro,
Aceites Volátiles/farmacología,
Extractos Vegetales/química,
Aceites Volátiles/química,
Fenoles/análisis,
Flavonoides/análisis,
Bacterias/efectos de los fármacos
In tradition
al Mexican medicine, plants from the
Montanoa
genus, family Asteraceae
(
Montanoa tomentosa
,
Montanoa grandiflora
, and
Montanoa frutescens
) have been used to induce labor
owing to their uterotonic properties like those produced by oxytocin (OXT). However, w
hether infusions ...
Medicinal plants are used to cure diseases, and their replacement
is frequent and affects public
health. The genus
Baccharis
has representatives within the medicinal flora of Argentina, although the
replacement of the species of this genus known under the vulgar name of "carqueja" by
Bacc...
Baccharis/química,
Antivirales/administración & dosificación,
Hepatitis B/tratamiento farmacológico,
Hojas de la Planta,
Línea Celular/efectos de los fármacos,
Antivirales/farmacología,
Extractos Vegetales/administración & dosificación,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Replicación Viral/efectos de los fármacos,
Virus de la Hepatitis B/efectos de los fármacos,
Medicina Tradicional,
Asteraceae
Hassam, U A;
Gulzar, A;
Rasool, B;
Zafar, S;
Younis, T;
Shakeel, M;
Khan, D;
Ullah, S;
Khaliq, S;
Ahmad, S F;
Hafeez, M.
Abstract Earias vittellaFabricius, 1794 (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) is deliberated to be one of the most destructive pests of cotton and okra vegetation in the world including Asia. The pest has established resistance to various synthetic insecticides. The use of bio-pesticide is one of the unconventional a...
