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Cytotoxic And Antibacterial Activities Of Leaf Extracts Of Astragalus Gombiformis Pomel (Fabaceae) Growing Wild In Tunisia, Hassen Teyeb, Nahla Zanina, Mohamed Neffati, Wahiba Douki, Mohamed Fadhel Najjar
Cytotoxic And Antibacterial Activities Of Leaf Extracts Of Astragalus Gombiformis Pomel (Fabaceae) Growing Wild In Tunisia, Hassen Teyeb, Nahla Zanina, Mohamed Neffati, Wahiba Douki, Mohamed Fadhel Najjar
Turkish Journal of Biology
Many species of the genus Astragalus have been long used in folk medicine because of their biological properties. The aim of this study was to investigate the antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of extracts from the leaves of wild Astragalus gombiformis Pomel. Antibacterial activity was assayed against several common human pathogenic bacterial strains using the paper disk-agar diffusion method. Cytotoxicity was measured against human lung carcinoma cells using the colorimetric MTT assay. The strongest cytotoxic activity against the human A549 lung epithelial carcinoma cell line was detected for dichloromethane extracts at IC_{50} = 85 ± 21.7 µg/mL. The best incubation time …
Antihyperglycemic, Antioxidant And Cytotoxic Activities Of Alocasia Macrorrhizos (Linn.) Rhizomes Extract, Md Masudur Rahman, Md. Aslam Hossain, Saiful Alam Siddique, Kaishar Parvej Biplab, Md. Helal Uddin
Antihyperglycemic, Antioxidant And Cytotoxic Activities Of Alocasia Macrorrhizos (Linn.) Rhizomes Extract, Md Masudur Rahman, Md. Aslam Hossain, Saiful Alam Siddique, Kaishar Parvej Biplab, Md. Helal Uddin
Turkish Journal of Biology
Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) (Araceae), a coarse and erect plant that is widely cultivated to be eaten as a vegetable throughout Bangladesh, has been reported to possess a number of medicinal properties. The antihyperglycemic, antioxidant, and cytotoxic effects of the methanol extract of A. macrorrhizos rhizomes were investigated. The extract was given at a single dose (250 and 500 mg/kg) in alloxan-induced hyperglycemic mice. The extract at 500 mg/kg produced a significant (P < 0.05) decrease in the blood glucose level (55.49%) at 8 h of treatment when compared with the control and was comparable with the reference drug, metformin. The extract was also subjected to antioxidant potentiality and brine shrimp lethality bioassays. The IC_{50} value of the extract was 693.0 \mug/mL and the LC_{50} was 188.14 \mug/mL.
Cytotoxic Action Of Lead Nitrate On Cytomorphology Of Trigonella Foenum-Graecum L., Sana Choudhary, Mohammad Yunus Khalil Ansari, Zeba Khan, Honey Gupta
Cytotoxic Action Of Lead Nitrate On Cytomorphology Of Trigonella Foenum-Graecum L., Sana Choudhary, Mohammad Yunus Khalil Ansari, Zeba Khan, Honey Gupta
Turkish Journal of Biology
The present experiment was undertaken to determine the mutagenic potential of lead on the cytomorphology of Trigonella foenum-graecum L. and to determine the maximum concentration of lead nitrate that induces maximum genetic variability. The seeds were treated with 6 different concentrations (10, 25, 50, 100, 200, and 400 ppm) of lead nitrate. The higher concentrations of lead nitrate significantly reduced plant height, number of branches per plant, pollen fertility, and yield; higher concentrations also caused variation in the plants at the seedling and mature stages. In addition, concentrations affected the pairing of homologous chromosomes and spindle formation. This resulted in …
Antimicrobial And Antiviral Effects Of Essential Oils From Selected Umbelliferae And Labiatae Plants And Individual Essential Oil Components, İlkay Erdoğan Orhan, Berri̇n Özçeli̇k, Murat Kartal, Yüksel Kan
Antimicrobial And Antiviral Effects Of Essential Oils From Selected Umbelliferae And Labiatae Plants And Individual Essential Oil Components, İlkay Erdoğan Orhan, Berri̇n Özçeli̇k, Murat Kartal, Yüksel Kan
Turkish Journal of Biology
The essential oils obtained from Anethum graveolens, Foeniculum vulgare collected at fully-mature and flowering stages, Mentha piperita, Mentha spicata, Lavandula officinalis, Ocimum basilicum (green- and purple-leaf varieties), Origanum onites, O. vulgare, O. munitiflorum, O. majorana, Rosmarinus officinalis, Salvia officinalis, and Satureja cuneifolia, as well as the widely encountered components in essential oils (\gamma-terpinene, 4-allylanisole, (-)-carvone, dihydrocarvone, D-limonene, (-)-phencone, cuminyl alcohol, cuminyl aldehyde, cuminol, trans-anethole, camphene, isoborneol, (-)-borneol, L-bornyl acetate, 2-decanol, 2-heptanol, methylheptane, farnesol, nerol, isopulegol, citral, citronellal, citronellol, geraniol, geranyl ester, linalool, linalyl oxide, linalyl ester, \alpha-pinene, \beta-pinene, piperitone, (-)-menthol, isomenthone, carvacrol, thymol, vanillin, and eugenol), were screened for their …