A Review on Phytoconstituents and Biological activities of Cuscuta species

A Ahmad, S Tandon, TD Xuan, Z Nooreen - Biomedicine & …, 2017 - Elsevier
The genus Cuscuta belonging to the Cuscutaceae family comprises of about 100–170
species spread around the world. Although several species have been studied for their …

An updated review on the parasitic herb of Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.

S Patel, V Sharma, NS Chauhan… - Zhong xi yi jie he xue bao …, 2012 - europepmc.org
Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. is a golden yellow, leafless, perennial, parasitic herb of the family
Convolvulaceae. C. reflexa has been investigated for antispasmodic, hemodynamic …

[PDF][PDF] A pharmacological evaluation of medicinal plants used by folk medicinal practitioners of Station Purbo Para Village of Jamalpur Sadar Upazila in Jamalpur …

M Rahmatullah, R Jahan, MA Khatun… - … Eurasian Journal of …, 2010 - researchgate.net
An ethnomedicinal survey was carried out at Station Purbo Para village of Jamalpur Sadar
sub-district in Jamalpur district of Bangladesh. Information on 121 medicinal plant species …

Comparative evaluation of cytotoxicity and antioxidative activity of 20 flavonoids

N Li, JH Liu, J Zhang, BY Yu - Journal of Agricultural and Food …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Flavonoids are common dietary components with many health benefits shown through
epidemiological studies. However, the fact that flavonoids also act as pro-oxidants and …

Effect of Cuscuta reflexa stem and Calotropis procera leaf extracts on glucose tolerance in glucose-induced hyperglycemic rats and mice

M Rahmatullah, S Sultan, T Toma, SS Lucky… - African Journal of …, 2010 - ajol.info
Cuscuta reflexa (whole plant) and Calotropis procera (leaves) are used in folk medicine of
Bangladesh to control blood sugar in patients suffering from diabetes mellitus. The …

[HTML][HTML] Honey as an antioxidant therapy to reduce cognitive ageing

KF Azman, R Zakaria - Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This paper reviews the potential role of honey as a therapeutic antioxidant to reduce
oxidative stress and improve cognitive ageing. All articles indexed to PubMed Central (PMC) …

[HTML][HTML] The genus Cuscuta (Convolvolaceac): An updated review on indigenous uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacology

S Noureen, S Noreen, SA Ghumman… - Iranian Journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cuscuta, commonly known as dodder, is a genus of family convolvolaceace. Approximately
170 species of Cuscuta are extensively distributed in temperate and subtropical areas of the …

Antibacterial activity of two limonoids from Swietenia mahagoni against multiple-drug-resistant (MDR) bacterial strains

AKMS Rahman, AKA Chowdhury, HA Ali… - Journal of natural …, 2009 - Springer
Solvent partitioning followed by column chromatography of the MeOH extract of the seeds of
Swietenia mahagoni afforded two limonoids, swietenolide (1) and 2-hydroxy-3-O …

[HTML][HTML] Bioactivity of Excoecaria agallocha

N Subhan, MA Alam, F Ahmed, IJ Shahid… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
The results of neuropharmacological, microbiological and toxicological studies on the
ethanol extract of the bark of Excoecaria agallocha are reported. The extract (100 and 200 …

Antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory properties of Ruellia tuberosa

MA Alam, N Subhan, MA Awal, MS Alam… - Pharmaceutical …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The ethanol extract of Ruellia tuberosa L.(Acanthaceae) was evaluated for its
antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory properties in experimental mice and/or rat models. In …