Chemical investigation of many bacterial and fungal, as well as plant species has revealed
the presence of interesting compounds derived from naphthalene-1, 4-naphthoquinones …

Background Novel chemotherapeutic drugs with good anti-tumor activity are of pressing
need for bladder cancer treatment. In this study, plumbagin (PL), a natural plant-derived …

Cutaneous wounds are a major healthcare concern affecting millions of people as they fail
to heal properly and can result in life threatening conditions and high economic loss. Wound …

In this study, an efficient method for in vitro regeneration of Plumbago europaea was
developed using direct and indirect organogenesis. Accordingly, micropropagation and …

Three locally available Plumbago species (Plumbago auriculata, Plumbago rosea and
Plumbago zeylanica) have been quantitatively screened for the bioactive marker plumbagin …

There has been an increasing interest in the search for colour indicators of natural origin for
titrimetric analysis. This is due to some challenges associated with the currently used …

Background Historically, plants have proven their value as a source of phytochemicals with
therapeutic potentials and recently they play an important role in the discovery of novel …

Secondary metabolite isolation and analysis of Plumbago europaea L.(Plumbaginaceae) is
the aim of this work, which is included in a project of our groups on spontaneous and …

Introduction Cancer is a deadly disease affecting 185 countries with about 10 million deaths
worldwide. Barring high cost, modern cancer treatment and allopathic medicines are double …

(Ancistr~ cladaceae).~ This leads to the degeneration of haustoria in the invading parasite
and eventually its ab~ rtion.~ Plumbagin was shown to display antibacterial and antifungal …