Leaves as dining plates, food wraps and food packing material: Importance of renewable resources in Indian culture

AJ Kora - Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2019 - Springer
Background The disposable plates made up of plastics such as polythene, polypropylene,
polystyrene, polycarbonate, polyvinyl chloride, etc. pose health risks due to the release of …

Phytochemical properties and pharmacological role of plants: secondary metabolites

B Kaushik, J Sharma, P Kumar… - Biosciences …, 2021 - search.proquest.com
Over the past decades, there has been increasing attention tothe study of medicinal plants
that contain many phytochemicals beneficial for human health. A number of secondary …

In vitro antiviral activity of twenty-seven medicinal plant extracts from Southwest Nigeria against three serotypes of echoviruses

OO Ogbole, TE Akinleye, PA Segun, TC Faleye… - Virology journal, 2018 - Springer
Background Echoviruses, a serotype of enteroviruses, infect millions of people globally and
there is no specific drug treatment or vaccine available for its management. The screening of …

Therapeutic potential of prenylated stilbenoid macasiamenene F through its anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective effects on LPS-challenged monocytes and microglia

V Leláková, S Béraud-Dufour, J Hošek… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Macaranga Thou.(Euphorbiaceae) is a large
genus that comprises over 300 species distributed between Western Africa and the islands …

Cytotoxicity of 91 Kenyan indigenous medicinal plants towards human CCRF-CEM leukemia cells

LK Omosa, JO Midiwo, VM Masila, BM Gisacho… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Plants from Kenyan flora are traditionally used
against many ailments, including cancer and related diseases. Cancer is characterized as a …

Antibacterial Activities and Phytochemical Screening of Crude Extracts from Kenyan Macaranga Species Towards MDR Phenotypes Expressing Effux Pumps

I Hashim, LK Omosa, VA Nchiozem-Ngnitedem… - 2021 - erepository.uonbi.ac.ke
Macaranga species are traditionally used for the treatment and management of coughing,
fungal infection, and wounds. In this study, the phytochemical screening and antibacterial …

[PDF][PDF] Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the management of cancer and diabetes.

G Singh, AK Passari, MD Momin, S Ravi… - Journal of Traditional …, 2020 - researchgate.net
OBJECTIVE: To conduct an ethnobotanical survey and document the traditional anticancer
and antidiabetic plants used by the local tribes of Mizoram, Northeast India. METHODS: A …

Deciphering characteristics of Macaranga tanarius leaves extract with electron shuttle-associated anti-inflammatory activity via microbial fuel cells, molecular docking …

AGB Remorosa, PW Tsai, KA De Castro-Cruz… - Biochemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent studies have shown that the potential disease-treating characteristics of traditional
Chinese medicine (TCM) were associated with electron-shuttling and bioenergy-stimulating …

Microencapsulation of macaranga gigantea leaf extracts: Production and characterization

M Muhaimin, Y Yusnaidar, W Syahri, M Latief… - Pharmacognosy …, 2020 - phcogj.com
Introduction: The aim of this research was to formulate the microcapsules of Macaranga
gigantea leaves extract with solvent evaporation method using Ethocel 10 cP and Eudragit …

Bioassay-guided isolation and structure elucidation of cytotoxic stilbenes and flavonols from the leaves of Macaranga barteri

PA Segun, OO Ogbole, FMD Ismail, L Nahar, AR Evans… - Fitoterapia, 2019 - Elsevier
Bioassay-guided fractionation of the leaves of Macaranga barteri collected from Nigeria led
to the isolation of three previously undescribed cytotoxic stilbenes, macabartebenes A–C (1 …