Arka Chakraborty, Tanvir Mahtab Uddin, B. M. Redwan Matin Zidan, Saikat Mitra et al.
As Allium cepa is one of the most important condiment plants grown and consumed all over the world, various therapeutic and pharmacological effects of A. cepa were reviewed. Onion (Allium cepa) is a high dietary fiber-rich perennial herb that is placed under the family Amaryllidaceae. It contains hi...
Ronia Mostofa, Shanta Ahmed, Mst. Marium Begum, Md. Sohanur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: The medicinal plants signify a massive basin of potential phytoconstituents that could be valuable as a substitute to allopathic drugs or considered as an analogue in drug development. Phyllanthus niruri L. (Euphorbiaceae) is generally used in traditional medicine to treat ulcer and infl...
A.H.M. Mahbubur Rahman, Momota Akter
Taxonomy and medicinal uses of the family Euphorbiaceae growing throughout the Rajshahi city, Bangladesh were studied during September 2012 to August 2013. A total of 16 species under 8 genera belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae were collected and identified. Out of the total number of species Aca...
Hanif Ali, Rumana Yesmin, Mohammed A. Satter, Rowshanul Habib et al.
As sources of natural products, medicinal plants bear a great interest for researcher in recent decades and this interest has increased considerably in finding naturally occurring antioxidant and antineoplastic compounds. Kaempferia galangal Linn., is an important member of medicinal flora available...
Mohammad Zahangir Alam, Christos Haralambous, Katrin Kuhls, Evi Gouzelou et al.
Multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) was employed to compare strains of Leishmania donovani belonging to the MON-37 zymodeme (MON-37 strains) from Cyprus and Israel to MON-37 strains from the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, China and East Africa as well as strains of other zymodemes. The ML...
Rubel Hasan, Abdulrahman Alshammari, Norah A. Albekairi, Md. Shimul Bhuia et al.
Abstract The present study was designed to evaluate the antiemetic activity of abietic acid (AA) using in vivo and in silico studies. To assess the effect, doses of 50 mg/kg b.w. copper sulfate (CuSO 4 ⋅5H 2 O) were given orally to 2-day-old chicks. The test compound (AA) was given orally at two dos...
Md. Khokon Miah Akanda, A. H. M. Nazmul Hasan
Abstract Background Ziziphus mauritiana belongs to family of Rhamnaceae, is an improved fast-growing variety of plum and seasonal fruit which is very popular and commonly known as “BAU Kul” in Bangladesh. This study was designed to evaluate the medicinal values of seed and stem bark extracts of Zizi...
Syed Rashel Kabir, Md. Amir Hossen, Md. Abu Zubair, Md. Jahangir Alom et al.
A lectin (designated as KRL) was purified from the extracts of Kaempferia rotunda Linn. tuberous rhizome by glucose-sepharose affinity chromatography. KRL was determined to be a 29.0± 1.0 kDa polypeptide by SDS-PAGE under both reducing and non-reducing conditions. KRL was a divalent ion dependent gl...
Mazdida Sulaiman, Khoshnur Jannat, Veeranoot Nissapatorn, Mohammed Rahmatullah et al.
The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria and fungi requires the development of antibiotics and antifungal agents. This review identified natural products isolated from Asian angiosperms with antibacterial and/or antifungal activities and analyzed their distribution, molecular weights, solubilit...
Ismet Ara Jahan, Nilufar Nahar, M Mosihuzzaman, Begum Rokeya et al.
The effects of Ficus racemosa Linn. fruit extract and fraction on fasting serum glucose levels of normal, type 1 and type 2 diabetic model rats are presented. The aqueous 80% EtOH extract and its water soluble fraction of F. racemosa fruit did not show any serum glucose lowering effect on non-diabet...
Salma Akter Sumi, Md Afjalus Siraj, Amir Hossain, Md. Sagir Mia et al.
Objective . Oxidative stress leads to numerous physiological disorders including infectious diseases, inflammation, and cancer. The present study was carried out to investigate antioxidant, antibacterial, and cytotoxic activity of methanol crude extract of leaves and fruits of the Ficus racemosa (LC...
Rizwana Afroz, E. M. Tanvir, Md Asiful Islam, Fahmida Alam et al.
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of a methanolic extract of Apple kul (Zizyphus mauritiana) as it has not been studied extensively. Apple kul was found to be a rich source of polyphenols (52.19 ± 2.38 mg gallic acid equivalents/100 g), ...
Safinaz Shahreen, Jayanta Banik, A. Hafiz, Shahnaz Rahman et al.
Averrhoa carambola L. (Oxalidaceae), Ficus hispida L.f. (Moraceae), and Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & L.M. Perry (Myrtaceae) are three common plants in Bangladesh, the fruits of which are edible. The leaves and fruits of A. carambola and F. hispida are used by folk medicinal practitioners fo...
M. K. Hassan, Donald E. Irving, E. K. Dann, L. M. Coates et al.
Abstract Physical and chemical properties of sap and sap concentrations of constitutive alk(en)ylresorcinols were determined in several varieties of mango grown in different locations in Queensland, Australia, over two consecutive cropping seasons. Sap weight from individual fruit, sap pH, percentag...
Subarna Dutta, Sabah Haq, Mohammad Rokibul Hasan, Jalaluddin Ashraful Haq
Melioidosis an infectious disease, caused by a Gram negative bacterium called Burkholderia pseudomallei, is endemic in Bangladesh. This organism is sensitive to limited number of antimicrobial agents and need prolonged treatment. There is no comprehensive data on the antimicrobial susceptibility pro...