Manoj Kumar, Maharishi Tomar, Ryszard Amarowicz, Vivek Saurabh et al.
(L.) belongs to the Myrtaceae family and it is an important fruit in tropical areas like India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and South America. The leaves of the guava plant have been studied for their health benefits which are attributed to their plethora of phytochemicals, such as quercetin, a...
Manoj Kumar, Vivek Saurabh, Maharishi Tomar, Muzaffar Hasan et al.
L. belongs to the family of Anacardiaceae and is an important fruit from South and Southeast Asia. India, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Mexico, Brazil, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and the Philippines are among the top mango producer countries. Leaves of the mango plant have been studied for their h...
M.D. Mahfuzul Hoque, Md. Latiful Bari, Yasuhiro Inatsu, Vijay K. Juneja et al.
The antibacterial activity of guava (Psidium guajava) and neem (Azadirachta indica) extracts against 21 strains of foodborne pathogens were determined--Listeria monocytogenes (five strains), Staphylococcus aureus (four strains), Escherichia coli O157:H7 (six strains), Salmonella Enteritidis (four st...
Mohammed Rahmatullah, A K Das, M. A. H. Mollik, Rownak Jahan et al.
Primary health-care service is provided to a substantial section of the population of Bangladesh by folk medicinal practitioners known as Kavirajes, who use medicinal plants for treatment of diverse ailments. Since the medicinal plants used by the Kavirajes can vary even between adjoining areas, it ...
Shafi Mahmud, Gobindo Kumar Paul, Mirola Afroze, Shirmin Islam et al.
The recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global threat for healthcare management and the economic system, and effective treatments against the pathogenic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus responsible for this disease have not yet progressed beyond...
Nizam Uddin, Md. Rakib Hasan, Md. Monir Hossain, Arjyabrata Sarker et al.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the therapeutic effects of methanol extract of Citrus macroptera Montr.fruit in α-amylase inhibitory activity (in vitro) and hypoglycemic activity in normal and glucose induced hyperglycemic rats (in vivo). METHODS: Fruits of Citrus macroptera without rind was extracted wit...
Mohammed Rahmatullah, Rownak Jahan, M. A. Khatun, Farhana Jahan et al.
Amrita Bhowmik, Liakot Ali Khan, Masfida Akhter, Begum Rokeya
Mangifera indica Linn, locally known as mango tree has been claimed to possess antidiabetic properties by many investigators. The present study was undertaken to screen the hypoglycemic and antihyperglycemic activity of both ethanol and water extracts of leaves and stem-barks of M. indica in nondiab...
Md Mizanur Rahman, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman Khan, Mohammad Mazedul Hosain
Total vitamin C (ascorbic acid + dehydroascorbic acid) has been determined by UVspectrophotometric method in various fruits and vegetables. In this method bromine water oxidizes ascorbic acid to dehydroascorbic acid in presence of acetic acid. After coupling with 2,4-dinitrophenyl hydrazine at 37&am...
Md. Atiar Rahman, Talha bin Imran, Shahidul Islam
This study investigated the phytochemical, antioxidative, antimicrobial and cytotoxic effects of Leea indica leaf ethanol extract. Phytochemical values namely total phenolic and flavonoid contents, total antioxidant capacity, DPPH radical scavenging effect, FeCl3 reducing power, DMSO superoxide scav...
Farhana Jahan, M. Rajib-ul-Hasan, Rownak Jahan, Syeda Seraj et al.
Folk medicinal practitioners (Kavirajes) provide primary health care to the rural population of around 86,000 villages in Bangladesh. Every village has at least one or more practicing Kavirajes. The Kavirajes rely almost exclusively on medicinal plants for treatment of various ailments. It was of in...
G Nosálóvá, Juraj Mokrý, Khadija M Hassan
The antitussive activity of Emblica officinalis Gaertn. (E. officinalis, Fam. Euphorbiaceae) was tested in conscious cats by mechanical stimulation of the laryngopharyngeal and tracheobronchial mucous areas of airways. The results showed that at a dose of 50 mg/kg body wt. perorally, the cough suppr...
Meher Nigad Nipa, Reaz Mohammad Mazumdar, Saiful Islam, Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan et al.
The study was conducted to examine microbiological quality of raw salad vegetables and their role as a source of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Eight types of vegetables which are commonly used for salad i.e. Tomato, Cucumber, Carrot, Green chilli, Lemon, coriander leaf, Pepper mint, Beet root were ...
A.H.M. Mahbubur Rahman, Momtaj Parvin
The research work was initiated to get information and report the medicinal plants on the family Fabaceae of Rajshahi during January 2011 to December 2011. The present study deals with the study of medicinal plants used by local people of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. A total of 32 medicinal plants species ...
Mahfuzul Hoque, Shemona Rattila, Md. Asaduzzaman Shishir, Md. Latiful Bari et al.
The ethanol extract of Betel leaf (Piper betle L.), an indigenous climber plant of Bangladesh was screened for its antibacterial activity against some foodborne pathogens viz. Vibrio cholerae ATCC 6395, E. coli ATCC 25922, E. coli O157:H7 NCTC 12049, Shigella dysenteriae-1 MJ-84 and Staphylococcus a...