Muhammad Torequl Islam, Eunüs S. Ali, Shaikh Jamal Uddin, Subrata Shaw et al.
Phytol (PYT) is a diterpene member of the long-chain unsaturated acyclic alcohols. PYT and some of its derivatives, including phytanic acid (PA), exert a wide range of biological effects. PYT is a valuable essential oil (EO) used as a fragrance and a potential candidate for a broad range of applicat...
Mohasana Afroz, Sanzida Akter, Asif Ahmed, Razina Rouf et al.
The Solanaceae is an important plant family that has been playing an essential role in traditional medicine and human nutrition. Members of the Solanaceae are rich in bioactive metabolites and have been used by different tribes around the world for ages. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) from plants hav...
Md. Taufiq-Ur-Rahman, Jamil A. Shilpi, Muniruddin Ahmed, Chowdhury Faiz Hossain
Piper chaba Hunter (Piperaceae) is a common pepper in the southern part of Bangladesh. Various parts of this plant have been extensively used in different traditional formulations including ayurveda. In order to rationalize the ethnomedical uses of this plant in a number of ailments, the methanol ex...
Bassem Y. Sheikh, S. M. Neamul Kabir Zihad, Nazifa Sifat, Shaikh Jamal Uddin et al.
In addition to the rich nutritional value, date palm is also used in various ethnobotanical practices for the treatment of various disease conditions. Present investigation was undertaken to examine the neuropharmacological and antinociceptive effect of the ethanol extract of three date cultivars gr...
Firoj Ahmed, Mohamed S. Selim, Jamil A. Shilpi
Methanolic extract of whole plants of Ludwigia adscendens was studied for its antibacterial activity. The extract showed a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity against all the bacteria tested except Stapylococcus aureus.
M. Giasuddin Ahmed, Md. Ashib Rahman, Md. Alimuzzaman, Jamil A. Shilpi
The crude extract of Mikania cordata (1 and 3 g/kg, p.o.) and deoxymikanolide (1) (10 mg/kg, p.o.) significantly inhibited acetic acid-induced writhing in mice. Three other sesquiterpene dilactones isolated from the same plant, namely mikanolide, dihydromikanolide and scandenolide, did not show sign...
Sheikh Julfikar Hossain, M Rabiul Islam, Tahmina Pervin, M Iftekharuzzaman et al.
could be of great use as nutraceuticals.
Md. Ashib Rahman, M. Giasuddin Ahmed, Md. Alimuzzaman, Jamil A. Shilpi
The methanolic extract of Solanum xanthocarpum aerial parts, given orally at 125, 250 and 500 mg/kg, showed significant antinociceptive activity in mice.
Md. Khirul Islam, Nripendra Nath Biswas, Sanjib Saha, Hemayet Hossain et al.
Different parts of the medicinal plant Zanthoxylum budrunga Wall enjoy a variety of uses in ethnobotanical practice in Bangladesh. In the present study, a number of phytochemical and pharmacological investigations were done on the ethanol extract of Z. budrunga seeds (ZBSE) to evaluate its antinocic...
Hemayet Hossain, Ismet Ara Jahan, Sariful Islam Howlader, Jamil A. Shilpi et al.
Shaikh Jamal Uddin, Razina Rouf, Jamil Ahmed Shilpi, Mohammad Alamgir et al.
A total of 33 extracts representing 26 plant species belonging to 24 families were collected from different regions of Bangladesh, and screened for their in vitro antibacterial activity against several pathogenic Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains using the conventional disc diffusion...
Md. Khairuzzaman, Md Mehedi Hasan, Mohammad Tuhin Ali, Abdullah Al Mamun et al.
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Infections caused by parasitic worms or helminth continue to pose a great burden on human and animal health, particularly in underdeveloped tropical and subtropical countries where they are endemic. Current anthelmintic drugs present serious limitations and the emergen...
Taslima Akhter, Nuraya Y. Bristy, Md. E. Shikdar, Ashit K. Dutta et al.
Adiantum philippense Linn (Pteridiaceae), commonly known as “Goyalelata” which has been traditionally used to cure of different diseases including dysentery, ulcers, fevers, cooling and elephantiasis. This study aims to summarize the phytoconstituents reported for A. philippense and its pharmacologi...
Farhana Lovely, Nazifa Sifat, S. M. Neamul Kabir Zihad, Ashit Kumar Dutta et al.
Ganoderma lucidum (GL), commonly called Reishi mushroom, has been utilized in traditional medicine against multiple ailments including obesity and metabolic complications. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of the powdered supplementation of GL (2.5% w/w of diet) and its ability t...
Arshia Hematpoor, Sook Yee Liew, Hasmahzaiti Omar, Jamil A. Shilpi et al.
The insecticidal activities of extracts from 22 Malaysian medicinal plant extracts from 8 botanical families were tested against rice weevil: Sitophilus oryzae (L.) and lesser grain borer: Rhyzopertha dominica (F.). The extracts were obtained using hexane, methanol, and dichloromethane to extract po...