[PDF] Top 20 Phytochemical studies on Leucas aspera

... Typical phenolics that possess antioxidant activity have been characterized as phenolic acids and flavonoids. Phenolic acids have repeatedly been implicated as natural antioxidants in fruits, vegetables, and other ... See full document

... of Leucas aspera in the dose of 2000mg/kg were administered orally, shows no signs of toxicity up to ...The phytochemical screening of Leucas aspera shows the presence of alkaloids, ... See full document

... has been found to possess antibacterial activity inflammatory Activity (Shirazi, 1947), Anti- inflammatory agents may thus act by interfering with any one of several mechanisms including immunologic mechanisms such as ... See full document

... Diabetes was induced in overnight fasted male albino rats by a single intraperitoneal injection of freshly prepared alloxan monohydrate (150 mg/kg b.w.) dissolved in normal saline (0.9 % w/v NaCl in distilled water). ... See full document

... The effects of leaf extracts of L. aspera leaves on liver enzymatic antioxidants in STZ induced diabetes in rats and the results were tabulated in table 5. The Catalase (CAT), Superoxide dismutase (SOD), ... See full document

... [2] Phytochemical investigations carried out during the 1970s and 1980s have discovered a number of alkaloids and other pharmacologically active substances that are currently being studied and that can possible ... See full document

... Animals were sacrificed and blood samples collected. The liver was removed rapidly and cut into separate portions for hepatic glutathione, antioxidant enzymes, lipid peroxide estimation and histopathological ... See full document

... of Leucas aspera had ter- pinoids, flavones, Glycoside, tannin, saponin, alkaloids, qui- nine, phenols, ...partial studies shown the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids, steroids, tannins, ... See full document

... in Leucas aspera flowers were compared wound healing activity with standard soframycin ...L. aspera were characterized based on chemical tests and spectral analysis such as UV and NMR ...L. ... See full document

... Although the plant extract showed negative results in all the genotoxicity testing protocols, further specific and reliable mutagenicity tests need to be done as there are cases of point mutation, frame shift mutation ... See full document

... also Leucas aspera root extract showed good antibacterial activity against the bacterial ...strains. Leucas aspera leaf although did not show any zone of inhibition against ...of Leucas ... See full document

... further studies on other therapeutic ...L. aspera and ...L. aspera, the methanolic leaf extract did not exhibit toxic effects, at the concentration of 100 µg/ml and 200 µg/ml even after incubating ... See full document

... modern techniques, identification of plant drugs by pharmacognostic studies is more reliable. According to the World Health Organization, the macroscopic and microscopic description of a medicinal plant is the ... See full document

... recent studies showed the medicinal value of mangroves, and associated plants persist to provide invaluable treatment modalities, both in modern and traditional systems of medicine [12,13] ... See full document

... and phytochemical constituents of L. aspera This study on physicochemical characteristics and preliminary phytochemical screening provides useful information which may help in authenticating the ... See full document

... A. aspera which is used as leafy vegetable possess medicinal ...A. aspera such as leaf, flower and fruits have been reported as rich source for phenols, alkaloids and tannins 10 ... See full document

... Whole plant material was collected from Kerala district and herbarium of leucas aspera linn. was prepared and authenticated from MS university (Vadodara). The plants collected were washed under running tap ... See full document

... The antioxidant activity of plant extract at 20, 40, 60 and 80 was chosen for invitro antioxidant activity and was measured by DPPH method. The total anti-oxidant capacity of extracts of l. aspera was calculated ... See full document

... of studies reported the antimicrobial properties of plants ...several studies [11-13]. Numerous studies have investigated the presence of pharmacological properties from several medicinal ... See full document

... Antioxidants that scavenge free radicals play an important role in cardiovascular disease, aging, cancer, and inflammatory disorders 35 . In addition, these naturally occurring antioxidants can be formulated to give ... See full document