@article {537, title = {Impact of Tridax procumbens on Hematological Parameters in aflatoxin Induced Liver Toxicity in Albino Rats}, journal = {Pharmacog Journal}, volume = {10}, year = {2018}, month = {January-2018}, pages = {304-308}, type = {Original Article}, chapter = {304}, abstract = {

Objective: Tridax procumbens comes under the family Asteraceae Tridax which is found to have anti-inflammatory, analgesic properties. Materials and Methods: The morphological parameters such as the body weight, liver and kidney weight of experimental animals which were fed by alfatoxin and thereby treating with extracts of T. procumbens were studied along with the Hematological parameters such as Haemoglobin (Hb), Red Blood Corpus Cells (RBC), White Blood Corpus Cells (WBC) , Packed Cell Volume (PCV) and Prothrombin time (PT). Results: The results of this study shows that there is an significant changes in the body weight liver and kidney weight in T. procumbens treated animals and also significant raise in blood level was seen in the T. procumbens treated animals. Conclusion: Based on the results obtained, we concluded that T. procumbens have an antiaflatoxicosis potency.

}, keywords = {alfatoxin, etc, Haemoglobin, Packed cell volume, Prothrombin time, Red blood corpus cells, Tridax procumbens, White blood corpus cells}, doi = {10.5530/pj.2018.2.53}, url = {http://fulltxt.org/article/483}, author = {Palanisamy Sampathkumar and Subramanian Kalavathy and Arumugam Vijaya Anand and Thangavelu Sangeetha and Purusothaman Sujeetha} } @article {1537, title = {Bioactivity of Viscum album extracts from Olive and Almond host plants in Palestine}, journal = {Pharmacognosy Journal}, volume = {6}, year = {2014}, month = {18th Feb,2014}, pages = {117-123}, type = {Original Article}, chapter = {117}, abstract = {

Introduction:Viscum album is a semi-parasitic medicinal plant which has been used for many years as a remedy in traditional medicine. The plant is widely used in folk medicine in Palestine; mainly in the treatment of cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Since no previous reports on bio activity of this plant in association with host plant specificity in Palestine, the current study aimed at evaluating bio activity of almond and olive variants of this plant. Method: Methanolic extract ofviscum album cultivated from almond and olive host plants were tested for antioxidant, antimicrobial . Prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) were also used to assess anticoagulant activities of plant extracts. Result: The result demonstrated that Viscum album have an IC50 of 25.34\±3.8\μg/ml when hosted by olive while the IC50 was 15.37\±2.2\μg/ml when hosted by almond. Crude extracts of both Viscum album plants showed strong inhibition effects on the growth of the studied Staphylococcus aureus strains (ATCC 25923 and MRSA) with a pronounced effect when extracts of almond host was used. However, the effects of both host extracts were very limited or absent when tested against Gram-negative reference and clinical strains. Plant extracts of both host showed prolonged PT and PTT compared to phosphate buffered saline control solution. Conclusion: In conclusion, variations in the bioactivity of Viscum album is clearly influenced by host type and further studies required to illustrate such variations using other host plants.

Key words: Viscum album, Antioxidant, Prothrombin time, Antimicrobial.

}, keywords = {Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, Prothrombin time, Viscum album}, author = {Murad Abualhasan, and Nidal Jaradat, and Nael Abu-Hasan, and Motasem Almasri, and Adham Abu Taha, and Ahmad Rabbaa, and Noor Natsheh, and Sajed Shalalfeh, and Majdi Najib.} }