Natural Product Pharmacology

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Any suggestions on variable results using red blood cell haemolysis assay?

Hello everyone, Im just wondering. Im trying to investigate the cytotoxic effect of essential oil using red blood cell haemolysis assay,i repeated the assay several times, but the results...

05 May 2015 9,308 5 View

What is the accurate method for calculating hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity of natural extract?

for this assay I find difficulty to assess the starting point of the reaction as absorbance of hydrogen peroxide with buffer is very small and when I added sample such as natural extract the...

05 May 2015 4,210 6 View

Aby bilological model for examining fagonia cretica herbal tea for the treatment of breast cancer?

I want to test the effect of fagonia cretica tea in the treatbent of breast cancer I want to give to women suffering from breast cancer

05 May 2015 2,218 6 View

Any suggestion on the dose of plant extract to treat DNCB-induced Atopic dermatitis on mice?

Hi there, I'm confused about the dose of plant extract I should use to test its anti-inflammatory activity on DNCB-induced eczema mice. I mean, some papers they investigate 1%, 2%, 4%, 8%,etc...

05 May 2015 1,753 2 View

How can I increase the solubility of Curcumin efficiently?

Curcumin is insoluble in water but research says that using several dyes, toxins, oils, surfactants and PEG we can increase the solubility of Curcumin. How to increase the solubility in a...

05 May 2015 4,814 8 View

Do anti-infective screens have selective toxicity?

medicinal plants notably have some anti-infective properties due to the secondary metabolites, these principles are responsible for their abilities in destroying microorganisms like bacteria and...

05 May 2015 8,205 3 View

Do anti-infective screens have selective toxicity?

medicinal plants notably have some anti-infective properties due to the secondary metabolites, these principles are responsible for their abilities in destroying microorganisms like bacteria and...

01 May 2015 8,415 3 View

Which is the best extraction method of leaves and stem bark of Ximenia americana for in vivo toxicity analysis using swiss albino mice?

which is the best extraction method of leaves and stem bark of X. americana for toxicity analysis using swiss albino mice? Why are female swiss albino mice mostly used as research models and not...

28 April 2015 6,466 7 View

While rotary evaporating plant extract (80% Ethanol) my sample boils. Can this boiling can affect the properties of my extract?

While rotary evaporating plant extract(80% Ethanol) my sample boils. I am very worried that this boiling can affect the properties of my extract? I reduce the pressure very slowly but the problem...

26 April 2015 8,856 18 View

Is anyone doing research on coumarin, or 7-hydroxycoumarin in the management of lymphedema?

Earlier research on coumarin showed very promising results, but some of the in vivo studies using rodents showed toxicity, which was discovered to be a metabolic pathway that is not usual in...

15 April 2015 2,816 2 View

Could there be antioxidant potential in animal products like shell and how could it be determined?

this to know the possible antioxidants ingredients that can be in animal products

10 April 2015 9,373 4 View

How can a mixture of crystals obtained from plant extract can be separated?

I am isolating compounds from plant. i have got 2 types of crystals,one is needle like and another cubic in shape in a vial. now from here how can i separate them? any technique??

04 April 2015 3,309 7 View

Is Kanglaite effective alone or in combination with chemotherapy and/or target therapy in lung cancer or other types of cancer?

Kanglaite (KLT) is a type of Chinese herbal medicine. It comes from the seeds of a tropical Asian grass called Coix. It isn’t a treatment in the europe or USA but doctors in China have been using...

04 April 2015 3,488 2 View

Could there be antioxidant potential in animal products like shell and how could it be determined?

this to know the possible antioxidants ingredients that can be in animal products

04 April 2015 6,988 5 View

Which is the best extraction method of leaves and stem bark of Ximenia americana for in vivo toxicity analysis using swiss albino mice?

which is the best extraction method of leaves and stem bark of X. americana for toxicity analysis using swiss albino mice? Why are female swiss albino mice mostly used as research models and not...

04 April 2015 8,359 8 View

While rotary evaporating plant extract (80% Ethanol) my sample boils. Can this boiling can affect the properties of my extract?

While rotary evaporating plant extract(80% Ethanol) my sample boils. I am very worried that this boiling can affect the properties of my extract? I reduce the pressure very slowly but the problem...

04 April 2015 734 18 View

How can we ensure the bio availability of extracts in an animal system?

I want to find the presence and accumulation of bioactive natural products or extracts uptaken by the fishes, how can i ensure the amount of product under utilized by the metabolism and its energy...

04 April 2015 656 1 View

Are there any diabetes marker cell lines?

I want to check the effect of different plant extracts using diabetic marker cell lines if anyone know kindly share information. Thanking in advance

04 April 2015 9,112 3 View

Is anyone doing research on coumarin, or 7-hydroxycoumarin in the management of lymphedema?

Earlier research on coumarin showed very promising results, but some of the in vivo studies using rodents showed toxicity, which was discovered to be a metabolic pathway that is not usual in...

04 April 2015 1,438 2 View

In determining the antimicrobial potential of a crude plant extract, at what dose can one start?

to enable me know how to go about determine the antimicrobial effect a crude plant extract

04 April 2015 5,754 7 View

Is anyone working with the isolation and characterisation of molecules from worms and insect fungi?

The sources of drug discoveries has been a synthetic chemical pools and the natural resources including microbes, proteins, plants and animals. The worms especially the intestinal helminths has...

04 April 2015 1,931 3 View

How can a mixture of crystals obtained from plant extract can be separated?

I am isolating compounds from plant. i have got 2 types of crystals,one is needle like and another cubic in shape in a vial. now from here how can i separate them? any technique??

03 April 2015 5,625 6 View

Is Kanglaite effective alone or in combination with chemotherapy and/or target therapy in lung cancer or other types of cancer?

03 April 2015 1,417 1 View

For in vivo studies is it necessary that we should make plant extracts of pure solvents (ethanolic, aqueous etc)?

Anti cancer study in wistar rats after chemically inducing tumour with DMBA. I was planning for an anti cancer study of my plant extracts with hydro ethanolic solvent(1:1), but i couldnt find any...

14 March 2015 957 13 View

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