| assessment of antioxidant capacity and cytotoxicity of selected malaysian plants. | thirteen malaysian plants; artocarpus champeden, azadirachta indica, fragaria x ananassa, garcinia mangostana, lawsonia inermis, mangifera indica, nephelium lappaceum, nephelium mutobile, peltophorum pterocarpum, psidium guajava and syzygium aqueum, selected for their use in traditional medicine, were subjected to a variety of assays. antioxidant capability, total phenolic content, elemental composition, as well as it cytotoxity to several cell lines of the aqueous and ethanolic extracts from di ... | 2010 | 20428033 |
| chemical profiling of the essential oils of syzygium aqueum, syzygium samarangense and eugenia uniflora and their discrimination using chemometric analysis. | the essential oil compositions of the leaves of three related myrtaceae species, namely syzygium aqueum, syzygium samarangense and eugenia uniflora, were investigated using glc/ms and glc/fid. altogether, 125 compounds were identified: α-selinene (13.85%), β-caryophyllene (12.72%) and β-selinene constitute the most abundant constituents in s. aqueum. germacrene d (21.62%) represents the major compound in s. samarangense whereas in e. uniflora, spathulenol (15.80%) represents the predominant comp ... | 2016 | 27447784 |
| screening north american plant extracts in vitro against trypanosoma brucei for discovery of new antitrypanosomal drug leads. | human african trypanosomiasis (hat) is a protozoan parasitic disease caused by trypanosoma brucei. the disease is endemic in regions of sub-saharan africa, covering 36 countries and more than 60 million people at the risk. only few drugs are available for the treatment of hat. current drugs suffer from severe toxicities and require intramuscular or intravenous administrations. the situation is further aggravated due to the emergence of drug resistance. there is an urgent need of new drugs that a ... | 2016 | 27193901 |
| estimation of phytochemicals and antioxidant activity of underutilized fruits of andaman islands (india). | the present study aimed to determine the antioxidant activity and phytochemical contents in 10 underutilized fruits of andaman islands (india) namely malpighia glabra l., mangifera andamanica l., morinda citrifolia l., syzygium aqueum (burm.f) alst., annona squamosa l., averrhoa carambola l., averrhoa bilimbi l., dillenia indica l., annona muricata l. and ficus racemosa l. the antioxidant activity varied from 74.27% to 98.77%, and the methanol extract of m. glabra showed the highest antioxidant ... | 2011 | 22080844 |
| standardized extract of syzygium aqueum: a safe cosmetic ingredient. | syzygium aqueum, a species in the myrtaceae family, commonly called the water jambu is native to malaysia and indonesia. it is well documented as a medicinal plant, and various parts of the tree have been used in traditional medicine, for instance as an antibiotic. in this study, we show s. aqueum leaf extracts to have a significant composition of phenolic compounds, protective activity against free radicals as well as low pro-oxidant capability. its ethanolic extract, in particular, is characte ... | 2011 | 21284663 |
| prooxidant/antioxidant ratio (proantidex) as a better index of net free radical scavenging potential. | the antioxidant activity of several malaysian plant extracts was analyzed simultaneously with their pro-oxidant capacity. this ratio represents an index (proantidex) of the net free radical scavenging ability of whole plant extracts. we observed that ethanolic extracts of nephelium lappaceum peel, fragaria x ananassa leaf, lawsonia inermis leaf, syzygium aqueum leaf and grape seed had a lower pro-antidex than the commercially available emblica™ extract which is an antioxidant agent with very low ... | 2010 | 21060296 |
| characterisation of colletotrichum species associated with anthracnose of banana. | a total of 13 colletotrichum isolates were obtained from different banana cultivars (musa spp.) with symptoms of anthracnose. colletotrichum isolates from anthracnose of guava (psidium guajava) and water apple (syzygium aqueum) were also included in this study. based on cultural and morphological characteristics, isolates from banana and guava were identified as colletotrichum musae and from water apple as colletotrichum gloeosporiodes. isolates of c. musae from banana and guava had similar band ... | 2009 | 24575184 |
| medicinal plants used for treatment of diabetes by the marakh sect of the garo tribe living in mymensingh district, bangladesh. | diabetes mellitus is an endocrinological disorder arising from insulin deficiency or due to ineffectiveness of the insulin produced by the body. this results in high blood glucose and with time, to neurological, cardiovascular, retinal and renal complications. it is a debilitating disease and affects the population of every country of the world. around 200 million people of the world suffer from this disease and this figure is projected to rise to 300 million in the coming years. the disease can ... | 2012 | 23983370 |