| essential oil of myrica esculenta buch. ham.: composition, antimicrobial and topical anti-inflammatory activities. | hydrodistilled oil obtained from the stem bark of myrica esculenta buch. ham. ex d. don (yield 0.3%) was analysed by capillary gc and gc-ms. the volatile oil consisted mainly of n-hexadecanol (25.2%), eudesmol acetate (21.9%), palmitic acid (11.6%), cis-β-caryophyllene (8.7%), n-pentadecanol (7.7%) and n-octadecanol (7.6%). the oil was found to be a potential antimicrobial agent against bacillus pumilus, staphylococcus aureus, staphylococcus epidermidis, escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, ... | 2012 | 22260222 |
| anti-allergic activity of stem bark of myrica esculenta buch.-ham. (myricaceae). | allergic diseases, such as allergic asthma, are hypersensitivity reactions initiated by immunological mechanisms. myrica esculenta (m. esculenta) is known traditionally in ayurveda to possess anti-asthmatic activity. the present investigation was undertaken to evaluate the effect of crude extract of stem bark of m. esculenta (family myricaceae, commonly known as kaiphal) on experimental allergic reactions. experimental models studied were allergic pleurisy and vascular permeability induced by ac ... | 2010 | 21331196 |
| validated hptlc method for quantitative determination of gallic acid in stem bark of myrica esculenta buch.-ham. ex d. don, myricaceae. | a simple, rapid, and precise hptlc method was developed for quantitative estimation of gallic acid in stem bark of myrica esculenta, family myricaceae. separation was performed on silica gel 60f254 hptlc plates using toluene-ethyl acetate-formic acid-methanol (3 + 3 + 0.6 + 0.4, v/v/v/v) mobile phase for separation of the extracted components. the determination was carried out in the uv densitometric absorbance-reflection mode at 280 nm. the amount of gallic acid in free and combined form in the ... | 2010 | 21140652 |