October 2015

Two new terpenoids from Artemisia sacrorum Ledeb

Two new terpenoids have been isolated from the aerial parts of Artemisia sacrorum Ledeb. The structure elucidation of two new compounds was carried out by 1D (1H nuclear magnetic resonance [NMR] and 13C NMR) and 2D-NMR (correlation spectroscopy [COSY], heteronuclear single-quantum correlation [HSQC], heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation [HMBC] and nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy [NOESY]) spectral...

Author(s): Hu Yu-rong, Wang Qing-Hu, Han Jing-jing and Bao Baiyinmuqier

October 2015

Antiurolithic and antihypertensive activities of Origanum vulgaris on urolithic rats

Origanum vulgaris (Oregano) has been used in the fluky medicinal for treating various diseases including urolithiasis and hypertension. This study was designed to investigate the possible antioxidant and antiurolithic activities of different standardized extracts of Oregano ethanol extract n-hexane, ethyl acetate, and aqueous fraction on rats. The dried hydroalcoholic extract of 70% ethyl alcohol Oregano was suspended...

Author(s): Naser A. ElSawy, Usama Y. Shaheen, Waheed A. Filimban, Waleed H. El Malki, Eslam A. Header and Mohamed E. El-Boshy

October 2015

Cinnamon bark water-infusion as an in-vitro inhibitor of β-hematin formation

Malaria remains one of the prominent public health problems that lead to severe morbidity and mortality in many developing countries around the globe. New antimalarial drugs are urgently needed due to the emergence of antimalarial-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum. In previous studies, we tested several plants extracts that are capable of inhibiting β-hematin formation, with efficiency similar to...

Author(s): Hanadi A. Attieh, Saleh Abu Lafi, Suhair Jaber, Qassem Abu-Remeleh, Pierre Lutgen and Mutaz Akkawi