May 2015

Nutritional and medicinal potential of Grewia subinaequalis DC. (syn. G. asiatica.) (Phalsa)

Grewia subinaequalis DC. (syn. G. asiatica) (Phalsa) is a food plant and can also be used as an herbal medicine for the treatment of various diseases. In traditional folklore medicine, the fruit has been used as astringent, stomachic and cooling agent. When unripe, it has been reported to alleviate inflammation and was administered in respiratory, cardiac and blood disorders, as well as in fever. Root and bark has been...

Author(s): Jyoti Sinha, Shalini Purwar, Satya Kumar Chuhan and Gyanendra Rai  

May 2015

Anticoagulant and anti-inflammatory activity of a triterpene from Protorhus longifolia stem bark

This work evaluated the anticoagulant and anti-inflammatory activity of a lanosteryl triterpene (3β-hydroxylanosta-9,24-dien-21-oic acid) isolated from Protorhus longifolia stem bark. Tail bleeding time assay was used to investigate the ex vivo anticoagulant activity. The effect of the triterpene on the thermally induced aggregation of malate dehydrogenase (MDH) and citrate synthase (CS) was studied. The...

Author(s): Rebamang A. Mosa, Thabo Ndwandwe, Nontando F. Cele and Andy R. Opoku