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Endothelium-independent and calcium channel-dependent relaxation of the porcine cerebral artery by different species and strains of turmeric.

Journal of traditional and complementary medicine
OBJECTIVE: To clarify the underlying mechanism of turmeric, which is traditionally used as a medicinal plant for the treatment of cardiovascular disorders, such as hypertension, and palpitations.

Water and ethanol extracts of leaves show anti-inflammatory activity on oral epithelial cells.

Journal of traditional and complementary medicine
CONTEXT: The leaves of have been used for the treatment of wounds and inflammation in folk medicine from prehistoric times. However there is no report on the use of to treat inflammation in oral epithelial cell lines.

Studies on the effect of a nutritious vegetable, on HbSS blood.

Journal of traditional and complementary medicine
Medicinal plants have been used traditionally in Africa, especially Nigeria, in the management of sickle cell disorder (SCD) whose treatment has been mainly palliative. The antisickling properties of ethanol extract of Hook, F. (TO) (Family Cucurbit...

Mechanism & inhibition kinetics of bioassay-guided fractions of Indian medicinal plants and foods as ACE inhibitors.

Journal of traditional and complementary medicine
Hypertension is a becoming a major threat to the world. Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) is a key part in the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) which control blood pressure. Over expression of RAAS is related with vascular hypertension, ...

Antifibrotic effects of gallic acid on hepatic stellate cells: mechanistic study.

Journal of traditional and complementary medicine
Few studies reported the antifibrotic effects of gallic acid (GA) despite its known hepatoprotective and antioxidant activities. Accordingly, this study investigated the antifibrotic effects of GA through clarifying its mechanisms on hepatic stellate...

anti-inflammatory and skin protective properties of Virgin coconut oil.

Journal of traditional and complementary medicine
Virgin coconut oil (VCO) has been traditionally used as moisturizer since centuries by people in the tropical region. Clinical studies have revealed that VCO improves the symptoms of skin disorders by moisturizing and soothing the skin. However, the ...

Molecular mechanism of apoptosis induction in Jurkat E6-1 cells by alkaloids extract.

Journal of traditional and complementary medicine
The present study demonstrates apoptosis-inducing potential and mechanism of action of alkaloid extract in Jurkat E6-1 cancer cell line. Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry and High Resolution-Mass Spectrometry analysis identified the presence o...

Aqueous extract of Linn. roots potentially attenuates arsenic induced biochemical and genotoxic effects in Wistar rats.

Journal of traditional and complementary medicine
In Africa, the fruit, leaf, seed and roots of Linn. are generally used to treat a variety of diseases such as malaria, cancer, and cardiovascular diseases. In this study, we evaluated the protective potentials of aqueous extract of roots on arsenic...

Evaluation of and antileishmanial potential of bergenin rich (Wall.) Engl. root extract against visceral leishmaniasis in inbred BALB/c mice through immunomodulation.

Journal of traditional and complementary medicine
BACKGROUND: Medicinal plants with immunomodulatory properties can provide good alternative therapeutics for curing visceral leishmaniasis. (Wall.) Engl. is an interesting plant with strong antioxidant, antimicrobial, immunomodulatory and hepatoprote...

Preliminary phytochemical analysis and in vivo evaluation of antipyretic effects of hydro-methanolic extract of leaves.

Journal of traditional and complementary medicine
has been associated with the prevention of many diseases as fever, abdominal complaints and cancer. But its antipyretic effect is not reported so far. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of in reducing temperature in Baker's yeast-indu...