Effect of traditional plants in Sri Lanka on skin fibroblast cell number.

This article describes the effects of extracts of several plants collected in Sri Lanka on the cell number of human skin fibroblasts. This study especially focuses on the plants traditionally used in indigenous systems of medicine in Sri Lanka, such as Ayurveda, as described below (English name, "local name in Sri Lanka," scientific name). Bougainvillea plant, "bouganvilla," (Nature׳s Beauty Creations Ltd., 2014) [1], purple fruited pea eggplant,"welthibbatu," (Nature׳s Beauty Creations Ltd., 2014) [2], country borage plant, "kapparawalliya,"  (Nature׳s Beauty Creations Ltd., 2014) [3], malabar nut plant, "adhatoda," (Nature׳s Beauty Creations Ltd., 2014) [4], long pepper plant,"thippili," (Nature׳s Beauty Creations Ltd., 2014) [5], holy basil plant, "maduruthala," (Nature׳s Beauty Creations Ltd., 2014) [6], air plant, "akkapana," (Nature׳s Beauty Creations Ltd., 2014) [7], plumed cockscomb plant, "kiri-henda," (Nature׳s Beauty Creations Ltd., 2014) [8], neem plant,"kohomba," (Nature׳s Beauty Creations Ltd., 2014) [9], emblic myrobalan plant, "nelli," (Nature׳s Beauty Creations Ltd., 2014) [10]. Human skin fibroblast cells were treated with various concentration of plant extracts (0-3.0%), and the cell viability of cells were detected using calcein assay. The cell viabillity profiles are provided as line graphs.