Ferulic acid ameliorates chronic constriction injury induced painful neuropathy in rats.

Objective: This study focuses on the evaluation of phenolic compound ferulic acid (FA, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid) in the chronic constriction injury (CCI) of sciatic nerve induced neuropathy in rats.

Methods: Thirty-six animals were randomly divided into six groups. Left sciatic nerve was exposed and ligated, animals in the control, standard, and test groups were treated orally with respective drugs for 21 days.

Inhibitory effects by ayurvedic plants on prostate enlargement induced in rats.

Background: Ayurveda recommends several plants and plant preparation for conditions of urogenital disorders as per its principles.

Objectives: Ayurvedic plants Tamala (Cinnamomum tamala); Daruhalad (Berberis aristata); Ativish (Aconitum heterophyllum) were studied for mechanisms of prostatic hyperplasia induced in rats.

Materials And Methods: Prostatic enlargement was induced in castrated rats by testosterone injection s.

Evaluation of the antidiarrheal activity of the plant extracts of Ficus species.

Objective: The Khandesh region of Jalgaon district, India has a dense forest with plenty of medicinal plants which have been used as folklore medicines by the local people for many years. They use different parts of Ficus species to treat and cure diarrhea. Depending on the traditional use of some plants as antidiarrheal by local people of that region, the authors have selected three plants (specific parts) to evaluate their antidiarrheal activities in different animal models.

Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Delonix regia (Boj. Ex. Hook).

The present work was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of Delonix regia leaves (Family: Caesalpiniaceae). The powder of Delonix regia leaves was subjected to extraction with ethanol in soxhlet extractor. The ethanol extract after preliminary phytochemical investigation showed the presence of sterols, triterpenoids, phenolic compounds and flavonoids.

A comparative evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity of the bark of ficus bengalensis in plants of different age.

The medicinal plants have been selected for thorough studies from indigenous folk medicines, Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha systems of medicines. The aim of this study deals with the comparative evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity of the bark of Ficus bengalensis in plants of different age. The anti-inflammatory activity was evaluated by rat paw edema model induced by carrageenan for acute inflammation and cotton pellet granuloma model for chronic inflammation.