Antitumor activity of pandanus fascicitlaris Lam. on Dalton's ascitic lymphoma [DAL] in mice

Antitumor activity of ethanol extract of Pandanus fascicularis Lam. [EPF] was studied in mice. The antiturnor activity of EPF was evaluated against Dalton's ascitic lymphoma [DAL] tumor model on dose dependent manner. The activity was assessed using survival time, average increase in body weight, haemalological parameters and solid tumor volume. Oral administration of EPF increased the survival time and decreased the average body weight of the tumor bearing mice. After 14 days of inoculation. EPF is able to reverse the changes in the haematological parameters, protein and PCV consequent to tumor inoculation. Oral administration of EPF was effective in reducing solid tumor mass development induced by DAL cells. The results show that EPF possess significant antitumor activity in dose dependent manner

Antimicrobial potential of certain medicinal plants available in Western Ghats of India

Ethanol extracts from the plant Hypericum mysorense [Family: Hypericaceae]. Passiflora edulis [Family: Passifloraceae] and Nelumbo nucifcra Gaertn. [Family: Nymphaeaceae] were screened for antimicrobial activity. All the extracts showed that almost all concentration [40 mg/ml, 20 mg/ml, 10 mg/ml] of extracts possesses antibacterial and antifungal activity against three gram +ve, three gram -ve and three fungal strains by zone of inhibition method

Pharmacognostical studies of Melia composita Willd. Leaf

The Melia composita Willd. [family Meliaceae] was studied to fix the parameters for pharmacognostical standards.The present investigation deals with macro and microscopical characters of leaf along with studies of Histochemical colour reaction leaf constant like vein-islet number, vein termination number, stomatal number, stomatal index and palisade ratio and also studied physical constants like ash values and extractive values