May 2016

Antifungal activity of crude extracts of some medicinal plants against Fusarium sp., the pathogen of dirty panicle disease in rice

Antifungal activity of the ethanolic crude extracts of twenty-four medicinal plants namely, Boesenbergia pandurata, Curcuma longa, Zingiber officinale, Alpinia galanga, Zingiber cassumunar, Amonum xanthioides, Kaempferia galanga, Curcuma aromatica, Curcuma xanthorrhiza, Kaemferia parviflora, Amonum krervanh, Syzygium aromaticum, Allium sativum, Allium ascolonicum, Cymbopogon citratus, Cymbopogon nardus, Leptochloa...

Author(s): Sawatdikarn Sanit

May 2016

Isolation and characterization of terpene from leaves of Croton macrostachyus (Bissana)

Croton macrostachyus, one of the Croton species found in Ethiopia, is used traditionally for treatment of a number of health ailments including diabetes, malaria, stomachache, ascariasis, abdominal pain, gonorrhea, wounds, ringworm infestation and hemorrhoids. In the present study, phytochemical screening of ethanol extract from leaves of C. macrostachyus revealed the presence of terpenes, flavonoids, alkaloids and...

Author(s): Abeje Abebayehu, Fikre Mammo and Belayhun Kibret