October 2009

Antioxidant potential of aqueous leaf extract of Ageratum conyzoides Linn. in diabetic rats

The antioxidant activity of aqueous extract of leaves of Ageratum conyzoides (AC) in the serum of male diabetic rats was evaluated using Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP) assays, by determination of malonadehydes, lipid hydroperoxydes and protein thiol groups. The plant extract was tested at doses of 100, 200 and 300 mg/kg on diabetic rats during three weeks of treatment; glibenclamide...

Author(s): Nyunaï Nyemb, Manguelle-Dicoum Biyong Adèle, Njifutié Njikam and Abdennebi El Hassane

October 2009

The antimicrobial activity of Croton membranaceus, a species used in formulations for measles in Ghana

The antimicrobial activity of the methanolic root extract and compounds isolated from Croton membranaceus against the bacteria; Staphylococcus aureus,Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and fungi; Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans, using the agar diffusion and broth dilution techniques was studied in order to establish its possible usefulness in...

Author(s): Marcel T. Bayor, Stephen Y. Gbedema and Kofi Annan