Browsing by Author "Ripa, Farhana Alam"
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Anti-inflammatory and anti-diarrheal effects of methanolic extracts of seeds and peel of Nephelium longan fruits in rats
Ripa, Farhana Alam; Habib, Afroza (© 2013 Iranian Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2013)Herbal medicines are playing a vital role in the remedy of numerous diseases. Preliminary phytochemical screening of the methanolic extracts of seeds (MNLS) and peel (MNLP) of Nephelium longan revealed the presence of ... -
Antidiabetic and antidiarrheal effects of the methanolic extract of Phyllanthus reticulatus leaves in mice
Ripa, Farhana Alam; Khatun, Mst. Hajera; Nesa, Mst. Luthfun; Islam, Rafikul; Al mamum; Kadir, Shahin (© 2014 Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd, 2014-06)Objective To assess the anti-diabetic and antidiarrheal activity of methanolic extract of Phyllanthus reticulates (P. reticulates) leaves in an animal model. Methods Phytochemical screening of methanolic extract of P. ... -
Antioxidant and hypoglycemic effect of Flacourtia jangomas
Hasan, Md Rakibul (Brac University, 2019)Flacourtia jangomas known as lukluki fruits is assuming to have antioxidant and hypoglycemic profile. In order to prove that, we have chosen the methanolic extract of Flacourtia jangomas fruits for assessing the antioxidant ... -
Central nervous system depressant, analgesic and antidiarrheal effects of the seed extracts of Dimocarpus longan lour in rats
Ripa, Farhana Alam; Ibn Morshed, Mahmud Tareq; Afsana-Al-Sharmin; Papon, Shahed Bulbul; Islam, Md Rafiqul; Sheikh, ZaraPurpose: To assess the central nervous system (CNS) depressant, analgesic and antidiarrheal activities of the dried seed crude extracts of Dimocarpus longan Lour in rodents. Methods: Selected pharmacological effects of ... -
Evaluation of analgesic activity of different parts of Heritiera fomes on swiss albino mice
Alam, Fowzia (Brac University, 2022-03)Heritiera fomes is a common mangrove species carrying many novel phytochemicals and is traditionally used for its therapeutic activities. This study inspected the analgesic activity of different parts of ethanolic crude ... -
Evaluation of anti-diarrheal activity of methanolic flesh extract of Flacourtia jangomas on mice
Susmita, Nusrat Jahan (Brac University, 2022-11)"Flacourtia jangomas is rare fruit, rarely found in hill tracks of Bangladesh. This is a less researched fruits but have many phytochemical constituent. It contain many pharmacological activity as well. The fact that F. ... -
Evaluation of anti-microbial activity and minimum inhibitory concentration of Flacourtia jangomas fruits
Rahman, MD. Atikur (Brac University, 2023-02)The objective of this study was to determine the particular antibacterial components of Flacourtia jangomas fruit. The antimicrobial screening used the Kirby-Baurer disk diffusion technique and the Broth dilution method, ... -
Hypoglycemic and in vitro antioxidant effects of methanolic extract of Marsilea quadrifolia Plant
Zahan, Ronok; Ripa, Farhana Alam; Alam, M. Badrul; Haque, M. Anamul; Mosaddik, M.A.; Nahar, Laizuman (© 2011 Pharmacognosy Journal, 2011-10)Introduction: Oxidative stress induced by alloxan has been shown to damage pancreatic beta cell and produce hyperglycemia in rats. Hence the present investigation has designed to appraise antidiabetic and antioxidant ... -
In vitro thrombolytic and anti-arthritic activities of Heritiera fomes
Eusufzai, Momtahina (Brac University, 2020-03)One of the most popular ancient ideas are to find the healing power in plants because many medicinal plants and herbs have been used to fix a lot of diseases and health conditions for a long time. Almost 80% of the present ... -
In vivo evaluation of CNS depressant and antinociceptive activities of different extracts of trewia polycarpa leaves
Akter, Nahid (BRAC University, 2015-08)Recently worldwide different researches on medicinal plants have grabbed attention. A number of experiments were found where medicinal plants have been used for different complementary and traditional systems to promote ... -
Investigation of In-vivoantidiarrhoeal and insecticidal activity of Trewianudijlora leaf extract
Duyti, Sayeza Yeara (BRAC Univeristy, 2016-07)Trewianudijlorais the plant that we choose for our thesis work. From the previous experiment it has been seen that leaf extracts of this pant contains tannins, cardiac glycosides, flavonoids etc and many more. These ... -
Iron deficiency in Bangladeshi women and the available treatment options to recover it
Ahmed, Sourav (Brac University, 2021-05)Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the most common nutritional problem globally including Bangladesh and it poses a public health challenge. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately one third of the ... -
Phytochemical & antidiarrheal activity of Nypa fruticans wurmb fruit shell
Tinni, Samia Sultana (Brac University, 2023-08)The objectives of this study were to determine the phytochemical composition and evaluate the potential antidiarrheal activity of the methanol extract obtained from N. Fruticans wurmb by its fruit shell. The phytochemical ... -
Phytochemical and hypoglycemic screening of Heritiera fomes
Feda, Farjeen Binte (Brac University, 2022-03)Phytotherapy in curing various health complications has shown major prospects in recent times. Therefore, people living in rural areas highly depend on phytotherapy as a potential treatment option for numerous diseases. ... -
Phytochemical screening, antimicrobial and cytotoxicity studies of Heritiera fomes
Tabassum, Rifah (Brac University, 2020-03)The present study was conducted to find out phytochemical constituents, cytotoxic property and antimicrobial effect of available parts of Heritiera fomes by using different solvents during extraction. The phytochemical ... -
A review on Pandanus Tectorius (Keya) and its major pharmacological activities
Rehan, Shamik (Brac University, 2022-10)The value of medicinal plants as a source of treatment has been recognized since the dawn of mankind. This review research focused on the little tree Pandanus tectorius (P. tectorius), which is used in traditional medicine ... -
A review on pharmacological properties of vitis vinifera
Tushar, Mahbub Alam (Brac University, 2022-03)Among different fruit plants, the grape plant is widely regarded as one of the essential sources of phenolic compounds, including resveratrol, phenolic acids, kaempferol, quercetin, catechins, proanthocyanins, etc. Several ... -
A review on the pharmacological properties of Heritiera fomes
Das, Shawdik (Brac University, 2020-12)Heritiera fomes is one of the vital plants in the mangrove forest of Bangladesh. It is widely used by the local people in many purposes including domestic and medical uses. The purpose of this project is to highlight the ... -
A review on Tinospora cordifolia and its immunomodulatory activities
Islam, Md. Rabiul (Brac University, 2020-12)Medicinal plants have always been considered as a valuable source of treatment since the ancient times. This review paper was done focusing on Tinospora cordifolia and its immunomodulatory properties. T. cordifolia is ... -
Screening of anthelmintic activity of Heritiera fomes
Riya, Fahmida Haque (Brac University, 2022-03)Heritiera fomes is a mangrove medicinal plant which is rich of ethnomedicinal usage against helminths. At present, it is found that H. fomes is a good reservoir of compounds such as phenols, tannin, alkaloids which have ...