An ethnobotanical study of traditional anti-inflammatory plants used by the Lohit community of Arunachal Pradesh, India

Ethnomedicinal and pharmacological activities of Mochrus (Bombax ceiba Linn.): An overview

“…A study carried out by Namsa et al (2009) found that Lohit community of Arunachal Pradesh use fresh paste prepared from the bark of Bombax ceiba mixed with cow dung applied over back muscle of leg at night to treat hotness and inflammation (Namsa et al, 2009). …”

Anti–bacterial activity and brine shrimp lethality bioassay of methanolic extracts of fourteen different edible vegetables from Bangladesh

“…Spinacia oleracea Linn has protective effect against radiationinduced oxidative stress, antimutagenic activity. Xanthiom indicum has antitrypanosomal activity, antitumor and anti-inflammatory activity [41][42][43][44][45] .…”

“…The whole plants were firstly sun dried for 5 d and then finally dried in an oven at [40][41][42][43][44][45] °C for 72 h. The dried plant parts were ground into coarse powders. About 100 grams of the powdered materials of the each plant part were extracted separately with Soxhlet Extractor for 2 d. Then each of the extracts were filtered using cotton and filter paper.…”

Curative treatment with extracts ofBombax ceibafruit reduces risk of calcium oxalate urolithiasis in rats

“…An ethnobotanical study reported the use of B. ceiba as a traditional anti-inflammatory agent (Namsa et al, 2009). Furthermore, the dried young fruits of B. ceiba are given in calculus affections and chronic inflammation and ulceration of the bladder and kidneys including strangury and other forms of dysuria (Kapoor, 1990), though the rationale behind its use is not scientifically established.…”