Antioxidant and antibacterial activity of different parts of Leucas aspera

Antioxidant, antibacterial and cytotoxic effects of the phytochemicals of whole Leucas aspera extract

“…This study is quite different from the similar investigation reported by Chew et al (2012) who searched on the individual parts of the L. aspera whereas present study is on the whole plant material extracted with different solvent system than that used by mentioned authors. Even in antimicrobial work, similar strains were not used which made the findings completely different.…”

“…Leucas aspera (L. aspera), belonging to the family of Labiatae, is a common aromatic herb known as Darkolos or Dandokolos in Bangladesh and found as weed in Asia-temperate, Africa and Asia-tropical countries. Different parts of this plant (root, flower, leaf, stem) have been found to have antioxidant, antibacterial and cytotoxic effect [7] . Ethyl acetate extract of this plant has been evaluated for in-vitro activity against Plasmodium falciparum and assessed for cytotoxicity against HeLa cell line [8] .…”

Evaluation of biological activities of Physalis peruviana ethanol extracts and expression of Bcl-2 genes in HeLa cells

“…A lot of reports are available on biological properties of plants (Chew et al, 2012;Kováts et al, 2010;Najjaa et al, 2011;Xia et al, 2011). These studies resulted in isolating and identifying the new active compounds responsible for biological activities and in developing new drugs for the therapeutic use.…”

In Vitro Antioxidant Activity of Various Leaf Extracts of Canthium COROMANDELICUM(BURM.F.) Alston.

“…From the absorbance obtained, percentage inhibition and regression curves were made, and the linear equation was applied to calculate the IC 50 value [21]. Hydrogen peroxide radical scavenging (H 2 O 2 ) assay About 0.2 M potassium dihydrogen phosphate and 0.2 M sodium hydroxide solutions were prepared as per the Indian Pharmacopoeia 1996 standards.…”