Ethnopharmacological Investigation of the Spice Kaempferia Galanga

ISBN-13: 9783659426704 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 120 str.

Dash Pritesh Ranjan;Raihan Sheikh Zahir;Ali Mohammad Shawkat

Opis

In this ethnopharmacological study, the acetone extract of rhizome (ACR), as well as petroether fraction (PEF), chloroform fraction (CHF), methanol fraction (MEF), and acetone extract of leaf (ACL) were subjected to pharmacological activity test. Phytochemical study revealed the presence of carbohydrates, tannins, flavonoids, proteins, steroids, alkaloids and resins in the crude extract of Kaempferia galanga. In Swiss albino mice, analgesic, neuropharmacological and antidiarrhoeal activity were investigated. The extracts were also evaluated for cytototoxicity and antibacterial activity.

O autorze

Dash, Pritesh RanjanPritesh Ranjan Dash has completed M.Pharm from the Department of Pharmacy, Stamford University of Bangladesh. Mr. Sheikh Zahir Raihan is working as a lecturer at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Dhaka. Professor Dr. Mohammad Shawkat Ali is also working at the same institution.