Medicinal plants are important source to be explored for the discovery and development of newer, safer and effective drug candidates. In medicinal plants research, bioactivity guided phytochemical research can be considered as a rational approach. The ethanopharmacological investigations of the study plant Schoenoplectus grossus was carried out for the first time ever in research lab by Professor Dr. Rahmans research group. The powdered root of this plant was extracted with methanol and fractioned by modified Kupchan partitioning method to provide petroleum ether, carbon tetrachloride,...

The study was designed for phytochemical investigations of ethanolic extract of bark and leaf of Swietenia mahagoni belonging to the family of Meliaceae and evaluation of their biological activities with the special emphasis on analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and cytotoxic screening in different animal model. Phytochemical investigations were done by extensive analysis with high resolution proton NMR spectroscopic data. The ethanol extract of stem bark was partitioned between pet-ether, dichloromethane and methanol fractions. Chromatographic isolation of dichloromethane fraction...

The crude methanolic extract and different fractions of plant Boerhavia repens were subjected to a number of biological tests for the evaluation of their pharmacological activity.The whole plant of Boerhavia repens was extracted with methanol by cold extraction method. The concentrated extract of the plant were then partitioned into pet ether, carbon tetrachloride, dichloromethane and ethyl acetate soluble fractions.The carbon tetrachloride , dichloromethane and the ethyl acetate soluble fractions of the plant showed strong anti-oxidant activity. The cytotoxicity evaluation of the plant...

Polypharmacy practices are very common in psychiatry specially in Bangladesh.Psychiatric patients receive multiple drugs in order to have their therapeutic recovery. Both typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs are frequently prescribed by the psychiatrists. Use of multiple antipsychotic molecules may exert some sort of synergistic efficacy but cause a lot of unwanted side effects in the long run. Such a practice can adversely affect the quality of life of the corresponding patients. More rational use of antipsychotic drug should practiced in psychiatry with a view to ensuring quality of...