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Ethnopharmacological investigation of the spice Kaempferia galanga
Biological screening of the rhizome and leaf of Kaempferia galanga (Family-Zingiberaceae)
Langbeschreibung
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.
Pritesh 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.
Autor*in:
Pritesh Ranjan Dash
Art:
Kartoniert
Sprache :
Englisch
ISBN-13:
9783659426704
Verlag:
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum:
13.07.2013
Erscheinungsjahr:
2013
Ausgabe:
1/2013
Maße:
22x15x0.8 cm
Seiten:
120
Gewicht:
197 g