Current Issue : July-September Volume : 2011 Issue Number : 3 Articles : 4 Articles
A prematurely discoloured (whitened) hair was washed bi-monthly five times; then daily five times and with five dilutions of the same Vernonia amygdalina aqueous leaf extract. The results of the hair treatment with V. amygdalina leaf extract (washing with the extract) showed that V. amygdalina leaf extract produced a concentration and frequency of application dependent restoration of the natural dark colour of the whitened hair. It also restored original hard texture, body form and lusture of the hair which was lost when the hair whitened....
Vigna mungo (Fabaceae) and Trigonella foenum Graecum (Leguminosae) are two medicinally important plants generally used as nutraceutical as well as in the treatment of various ailments including dandruff infections.Hence in this present investigation the pharmacognostical standardization and anti dandruff activity were studied. The parameters followed for the pharmacognostical standardizations were microscopical studies, proximate analysis, fluorescence analysis, preliminary chemical tests and TLC analysis. The antidandruff activity was evaluated against the omicro organism Malassezia furfur by following the disc diffusion assay on Sabouraud Dextrose Media using fluconazole as the standard. Microscopical studies revealed typical polygonal shaped cells of testa as major tissue of diagnostic importance (TDI) for Vigna mungo seeds and unicellular, uniseriate covering trichomes as the TDI for Trigonella foenum leaves. Chemical tests showed the presence of saponins for both plants. T.foenum showed the presence of flavonoid as an additional constituent. Results obtained for antidandruff activity showed that T.foenum produced a prominent zone of inhibition(12mm) when compared to V.mungo(8mm). The results revealed that both the plants have significant antidandruff activity against Malassezia furfur suggesting these plants can be potential source of antidandruff principles....
For the last few years, chemical and pharmacological studies have been performed on a lot of plant extracts in order to know their chemical composition and confirm the indications of traditional medicine. Since ancient times the therapeutic uses of traditional medicines and phytomedicines have proved very popular for health maintenance by various means. The advancement in the field of herbal drug delivery started recently with the aim to manage human diseases efficiently. The Phytosome process produces a little cell because of that the valuable components of the herbal extract are protected from destruction by digestive secretions and gut bacteria. Phytosomes are better able to transition from a hydrophilic environment into the lipid‐friendly environment of the enterocyte cell membrane and from there into the cell, finally reaching the blood.1 Preparations of plants were widely used in popular medicine since older days and till today the use of phytomedicines is widespread in most of the world’s population. Every nation is seeking health care beyond the traditional boundaries of modern medicine; turning to self medication in the form of herbal remedies.2, 3 Toxicity and limited absorption of different phytoconstituents obtained from herbs are major problems in exploring their real potentials against different diseases. So, extensive research in the field of herbal drug delivery systems as a means of improving the therapeutic indices of drugs is inevitable....
The use of complementary and alternative medicine to promote personal health is gradually gaining popularity 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Ripe Carica papaya (pawpaw) fruit has a delicious sweet taste due to its high content of fructose. Vernonia amygdalina (VA) leaf extract produced excellent anti-obesity7, 8, 9 and skin colour-lightening, body calming and enhanced vitality effects 7 due to its bitter taste. This study investigated the difference Carica papaya fruit extract would make to the skin colour, anti-obesity, body calming and body Vitality effects of VA leaf extract when its extract is mixed with VA leaf extract. A two weeks oral treatment with VA leaf extract was taken by a subject. Ground peeled ripe Carica papaya fruit (endocarp) was extracted in the same water which was extracting VA leaves. A two week oral treatment with this combination of VA and Carica papaya extract was taken after the 2 weeks treatment with oral VA leaf extract. The combined VA and Carica papaya extract was taken in the same dosage regimen in which VA leaf extract was taken. The effects of the leaf extract alone and the effects of the combined VA leaf and Carica papaya extract on the subject’s skin colour, skin smoothness, skin firmness, skin wrinkles and skin blemishes removal; body calmness and body vitality were captured in photographs of the subject. A comparism of the effects of VA leaf extract alone and those of the combination therapy with VA leaf extract and Carica papaya extract shows that Carica papaya fruit extract had a potentiating effect on the skin lightening, skin smoothening, skin firming, skin wrinkles and blemishes-removal; body calming and body vitalizing effects of VA leaf extract by acting on the same receptors VA leaf extract acted on to bring about these skin and body effects. These skin; body calming and body vitalizing effects obtained in this study are suggested to be as a result of a combination of the anti-oxidant effects of VA leaf extract and the anti-oxidant effects of Carica papaya fruit extract....
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