leonotis leonurus/inflammation

UNASSIGNED Pain and inflammation are the major health problems commonly treated with traditional remedies mainly using medicinal plants. Leonotis ocymifolia is one of such medicinal plants used in folkloric medicine of Ethiopia. However, the plant has not been scientifically evaluated. The aim of

OBJECTIVE Marrubiin and an organic extract of Leonotis leonurus were tested in vitro and in vivo for their antidiabetic and anti-inflammatory activities. METHODS INS-1 cells were cultured under normo- and hyperglycemic conditions conditions. An in vivo animal model confirmed the biological

BACKGROUND Leonotis leonurus L. (Lamiaceae) is used as a traditional medicine for a variety of ailments in South Africa. The diterpene marrubiin is the major product constituent in specimens of this plant occurring in South Africa. METHODS Marrubiin isolated from South African specimens of L.

The present study was undertaken to investigate the antinociceptive, antiinflammatory, and antidiabetic properties of the aqueous leaf extract of Leonotis leonurus (L.) R. BR. (Lamiaceae) in mice and rats, to scientifically appraise some of the plant's ethnomedical uses, and its safety and efficacy.

Leonotis nepetifolia (Family Lamiaceae) is a medicinal plant from which the flavonoid cirsiliol with sedative, hypnotic, anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic activity has been extracted.

Seedlings were cultivated under different levels of shade in

BACKGROUND Leonotis nepetifolia (L) R. Br., Lamiaceae, a pantropical shrub, popularly known in Brazil as "cordão-de-frade", "rubim", is reportedly used in Brazilian ethnomedicine as well as in different countries in the treatments of ailments such as infections, inflammations, wounds, stomach

Leonotis nepetaefolia R. Br., also known as Klip Dagga or Lion's Ear, has traditionally been used as a folk medicine to treat inflammatory diseases such as rheumatism, bronchitis, and asthma; however, the components that exhibit its anti-inflammatory activity have not yet been identified. In the

BACKGROUND An ethnobotanical survey was conducted on the Caribbean island of Trinidad to identify medicinal plants commonly used in traditional medicine to treat a variety of medical conditions. METHODS A pilot survey was conducted to identify the top ten most common ailments where medicinal plants