I.E. Cock a,b*Editor-In-ChiefaEnvironmental Futures Research Institute, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia.bSchool of Natural Sciences, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia. Pharmacognosy Communications,2017,7,1,1-3.DOI:10.5530/pc.2017.1.1Published: October 2016Type: Editorial ABSTRACT Dear readers and authors, I am pleased to bring you volume 7, issue 1 of Pharmacognosy Communications. The metrics of Pharmacognosy Communications continue to improve. In my editorial in the previous issue, I summarised the achievements of the journal to that point. By the end of 2015, Pharmacognosy Communications had published 153 manuscripts with 591 total citations, at an average citation…
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Ian Edwin Cocka,b*aEnvironmental Futures Research Institute, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia.bSchool of Natural Sciences, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia. Pharmacognosy Communications,2017,7,1,4-15.DOI:10.5530/pc.2017.1.2Published: October 2016Type: Original Article ABSTRACT Introduction: A. auriculiformis, A. disparrima and A. leptoloba are native Australian Acacia spp. which were used as both foods and medicines by the first Australians. Infusions and decoctions produced from leaves and bark have reputed antiseptic properties and were used traditionally to treat a variety of bacterial diseases. Despite this, Australian Acacia spp. solvent extractions have not been rigorously examined…
Krystal Bryant,a Ian Edwin Cock a,b*aSchool of Natural Sciences, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia.bEnvironmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia. Pharmacognosy Communications,2017,7,1,16-23.DOI:10.5530/pc.2017.1.3Published:October 2016Type:Original Article ABSTRACT Introduction: Eupomatia laurina are trees native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. The fruit of this species are consumed as a bushfood. Infusions and decoctions produced from leaves and bark have reputed antiseptic properties and were used traditionally to treat a variety of bacterial diseases. Despite this, E. laurina fruit solvent extractions have not been rigorously examined for antibacterial properties against many pathogens.…
Abdalsalam Kmail1,2, Badiaa Lyoussi1, Hilal Zaid2, Hamada Imtara1, Bashar Saad21Physiology-Pharmacology, University of Fez, P.O.Box 1796 Fez Atlas, Fez, Morocco.2Qasemi Research Center- Al-Qasemi Academic College, and Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Arab American University Jenin, P.O.Box 240, Jenin, Palestine Pharmacognosy Communications,2017,7,1,24-33.DOI:10.5530/pc.2017.1.4Published: October 2016Type: Original Article ABSTRACT Introduction: Asparagus aphyllus L.,Crataegus azarolus L., and Ephedra alata Decne.have been used in traditional Greco-Arab herbal medicine to treat various metabolic and inflammatory diseases. However, to our knowledge, no scientific evidences regarding their anti-inflammatory effects have been published yet.This study aimedto evaluate the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of Asparagus aphyllus L., Crataegus azarolus L., and…
Mohammed Hamed Al-Shahrani1, Maysa Mahfoud2, Riyasdeen Anvarbatcha2, Md Tanwir Athar2, Abdulrahman Al Asmari2*1Department of Pediatric Oncology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, 11159, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.2Research Center, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, 11159, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Pharmacognosy Communications,2017,7,1,34-40.DOI:10.5530/pc.2017.1.5Published: October 2016Type: Original Article ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the antimicrobial properties of Thymus vulgaris against seven pathogenic fungi strains and its cytotoxic effect on a human breast cancer cell line (MDA-MB-231) Methods: The susceptibility test was carried out in terms of by determining minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) using micro-dilution methods and additional end point…
Leonidah Kerubo Omosa1*, Evans Kenanda Okemwa2 1Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, University of Nairobi, P. O. Box 30197, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya.2Department of Chemistry, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kisii University, P.O. Box 408-40200 Kisii, Kenya Pharmacognosy Communications,2017,7,1,41-46.DOI:10.5530/pc.2017.1.6Published:October 2016Type:Original Article ABSTRACT Introduction: Multidrug resistance remains a major obstacle hindering successful antimalarial chemotherapy. In the current study, 50% methanol in dichloromethane extract and six compounds from the stem bark of Zanthoxylum gilletii were explored for their antiplasmodial potential against three strains of Plasmodium falciparum. Materials and Methods: The extract was obtained by cold percolation using 50 % MeOH in…
Evans Okemwa Kenandaa, Leonidah Kerubo OmosabaDepartment of Chemistry, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kisii University, P.O. Box 408-40200 Kisii, KenyabDepartment of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197-00100 Nairobi, Kenya Pharmacognosy Communications,2017,7,1,47-52.DOI:10.5530/pc.2017.1.7Published: October 2016Type: Original Article ABSTRACT Currently, researchers have given special attention to the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen and oxygen five in five- or six-membered ring systems. This is mainly due to their wide range of biological activities. Hence, in this study, isoxazoline, pyrazole and bypyrimidine derivatives were synthesized from flavonoids, previously isolated from Polygonum senegalense and Psiadia panctulata, and assessed for…
Evans Okemwa Kenanda*, Leonidah Kerubo Omosaa*Department of Chemistry, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kisii University, P.O. Box 408-40200 Kisii, Kenya.aDepartment of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197-00100 Nairobi, Kenya Pharmacognosy Communications,2017,7,1,53-60.DOI:10.5530/pc.2017.1.8Published: October 2016Type: Original Article ABSTRACT This paper describes the semi-synthesis and anti-microbial activity of novel pyrazoline derivatives of Polygonum senegalense chalcones. The study was carried out on the understanding that heterocycles with pyrazoline ring systems are known to possess a broad spectrum of biological activities. The derivatives were afforded by refluxing mixtures of chalcones and phenylhydrazine, hydrazine hydrate, and / or acetic acid…
I.E.Cocka,b*aSchool of Natural Sciences, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia.bEnvironmental Futures Research Institute, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia. Pharmacognosy Communications,2017,7,1,61-62.Published: October 2016Type: The Janus Corner ABSTRACT This occasional section within the journal surveys visions and achievements, often not on the main track of the developing biomedical sciences, but all relating to discoveries and developments of medicinal – both ancient and modern. What they have in common, in one way or another, is providing further background and glances around the edges of the core discipline of pharmacognosy, as…
Ian Edwin Cocka,b*aEnvironmental Futures Research Institute, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia.bSchool of Natural Sciences, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia. Pharmacognosy Communications,2017,7,1,63-64.DOI:NilPublished: October 2016Type: Medical Plant Images ABSTRACT Rosemarinus officinalis L. (family Lamiaceae), commonly known as rosemary is a woody perennial herb with fragrant acicular leaves and white, pink or blue flowers. Rosemary is native to the Mediterranean region but has been widely naturalised globally. The leaves have culinary uses to flavour food.Rosemary also has a wide range of traditional therapeutic uses including as a stimulant (and…