Amelioration of cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity by extracts of Hemidesmus indicus and Acorus calamus

Pharmaceutical biology 2010

Administration of commonly used anticancer drug cisplatin [cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II)] at pharmacologically relevant concentrat...

Evaluation of wound-healing activity of Acorus calamus Linn.

Natural product research 2010

The aim of the present study was to assess the wound-healing activity of ethanolic extracts of Acorus calamus leaves. A wound was indu...

Allelopathic effects of emergent macrophyte, Acorus calamus L. on Microcystis aeruginosa Kuetzing and Chlorella pyrenoidosa Chick

Allelopathy journal 2009

In controlled laboratory conditions, the allelopathic effects of emergent macrophyte Acorus calamus L. were studied on the growth of t...

Blood Pressure-lowering and Vascular Modulator Effects of Acorus calamus Extract Are Mediated Through Multiple Pathways

Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology 2009

This investigation was aimed to provide a pharmacologic basis 10 the Medicinal Use of Acorus calamus in cardiovascular disorders. In n...

Insulin sensitizing activity of ethyl acetate fraction of Acorus calamus L. in vitro and in vivo

Journal of ethnopharmacology 2009

Acorus calamus L (AC), family Araceae, have been used in the Indian and Chinese systems of medicine for hundreds of years. The radix o...

Efficacy of Acorus calamus L. leaves and rhizome on mortality and reproduction of Callosobruchus chinensis L. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Applied entomology and zoology 2009

Laboratory and field experiments were conducted to investigate the bioefficacy of sweet flag (Acorus calamus) against the pulse beetle...

Anti-inflammatory activity of a water extract of Acorus calamus L. leaves on keratinocyte HaCaT cells

Journal of ethnopharmacology 2009

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Acorus calamus L., sweet flag, is a well-known medicinal plant that grows worldwide wildly along swamp...

EFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTAL ULTRAVIOLET-B RADIATION ON GROWTH AND PHYSIOLOGY OF ACORUS CALAMUS L. (SWEET FLAG)

Acta biologica cracoviensia series botanica 2009

Increased UV-B radiation due to depiction of stratospheric ozone has potentially harmful effects on plant growth and development. The ...

Effect of sweet flag rhizome oil (Acorus calamus) on hemogram and ultrastructure of hemocytes of the tobacco armyworm, Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae)

Micron 2008

Effect of the essential oil of Acorus calamus L. rhizomes, was studied on hemocytes of the tobacco armyworm, Spodoptera litura. The oi...

Atrazine degradation by aerobic microorganisms isolated from the rhizosphere of sweet flag (Acorus calamus L.)

Biodegradation 2008

In presented study the capability of microorganisms isolated from the rhizosphere of sweet flag (Acorus calamus) to the atrazine degra...