Sumaira Sahreen12, Muhammad Rashid Khan2, Rahmat Ali Khan23 and Taibi Ben Hadda4*
* Corresponding author: Taibi B Hadda Taibibenhada@gmail.com
Author Affiliations
1 Botanical Sciences Division, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Garden Avenue, Shakarparian, Islamabad, Pakistan
2 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
3 Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Science and Technology Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
4 Department of Chemistry Mohammed First University, Faculty of Sciences Materials Chemistry Laboratory, Oujda 60000, Morocco
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BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015, 15:211 doi:10.1186/s12906-015-0736-y
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Received: 29 January 2015
Accepted: 22 June 2015
Published: 3 July 2015
© 2015 Sahreen et al.
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Abstract
Background
Being a part of Chinese as well as ayurdic herbal system, roots of Rumex hastatus D. Don (RH) is highly medicinal, used to regulated blood pressure. It is also reported that the plant is diuretic, laxative, tonic, used against microbial skin diseases, bilious complaints and jaundice. The present study is conducted to evaluate phytochemical, antimicrobial, antitumor and cytotoxic activities of extract obtained from R. hastatus roots.
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