Salwa Bouabdallah

Post doc position UAIC

In the present study, the potential effect anti tumor and the chemical composition of different fractions of Gokshur was evaluated. Commonly known as puncture vine, it has been used for a long time in both the Indian and traditional Chinese medicine. It is popularly used as a remedy for fertility disorder in Ayurveda. Samples were collected during...

Besides its nutritional value as a dietary supplement, Tribulus terrestris is used as a remedy for fertility disorder in Ayurveda and Chinese medicine as well as by modern herbalists. The aim of this study was to explore the biological potential (antileishmanial effect) of an extract rich in saponins from Tunisian tribulus. The chloroform extract o...

Anti-leishmanial drugs extracted from natural sources have not been sufficiently explored in the literature. Until now, leishmaniasis treatments have been limited to synthetic and expensive drugs. This study investigated, for the first time, the anti-leishmanial efficacy of essential oils (EOs) from the leaves of Citrus species (C. sinensis, C. lim...

Cancer is a global health burden responsible for an exponentially growing number of incidences and mortalities, regardless of the significant advances in its treatment. The identification of the hallmarks of cancer is a major milestone in understanding the mechanisms that drive cancer initiation, development, and progression. In the past, the hallm...

Allergy is a common disease that is rising worldwide, with the highest prevalence in industrialized countries. Allergy affects about 300 million people worldwide and it has been estimated that a further 100 million will be affected by 2025. For a long time, plants have been considered as a source of medicine. Current allergy therapy lacks satisfact...

Analysis of Essential oïl by SFME

Allergy is a common disease that's rising worldwide with the highest prevalence in industrialized countries. Allergy affect about 300 million people worldwide and it has been estimated that a further 100 million will be affected by 2025. Since a long time, plants have been considered as a sources of medicine. Actually allergy therapy lack satisfact...

Onion (Allium cepa L.): A medicine in your kitchen. Traditional and modern medicinal value of onion (Allium cepa L.) Salwa Bouabdallah Abstract Onion, (Allium cepa L.), is one of the most consumed and cultivated vegetables in the world. Onion (Allium cepa) is a perennial herb that belongs to Amaryllidaceae family. Is a high dietary fiber-rich. It c...

Tribulusterrestris L. have been used for a long time in many cultures around the world for the prevention and treatment of various disorders. In this study, T. terrestris plant grown in the North east of Tunisian flora (Forét Dar Chichou; Birhalloufa) was collected during the ripening stage (June-September). The harvested samples from, roots, leave...

The objective of the present work was to valorise the Tunisian Tribulus terrestris (Tribulus terrestris is an annual herb member of Zygophyllaceae) by the extraction of its saponins and the evaluation of its biological activities. The organs of Tribulus are rich on phenolic compounds (polyphenol, flavonoids et proanthocyanidol). The saponins were s...

The aim of the present study was to detect, quantify and identify the phenolic compounds in Tribulus terr remedy in infertility disorder by Ayurveda therapy) extract hydrolyzed by HCL, using high (HPLC) to detect and quantify non-volatiles compounds. Gas to detect and quantify volatile-compounds. A total of fifty (50), eighteen (18), and twenty (20...

In literature anti-leishmanial and related cytotoxic potential of compounds extracted from natural products is not enough explore. Actually, the therapeutic approach against this infectious disease is limited to synthetic and expensive drugs. This study investigated for the first time the anti-leishmanial efficacy of Citrus essential oils (EOs) obt...

Potential effects of phytochemical composition in relation to antileishmanial activity were evaluated from different fractions of an spontaneously creeping plant from Tunisian flora (T. terrestris), which is used elsewhere as remedy in Ayurveda therapy. Samples were collected during june-September 2016 and extracted by sequential process. Leishmani...

Citrus leaves essential oils (EO) have an impressive range of food uses, cosmetic formulation and medicinal effect. In the present study we investigated the variation in the yield and chemical composition of the Citrus (EO) isolated from leaves obtained by two method extraction. Samples (Citrus eureka) were collected during flowering stage in the n...

OSTER -ATSN

In-vitro assay of plant extract against cancer-line!

leishmaniasis diseases

natural-product

Besides its nutritional value (used as a dietary supplement in USA and Europe), Tribulus terrestris L. (T.) terrestris, commonly known Gokshur (gokharu), is used as a remedy for fertility disorder in Ayurveda and Chineese medicine as well as by modern herbalists. Recently, several scientific works have shown the richness of the Chineese and Bulgari...

GLOBAL PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ANTI-OXIDANT, ANTIINFLAMMATORY AND ANTI-LEISHMANIAL ACTIVITIES OF VARIOUS EXTRACTS OF USA DIETARY SUPPLEMENT MARKETED HERB GROWING IN TUNISIA Salwa Bouabdallah1*, Rabiaa Manel Sghaier2, Nabiha Bouzouita3,4, Dhafer Laouini2 & Mossadok Ben-Attia1 1Laboratoire de Biosurveillance de l’Environnement (LR01/ES14), Facu...