Inventi Impact - Ethnopharmacology
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Journal Scope:
Quarterly published in print and online ‘Inventi Rapid/Impact: Ethnopharmacology’ publishes high quality unpublished as well as high impact pre-published research and reviews catering to the needs of researchers and professionals. The journal covers all the areas under ethnic medicines. It welcomes articles pertaining to empirical knowledge of medicinal substances and their toxic potential as passed-on by oral tradition; scientific study of indigenous medicines; search for pharmacologically unique principles from existing indigenous remedies; formulation, manufacturing and quality control aspects of ethnic medicines.
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EVALUATION OF NOOTROPIC ACTIVTY OF GMELINA ARBOREA IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODELS
Cognitive dysfunction is a major health problem in 21st century, one of the most functionally devastating aspects of many neuropsychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative disorders. Gmelina arborea Roxb. belongs to the family Verbinaceae. It is found in parts of India, Western Ghats and from foot of North-West Himalaya to Chittagong and throughout Deccan Peninsula. This plant is planted in gardens...
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IN-VITRO ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITIES OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF SEED KERNELS OF ACACIA CONCINNA
Since ancient times, mankind all over the world mainly depended upon the plant kingdom to meet their all needs of medicines, for alleviating ailments. The present work carried out as an ethnobotanical approach based on the historical medicinal values of shikakai containing saponin glycosides. The results of preliminary phytochemical tests on aqueous extract of seed kernels showed that the presence...
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ANTIHYPERTENSIVE EFFECT OF EUPHORBIA HIRTA IN DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE (DOCA)–SALT MODEL OF HYPERTENSION IN RATS
Hypertension an important global health challenge is the prevalent cause of cardiovascular disease. Natural products are emerging as new therapeutic tools in the management of hypertension due to side effects and the patient’s adherence of the existing treatments. The antihypertensive effect of Euphorbia hirta in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)–salt model of hypertension in rats was investi...
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ANTI-ANXIETY ACTIVITY OF TRADESCANTIA SPATHACEA ASSESSED USING DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTAL ANXIETY MODELS
The point of present examination was to investigate the anti-anxiety activity of hydroalcoholic extracts of Tradescantia spathacea utilizing different animal models (elevated plus maze, open field test, light and dark test and social interaction test) of anxiety in mice. Diazepam (0.5 mg/kg) was utilized as the standard and measurement of hydroalcoholic extract of T. spathacea (50, 100 and 200 mg/...
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IN-VITRO BIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF MANGROVE ASSOCIATED LICHEN, ROCCELLA MONTAGNEI EXTRACTS
Roccella montagnei (family Roccelleceae) a fruticose lichen growing luxuriantly along the coastal regions of India. As the Roccella genus has been shown to be biologically active, we assessed the complete biological profile of mangrove associated lichen, R. montagnei. Initially, the hydroalcoholic extract of manglicolous lichen, R. montagnei was prepared and re-extracted with n-hexane, chloroform,...
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ANTI MICROBIAL POTENTIAL OF PLUMBAGIN β-CYCLODEXTRIN COMPLEX AGAINST HUMAN COLONIC MICROFLORA
P. zeylanica is perennial herb that distributed extensively in all over Asia and African region in world. Plumbagin is the major constituent derived from the roots of Plumbago zeylanica L. – is a naphthoquinone compound. Plumbagin was isolated from P. zeylanica L. root and identified by HPLC, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR and Mass. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of plumbagin, a major constituent, c...
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