Current Issue : October - December Volume : 2013 Issue Number : 4 Articles : 5 Articles
Anacyclus pyrethrum roots, commonly known as akarkara (pellitory root), have been widely acclaimed in the Ayurvedic system of medicine. In India it is cultivated in a few regions especially at elevations of 900m at Katra (Jammu and Kashmir), Bengal and Himalayan region. Anacyclus pyrethrum is used as traditional medicinal plant for treatment of diseases Present review is an attempt to compile the current information of the Anacyclus pyrethrum....
Croton roxburghii Balak. (Euphorbiaceae) is a medium sized tree being distributed all over India. Its stem bark, root and leaf are used by tribal people and traditional practitioners of Odisha for the treatment of snake bite, swellings, cuts and wounds, boils, ringworms, sprains etc. In the current paper, the aqueous extracts of Croton roxburghii Balak. stem bark, root and leaf against six human pathogens like two Gram positive, two Gram negative bacterial strains and two fungal strains on different concentrations (5μg/ml, 25μg/ml, 50μg/ml, 100μg/ml, 250μg/ml) were evaluated for the anti microbial effect, following standard procedure. The zone of inhibition of extracts were compared with that of different standards like Streptomycin, Gentamycin, Cefpodoxime and Norfloxacin for antibacterial activity, Nystatin and Greseofulvin for antifungal activity. All the extracts showed remarkable antibacterial and antifungal activities comparable with that of standard against all the organisms tested....
The inhibition effect of Lens culinaris on the calcium oxalate crystallization is studied. The inhibiting effect of three concentrations (0.5, 1and 1.5 mg/mL) of methanolic extract is studied in vitro in artificial urine model. The turbidimetric parameters were given such as turbidimetric slopes of graph, the coefficient of variation CV % and the rate of inhibition I % for each test. The result showed that Lens culinaris extract presents a higher inhibiting effect at rate of 12.5 % at concentration of 1 mg/ml. In all present tests, the values of the coefficient of correlation (R) are found to be higher than 0.90 and the values of the coefficient of variation are lower has 10 %, which reassures the reliability and the reproductiveness of present model....
Natural products are an important source of new compounds leading to drugs in all major disease areas. They represent a pool of structures that have been the source of most of the active ingredients of medicines. This article aims to provide an overview of the chemical constituents present in various parts of Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels belongs to family: Menispermaceae and their ethnobotanical and pharmacological actions. The phytochemical studies show the presence of bis-benzyl isoquinoline alkaloids; viz. shaheenine, cohirsinine, hirsutine, jamtinine, jamitine- N-oxide, cohirsine, dehydrocohirsine, Cohirsitine, Syringasesinol, protoquericitol, Isotriboline, Triboline and haiderine. Chemical investigation of the roots and stems of Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels has yielded a new phenolic alkaloid Corsutine. From the aqueous extract of dried aerial parts of Cocculus hirsutus, b-sitosterol, and 28-acetyl betulin were isolated. Almost all parts of the plant are helpful to treat different kinds of pharmacological activity such as Larvicidal, Anti-ulcer, Hepatoprotective, Antihyperglycemic, Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, Antipyretic, Anthelmintic, Anti-arthritic, Anti-fertility, Anti-tumour, Diuretic, laxative Anti-convulsant, Anti-inflammatory, analgesic activity....
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects about 300 million people worldwide, a total that is expected to rise to about 400 million over next 15-20 years. The currently used drugs for the treatment of this disease in modern medicine are so far from satisfactory as they provide only symptomatic relief, produce several adverse effects and may lose effectiveness on continued use. Medicinal plants have been known for millennia and are highly esteemed all over the world as a rich source of therapeutic agents for the prevention of diseases and ailments. The importance of herbal medicine in the treatment of asthma is indisputable. Four of the five classes of drugs currently used to treat asthma namely; β2-agonists, anticholinergics, methylxanthines and cromones have origins in herbal treatments going back at least 5000 years. In the present article an attempt has been made to review antiasthmatic medicinal plants with their Botanical name, Family and part used....
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