Volume 1, Issue 2

Review Article|Published: 25 Jul 2007

Hicham Harnafi, Souliman Amrani

Flavanoids are the major plant phenolic secondary metabolites and represent the most studied phytochemicals. This family includes five major classes different by their specific chemical structure,we note: flavones, flavo…

Review Article|Published: 25 Jul 2007

Giani, T.S

Medicinal plants and/or phytopharmaceuticals include flavonoids, terpens, saponins, tannins, alkaloids, glycosides, resins, volatile oils, and others compounds that provide various effects on human body: positive or not.…

Review Article|Published: 25 Jul 2007

Bilal Ahmad, Jamal Akhtar

The Unani physician believes that the healthy state of the human body is maintained by a power known as Tabiyat or Quwwat-e-Mudabbira (medicatrix naturae), gifted to it from its creator. The concept of Tabiyat is much va…

Review Article|Published: 25 Jul 2007

Syed Haris Omar, Abshar U.H., Nehal M.

Garlic (Allium satium) belongs to family Liliaceae, contains various chemical compounds which are helpful in prevention and treatment of different types of cancer. Both oil and water-soluble allyl sulfur compounds from g…

Review Article|Published: 25 Jul 2007

Ashutosh Jani, Anita Mehta

Allium sativum (Family Amaryllidaceae or Liliaceae) is used worldwide for various clinical uses like Hypertension, cholesterol lowering effect, antiplatelets and fibrinolytic activity etc. Due to these common house hold …

Review Article|Published: 25 Jul 2007

Namdeo A. G, Jadhav T. S, Rai P. K, Gavali S, Mahadik K. R

Medicinal plants are unique sources of pharmaceutically significant secondary metabolites which include alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, volatile oils, tannins, resins etc. Demands of these secondary metabolites are no…

Review Article|Published: 25 Jul 2007

Ajay Sharma, Sudhir Bhardwaj, A.S. Mann, Amit Jain, M. D. Kharya

This study was intentional to assess the antioxidant activity of drugs. The antioxidants divulge an gigantic ability to trim down DPPH, superoxide, peroxide and nitric oxide radical scavenging activity. Antioxidants rest…

Review Article|Published: 25 Jul 2007

R.R. Chattopadhyay, S.K. Bhattacharyya

In recent years, there has been a constant search for alternative and efficient agents for food preservation aiming a partial or total replacement of antimicrobial chemical additives. A large number of herbal spices have…

Review Article|Published: 25 Jul 2007

Hemant sagrawat, Md. Yaseen Khan

Since ancient times, plants have been an exemplary source of medicine. Ayurveda and other Indian literature mention the use of plants in treatment of various human ailments. India has about 45,000 plant species and among…

Review Article|Published: 25 Jul 2007

G. K. Dash, M. R. Sahu

There has been a virtual explosion of interest in all kinds of alternative therapies, in particular those, which have been around for thousands of years. Naturally, in an illness where there is no "cure" and in which pha…

Review Article|Published: 25 Jul 2007

Vaibhav Shinde, Kamlesh Dhalwal, K.R. Mahadik

Ageing is universal but complex biological process characterized by impairment of various functions and decreased ability to respond stress whose manifestations are familiar and unambiguous. The population of world is ag…

Review Article|Published: 25 Jul 2007

Prasanna V. Habbu, Hanumanthachar Joshi, B. S. Patil

Herbal medicine (medicinal plants, polyherbal formulations) is still the mainstay of about 75-80% of world population, mainly in the developing countries for primary health care. Wound is a loss of cellular and anatomic …

Review Article|Published: 25 Jul 2007

A. Sajeli Begum, Madhur Goyal

The genus Cestrum belonging to Solanaceae family comprises about 300 species. Cestrum, which was mainly distributed in South America ranges from Southern Florida and Northern Mexico to Chile is now distributed all over t…

Review Article|Published: 25 Jul 2007

Shailendra Gurav, Vijay Gulkari, Nandkishore Duragkar, Arun Patil

Gymnema sylvestre R Br. (Gurmar) is a tropical vine whose leaves are considered antidiabetic in Ayurvedic medicine. It has been commonly used for the diabetes and as a diuretic in Indian proprietary medicines. This revie…

Review Article|Published: 25 Jul 2007

D. Sasmal, Sanjita Das, S. P. Basu

Nyctanthes arbortristis Linn. is one of the well known medicinal plant. It is a common wild hardy large shrub or small tree. It is a native of India, distributed wild in sub-Himalayan regions and southwards to Godavari. …

Plant Review|Published: 25 Jul 2007

Siddhartha K. Mishra, Neelam S. Sangwan, Rajender S. Sangwan

Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees (Acanthaceae) is a medicinal plant traditionally used for the treatment of cold, fever, laryngitis and several infectious diseases ranging from malaria to dysentery and diarrhea in …

Plant Review|Published: 25 Jul 2007

Bhavna Gupta, Rashmi S. Srivastava, Radha Goyal

The extracts of many plants used in traditional medicine contain curative agents That is used in many modern medicines. As part of the quest for potentially valuable Plants of medicinal value. In Sanskrit Euphorbia thymi…

Plant Review|Published: 25 Jul 2007

Ana Claudia F. Amaral, José Luiz P. Ferreira, Maria Lúcia B. Pinheiro, Jefferson Rocha de A. Silva

The importance of the genus Himatanthus in popular medicine is supported by reports from different local communities in the Amazonian region. Himatanthus sucuuba (Spruce) Woodson is a plant of the Apocynaceae family, pop…

Plant Review|Published: 25 Jul 2007

Ravindra G.Mali, Shailaja G.Mahajan, Anita A.Mehta

Bauhinia variegata Linn. (Kanchnar / Rakta kanchan), is a widely used medicinal plant by the tribals throughout India and popular in various indigenous system of medicine like Ayurveda, Unani and Homoeopathy. Following t…

Plant Review|Published: 25 Jul 2007

D. A. Burli, A. B. Khade

Butea monosperma (Lam.) is an indispensable tree. Tribals use its flowers and young fruits. The plant is used in Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha medicine for various ailments. Almost all the parts of the plant namely root, l…