Pharmacognosy Reviews
Volume 6, Issue 11
2012 · pp. 1–80 · 11 articles
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 11
- Year
- 2012
- Published
- 23 May 2012
- Pages
- 1–80
- Articles
- 11
- Sections
- 1
- ISSN
- Print - 0973-7847, Online - 0976-2787
- Journal
- Phcog Rev.
In this issue
Review Article
Review ArticlePublished: 23 May 2012
Biljana Bauer Petrovska
pp. 1-5 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95849Vol. 6, Issue 11 (2012)Healing with medicinal plants is as old as mankind itself. The connection between man and his search for drugs in nature dates from the far past, of which there is ample evidence from various sources: written documents, …
Review ArticlePublished: 23 May 2012
J. Y. Ajay, Pradeep Kumar Gajula, K. Kalaimagal, B. N. Vedha Hari
pp. 6-15 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95852Vol. 6, Issue 11 (2012)This study aims to review the concept of biological rhythms in medicinal plants. Dictionariesgenerally define pharmacognosy as the subject of the study of crude drugs of plant and animal origin. The name is derived from …
Review ArticlePublished: 23 May 2012
Sanjay L. Dakhara, Chetan C. Anajwala, Vidula S. Selote
pp. 16-21 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95853Vol. 6, Issue 11 (2012)In the past 50 years, dietary fiber has become an increasingly significant area of nutritional focus, debate, and research. Advances in food production practices have resulted in more refined foods being available and co…
Review ArticlePublished: 23 May 2012
Chung-Hung Chan, Gek-Cheng Ngoh, Rozita Yusoff
pp. 22-28 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95854Vol. 6, Issue 11 (2012)A study has been conducted with the aim to provide researchers with general information on anti diabetic extracts based on relevant research articles collected from 34 reliable medical journals. The study showed that Asi…
Review ArticlePublished: 23 May 2012
S. Mohanty, Ian E. Cock
pp. 29-36 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95855Vol. 6, Issue 11 (2012)Plants contain a myriad of natural compounds which exhibit important bioactive properties. These compounds may provide alternatives to current medications and afford a significant avenue for new drug discovery. Despite t…
Review ArticlePublished: 23 May 2012
Pathirage Kamal Perera, Yunman Li
pp. 37-45 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95863Vol. 6, Issue 11 (2012)From many reports it is clear that diabetes will be one of the major diseases in the coming years. As a result there is a rapidly increasing interest in searching new medicines, or even better searching prophylactic meth…
Review ArticlePublished: 23 May 2012
Lucia Maria Conserva, Jesu Costa Ferreira Júnior
pp. 46-55 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95866Vol. 6, Issue 11 (2012)Borreira and Spermacoce are genera of Rubiaceae widespread in tropical and subtropical America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Based on its fruits morphology they are considered by many authors to be distinct genera and most …
Review ArticlePublished: 23 May 2012
Ranjan Bairwa, R. S. Sodha, B. S. Rajawat
pp. 56-60 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95871Vol. 6, Issue 11 (2012)Trachyspermum ammi commonly known as ‘Ajwain’ is distributed throughout India and is mostly cultivated in Gujarat and Rajasthan. The fruit possesses stimulant, antispasmodic and carminative properties and is used traditi…
Review ArticlePublished: 23 May 2012
Nitin Kumar, Satyendra Singh, Manvi M, Rajiv Gupta
pp. 61-67 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95886Vol. 6, Issue 11 (2012)Trichosanthes, a genus of family Cucurbitaceae, is an annual or perennial herb distributed in tropical Asia and Australia. Pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.) is known by a common name of parwal and is cultivated …
Review ArticlePublished: 23 May 2012
Abinash C. Bharati, Alakh N. Sahu
pp. 68-73 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95893Vol. 6, Issue 11 (2012)Medicinal plants are widely being used by the traditional medical practitioners for curing various diseases in their day-to-day practice. Biophytum sensitivum DC (Oxalidaceae) is used as a traditional folk medicine in ai…
Review ArticlePublished: 23 May 2012
Faheem Amir, Wan Sinn Yam, Yen Chin Koay
pp. 74-80 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95894Vol. 6, Issue 11 (2012)The genus Subergorgia (coelenterata, Gorgonacea, Subergorgiidae) is distributed in the Indo-pacific region. Previous investigations on the various species of the genus have revealed the presence of a number of new compou…