Pharmacognosy Reviews
Volume 9, Issue 17
2015 · pp. 1–88 · 13 articles
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 17
- Year
- 2015
- Published
- 28 May 2015
- Pages
- 1–88
- Articles
- 13
- Sections
- 3
- ISSN
- Print - 0973-7847, Online - 0976-2787
- Journal
- Phcog Rev.
In this issue
Review Article
Review ArticlePublished: 28 May 2015
Jody M. Lingbeck, Corliss A. O’Bryan, Elizabeth M. Martin, Joshua P. Adams, Philip G. Crandall
pp. 1-11 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156307Vol. 9, Issue 17 (2015)Sweetgum trees are large, deciduous trees found in Asia and North America. Sweetgum trees are important resources for medicinal and other beneficial compounds. Many of the medicinal properties of sweetgum are derived fro…
Review ArticlePublished: 28 May 2015
Ujjwal Kaushik, Vidhu Aeri, Showkat R. Mir
pp. 12-18 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156314Vol. 9, Issue 17 (2015)Cucurbitacins which are structurally diverse triterpenes found in the members of Cucurbitaceae and several other plant families possess immense pharmacological potential. This diverse group of compounds may prove to be i…
Review ArticlePublished: 28 May 2015
Kiran Sharma, Rasheeduz Zafar
pp. 19-23 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156317Vol. 9, Issue 17 (2015)Indian soil germinates thousands of medicinal drugs that are cultivated with a purpose to obtain a novel drug. As it is a well‑established fact that the structural analogs with greater pharmacological activity and fewer …
Review ArticlePublished: 28 May 2015
Jianhua Zhu, Mingxuan Wang, Wei Wen, Rongmin Yu
pp. 24-28 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156323Vol. 9, Issue 17 (2015)Catharanthus roseus produces a wide range of terpenoid indole alkaloids (TIA). Many of them, such as vinblastine and vincristine, have significant bioactivity. They are valuable chemotherapy drugs used in combination wit…
Review ArticlePublished: 28 May 2015
Arunava Kali
pp. 29-34 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156329Vol. 9, Issue 17 (2015)Infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus strains with Methicillin resistance are associated with increased mortality and morbidity, aggressive course, multiple drug resistance and hospital outbreaks. Several first and …
Review ArticlePublished: 28 May 2015
Arunava Kali, Marie Victor Pravin Charles, Rathan Shetty Kolkebail Seetharam
pp. 35-40 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156333Vol. 9, Issue 17 (2015)Hepcidin is a novel peptide hormone of hepatic origin. It has a crucial role in iron metabolism. The causative association of this peptide in anemia and iron overloading states has been well established. Current research…
Review ArticlePublished: 28 May 2015
T. Lakshmi, Vidya Krishnan, Rajendran R, N. Madhusudhanan
pp. 41-44 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156337Vol. 9, Issue 17 (2015)Azadirachta indica commonly known as Neem, is an evergreen tree. Since time immemorial it has been used by Indian people for treatment of various diseases due to its medicinal properties. It possesses anti‑bacterial, ant…
Plant Review
Plant ReviewPublished: 28 May 2015
Amandeep Singh, Uma Ranjan Lal, Hayat Muhammad Mukhtar, Prabh Simran Singh, Gagan Shah, Ravi Kumar Dhawan
pp. 45-54 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156340Vol. 9, Issue 17 (2015)Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum Linn.) is an important perennial grass of Poaceae family, indigenous to tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is cultivated worldwide due to the economical and medicinal value of its…
Plant ReviewPublished: 28 May 2015
Md Atiar Rahman, Md Shahidul Islam
pp. 55-62 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156350Vol. 9, Issue 17 (2015)Alpinia calcarata Roscoe (Family: Zingiberaceae), is a rhizomatous perennial herb, which is commonly used in the traditional medicinal systems in Sri Lanka. Alpinia calcarata is cultivated in tropical countries, includin…
Plant ReviewPublished: 28 May 2015
Azadeh Manayi, Mahdi Vazirian, Soodabeh Saeidnia
pp. 63-72 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156353Vol. 9, Issue 17 (2015)Echinacea purpurea (Asteraceae) is a perennial medicinal herb with important immunostimulatory and anti‑inflammatory properties, especially the alleviation of cold symptoms. The plant also attracted scientists’ attention…
Plant ReviewPublished: 28 May 2015
Rajnish Kumar Yadav, Bankim Chandra Nandy, Siddhartha Maity, Srimanta Sarkar, Sudipta Saha
pp. 73-80 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156356Vol. 9, Issue 17 (2015)Ficus racemosa is an important medicinal plant, found in India, Australia, and Southeast Asia. It is popularly known as ‘gular.’ It reduces blood glucose concentration due to the presence of β‑sitosterol. Many active con…
Plant ReviewPublished: 28 May 2015
Afjal Hussain Mazumder, Jayshree Das, Hemanta Kumar Gogoi, Satya Bhusan Paul
pp. 81-83 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156358Vol. 9, Issue 17 (2015)Sarcochlamys pulcherrima (Roxb.) Gaud. is widely used as traditional medicine and food by different tribes and communities of Assam in India and in neighboring countries. Recent studies conducted in our laboratory showed…
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the EditorPublished: 28 May 2015
Subrahmanya Kumar Kukkupuni, Venugopalan Somavilasome Narayanan
pp. 88-88Vol. 9, Issue 17 (2015)The idea of “non‑rasayanas” put forward by Gaurav Mahesh Doshi and co‑authors[1] does not exist in Ayurveda at the first instance. Though, in science, it is always welcome to generate new ideas, concepts, and terminologi…