Volume 3 (2016) - Issue 3, March
Review Articles
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL PLANTS AGAINST SEXUAL TRANSMITS DISEASES: REVIEW
Sexually transmitted diseases are serious problem concerned with health, social and economic challenges in the world, especially in Africa. Rural patients are more dependent on folk medicinal healers for treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Rural people depend on traditional medicinal plants because of lack of access to modern medical facilities and hesitancy to relate this form of illnesse...
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PHYTOCHEMISTERY, MEDICINAL WEALTH AND NUTRITIONAL STRENGTH OF MORINGA OLEIFERA LAM. (MORINGACEAE)
Moringa oleifera Lam. is the most imperative and legendary species of family Moringaceae. It is called as Soanjna in the local language (Punjabi). It has noteworthy medicinal and nutritional significance for both humans as well as for animals. Traditionally it is recommended to treat many ailments and to contest malnutrition mostly in tropics. It has scores of pharmacological activities such as an...
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Research Articles
ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF AN ALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF CARDARIA DRABA PREVENTED SCOPOLAMINE-, ZINC CHLORIDE – AND SODIUM METAVANADATE – INDUCED AVOIDANCE MEMORY RETENTION IMPAIRMENTS IN STEP-THROUGH PASSIVE AVOIDANCE TASK IN MICE
Cardaria draba commonly known as whitetop or hoary cress is a perennial herb that is native to Eastern Europe and eastern Asia, including Iran. In this study, the effects of alcoholic extract of Cardaria draba (25, 50 and 100 mg/kg) via oral gavage for 2 weeks alone and on scopolamine (1 mg /kg/d, 4 days, i.p.) - zinc chloride (75 mg/kg/d, 2 weeks oral gavage) - and sodium metavanadate (22.5 mg/kg...
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GASTRO PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF USNEA LONGISSIMA METABOLITES ON PROBIOTIC LACTOBACILLUS CASEI
Protective effect of the probiotic combination of usnic acid and Lactobacillus casei in experimentally induced ulcer in rats was investigated. Rats inward usnic acid (100 mg/kg), L. casei (10-8 con.), usnic acid (100 mg/kg) + L. casei (10-8 con.), and omeprazole (30 mg/kg) twice daily for 5 days for prevention against aspirin (ASP), ethanol (EtOH), cold restraint stress (CRS) and pylorus lig...
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COMPARATIVE PHYSICOCHEMICAL, PHYTOCHEMICAL AND HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY EVALUATION OF STEM BARK AND SMALL BRANCHES OF AILANTHUS EXCELSA ROXB.
Over-harvesting of many traditional medicinal plants has become a threat to the country’s species diversity and has resulted in the endangerment of certain medicinal plant species. Shortly, many plant species may be unavailable for the use of industry due to over-exploitation. The present study outlines the concept of plant part substitution. The studies were carried out in Ailanthus excelsa to ...
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QUALITY EVALUATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF AN AYURVEDIC ANTI-DIABETIC FORMULATION: MEHARI CHOORNA
To access the quality of drug the standardization is very critical. As per WHO guidelines, 80% of the peoples have relied on traditional medicine in a rising nation. Most of the conventional system is valuable but a lack of standardization. The parameters studied are physicochemical parameters, phytochemical parameters & qualitative chemical tests. These values will help to obtain the batch ...
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PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIBACTERIAL POTENTIAL OF ACETONE LEAF EXTRACT OF ACACIA CONCINNA (WILLD.) DC.
The present study was aimed to find out the antimicrobial potential of acetone extract of Acacia concinna leaf against five different bacterial strains at 100 and 200mg/ml concentrations. The disc diffusion assay was performed to access the antimicrobial potential of the extract. The agar plate containing a bacterial culture was divided into 4 zones, and each zone was independently impregnated wit...
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