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HEPATOPROTECTIVE DRUGS A STUDY ON THEIR PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY
Plants are the major sources of hepatoprotective drugs and formulations, and this is the reason that their phytoconstituents are in great demand commercially. These drugs act prophylactically for the wellbeing of the liver as well as can cure an ailing liver. The liver is the largest solid organ and gland present in the human body. While it plays a major role in various metabolic reactions of the ...
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ETHANOMEDICINAL, PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM LINN.
Ocimum tenuiflorum Linn. commonly known as holy basil, tulsi is an aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Indian subcontinent and cultivated plant throughout the Southeast Asian tropics, where the leaves, seeds ad stem of tulsi are used for valuable source of culinary and traditional medicinal uses. Indian material medica describes the use of the plants in a variety ...
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INVESTIGATION OF THE PHARMACOGNOSY AS WELL AS THE ANTIOXIDANT, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY POTENTIAL OF THE KATHA POWDER
Objective: To investigate the Pharmacognosy as well as the Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory potential of the Katha powder. Methods: The Coarsely dried chips of Acacia catechu heartwood were treated with 10% hydro-alcoholic solution to obtain Katha as the final product. The powdered Katha was standardized via pharmacognostic parameters. This Kathapower is showing good solubility in hot water, having ...
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ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SALACIA CHINENSIS AND ITS EVALUATION OF ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY
Salacia chinensisis, commonly known as Saptarangi in the Hindi family of Hippocrateaceae, it is a woody climbing shrub found in Africa, Vietnam, and Thailand. A large number of biologically active compounds like salacinol, kotalanol, neokotalanol, neosalacinol, salasol, and mangiferin are isolated from S. chinensis. Traditionally, the plant is used in the treatment of diabetes, but there are few s...
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ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL OF FRACTIONS FROM THE STEM METHANOL EXTRACT OF UVARIA COMPEREI (ANNONACEAE)
Oxidative stress is incriminated in many human diseases such as cancer, diabetes, ischemia, rheumatoid arthritis, neurodegenerative diseases, etc. The extracts from plants could be used to discovering the new antioxidant product. In the aim to evaluate the antioxidant activity of fractions of Uvaria comperei stem extract, the fractions of the stem extract obtained by vacuum chromatography from Uva...
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PHARMACOGNOSTIC AND IN-VITRO ANTIOXIDANT, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY & ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY OF THE FLOWER OF THE HIMALAYAN RHODODENDRON ARBOREUM
Objective: To investigate the Pharmacognostic and in-vitro Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory & Anti-diabetic Activity of the flower of the Himalayan Rhododendron Arboreum. Methods: The collected plant flowers of Rhododendron Arboreum were cleaned with distilled water and air-dried at room temperature under shade (25-27 °C) and reduced to the appropriate size of the powder. The powdered plant mat...
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ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY OF THE FLOWER EXTRACT OF KACHNAR AGAINST PHERETIMA POSTHUMA
The main objective of this present work is to evaluate the anthelmintic activity of crude alcohol extracts of the flowers of kachnar (Bauhinia variegata) against Pheretima posthuma as a test worm. The activity was assessed by worm motility assay, which involved the determination of time of paralysis and death of worms. The preliminary phytochemical study of the alcoholic extract was also carried o...
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POLYPHENOLIC PROFILE ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF CHRYSACTINIA MEXICANA A. GRAY (HIERBA DE SAN NICOLAS)
The objective of this study was the extraction, recuperation, identification and bioactivity evaluation of the main bioactive compounds present in Chrysactinia mexicana A. Gray, polyphenolic compounds from aerial parts of Chrysactinia mexicana A. Gray were purified using a liquid chromatography column with ambulate XAD-16, first elution was made with distilled water, then ethanol was used to recov...
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MALARIA AND ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS: A REVIEW
Natural compounds have already contributed to the discovery of new anti-malarial drugs. Atovaquone, artemisinin and its semi-synthetic derivatives as well as clindamycin, erythromycin, azithromycin, chlortetracycline, tetracycline, oxytetracycline and doxycycline, are noteworthy examples of the varied contribution of natural products for the development of effective anti-malarial drugs, particular...
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PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF POLYGALA CHAINENSIS, CLEOME CHELIDONII
Natural products are an important source of bioactive compounds and have potential for the development of novel therapeutics. Natural products and their derivatives represent more than 50% of all drugs in clinical use in the world. Herbal plants contain and produce a verity of chemical substances used as a remedy for treating diseases. Anthelmintic and antioxidants have been treated with some medi...
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