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Kandangkathiri Kirutham (ghee of Solanum xanthocarpum) is a Siddha herbal formulation mentioned in Siddha textbook for the treatment of Ullnaakku Azharchi (Tonsillitis). It contains leaf juice of Kandangkathiri (Solanum xanthocarpum), cow’s ghee, the paste of raw drugs namely Sittrarathai (Alpinia officinarum), Sittramutti (Sida cordifolia), Nerunjil ver (Tribulus terrestris), Chukku (Zingiber officinale), Milagu (Piper nigrum), Thippili (Piper longum) respectively. In the present study, the anti-inflammatory activity of Kandangkathiri Kirutham is evaluated by carrageenan-induced paw edema in rats using Diclofenac sodium as the standard drug. The animals were divided into 4 groups, of which, Group I (Negative control) is injected with carrageenan into the sub-plantar region of the hind paw of rats, Group II & Group III are injected with carrageenan + Kandangkathiri Kirutham (100 mg/kg) & (200 mg/kg) respectively. Group IV is injected with carrageenan + Standard Diclofenac sodium (50 mg/kg). The change in hind paw volume was measured using plethysmometer and expressed as mean paw volume of the rats. The formulation showed significant reduction of paw volume in rats....
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Field pea is the third most important grain legume globally after beans and chickpea. The present study was conducted during the period 2012-2014 at the Institute of Forage crops, Bulgaria, with five pea genotypes. The conducted analyses revealed that the genetic correlations for most of the traits in field pea have higher coefficients than the phenotypic correlations. The strongest positive phenotypic correlations were found between plant height with pods per plant (r=0.780); pods per plant with seed per plant (r=0.863) and seed weight per plant (r=0.796); seed per plant with seed weight per plant (r=0.733). The highest genetic correlations were established between plant height with seed per plant(r = 0.612) and pods per plant (r=0.798); pods per plant with seed per plant (r=0.866) and seed weight per plant (r=0.796); seed per plant with seed weight per plant (r=0.722). The strongest and direct positive effects over grain yield had pod stem (2991.134), seeds per plant (448.314) and pods per plant (99.261). Based on the trait association and the path coefficients...
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Herbal drugs play an important role in the health care programme especially in developing countries. Ancient Indian literature incorporates a remarkably broad definition of medicinal plants and considers “all” plant parts to be potential sources of medicinal substances. C. paniculatus is one of the Indian medicinal plants having a remarkable reputation as a factor of health care among the indigenous medicinal practitioner. There are many species of C. paniculatus which are medicinally important, but having very similar characters which makes confusion among the people about its authentification. As pharmacognosy is the 1st step in proving medicinal status as the crude drug of plant parts used in the health care system, the preliminary phytochemical studies of seeds, leaves, stem, and root of C. paniculatus were carried...
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Essential oil isolated from the rhizomes of Alpinia speciosa K. Schum. by hydrodistillation has a yield of 0.69 percent by weight. Light yellow oil from Alpinia speciosa has a spicy odor; specific gravity 0.8577; optical rotation +6o30′. Acid and saponification values are also determined and reported. Extractions of medicinally useful materials separately through solvents of decreasing polarities, viz., water, ethanol, diethyl ether, and petroleum ether are carried out from its rhizome. Ethanol extract has a maximum yield. Odors vary in differently extracted materials. Diethyl ether and petroleum ether extracted materials show a sufficient degree of unsaturation. The essential oil is dextrorotatory. All of the solvent extracted materials are dextrorotatory. Specific gravities, refractive indices, acid, saponification and iodine values of these variously extracted materials are also reported. Tests for the presence of specific natural products indicate the presence of carbohydrates, flavonoids, and steroids in most of the extracted...
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The literature survey reveals that the plant Raphanus sativus belongs to the family Cruciferae. It is widely used to treat the viral, bacterial infection, antihepatotoxicity anti lithiasis, Hypolipidaemic, inflammation, and cancer. The study focused on the phytochemical screening of the ethanolic extract of radish bulbs (Raphanus sativus). The molecular masses to provide probable structures and associated molecular properties for its constituents. Alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, and tannins were analyzed. The following research shows the anticonvulsant activity of R. sativus. Anxiety is an overwhelming sense of uneasiness or discomfort. We have important plants reported anxiolytic activity, uses, models and doses for anxiolytic activity &...
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