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Herbal medicine, also known as Herbalism or Botanical medicine, harnesses the therapeutic properties of plants in various forms to prevent, treat, or promote health and well-being. Plants contain a diverse array of chemical compounds that interact with the body, leading to their widespread use in traditional and modern medicine worldwide. Over the past few decades, there has been a significant rise in the global and national markets for herbal drugs. Utilized since ancient times, medicinal plants are fundamental to traditional healing systems such as Ayurveda, Unani, as well as folk and native medicine. Helicteres isora L. (Sterculiaceae family) is renowned for its traditional uses and widespread distribution. Research indicates that extracts derived from its leaves, bark, fruits, and roots possess a range of beneficial properties, including antioxidant, anti-dysenteric, anti-diabetic, and antimicrobial activities. Notably, the fruit extract of H. isora demonstrates promising free radical scavenging abilities. This review aims to provide a scientific basis for the indigenous therapeutic claims associated with bioactive fractions extracted from H....
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The Cucurbitaceae family has been utilized as a medicinal option in human medicine from ancient times. The bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) is popularly known as lauki, ghia or dudhi in India. This is grown worldwide in the tropical climates of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe. There are over 800 species and 130 genera in this family. Because of their potential for therapeutic use, researchers have looked into a variety of plants in this family, including Lagenaria siceraria. L. siceraria has been linked to several health benefits for humans, including antioxidant, immunosuppressive, hepatoprotective, hypolipidemic, diuretic, laxative, analgesic, antihypertensive, cardioprotective, central nervous system stimulant, anthelmintic, and free radical scavenging. This plant’s fruit is frequently consumed as a low-calorie vegetable. The biological chemicals found in the species are diverse and include terpenoids, flavonoids, sterols, and saponins. The edible portions of this plant also contain proteins, terpenoids, flavonoids, vitamins, choline, and other phytochemicals. In addition to 17 distinct amino acids, the seeds of L. siceraria have been discovered to contain several minerals. Per 100 g of...
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The genus Ficus, including Ficus racemosa, represents a significant group of trees renowned for their medicinal properties across various traditional healing systems. Widely known as Goolar in India, this medium-sized tree from the Moraceae family is abundant throughout the country, distributed from Himalayan ranges to south India. The different parts of plant Ficus racemosa like root, bark, stem, fruit, latex and leaves are rich in numerous phytochemical compounds such as alkaloids, tannins, saponins, β-sitosterol, and lupeol, contributing to its diverse therapeutic capabilities. Referenced in ancient Ayurvedic, Siddha, Unani, and Homeopathic traditions, this plant exhibits a wide array of medicinal activities, including hypoglycemic, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, antiulcer, gastroprotective, antitussive, anthelmentics, antipyretics, wound healing, anticholinesterase and anticarcinogenic properties, among others. This comprehensive review delves into taxonomy, synonyms, vernacular names, ethnobotanical uses, phytochemicals, and pharmacological evaluations of various extracts from its leaves, fruits, stems, bark, and latex, employing solvents such as ethanol, methanol, acetone, petroleum ether, ethyl acetate, and...
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Medicinal plants have been used as therapeutic relief agents in many Zambian societies. Up to date, it has been statistically approximated that more than 70% of the Zambian population still relies heavily on medicinal plants as sources of pain relief, mainly because of shortage of medications in hospitals and the limited access to health care facilities. These medicinal plants are effective in the management of various illnesses owing to the secondary metabolites that offer defensive mechanism against pathogens. Aside from the fact that most medicinal plants indigenous to Zambia are yet to be profiled to affirm they potency experimentally, there still remains a limited compilation of the very few that have been profiled. This study thus, aimed to review the scientific literature on Phytochemistry, pharmacologic studies conducted and while also reviewing in detail the ethnobotanical studies carried out on some of the medicinal plants. This knowledge is of tremendous importance to future and current Zambian researchers in drug development, in their effort to identify lead or novel plant-based drugs...
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Since ancient times, natural plants have been a key source of pharmaceuticals. The therapeutic elements found in plants are crucial in the management of a wide range of illnesses. They provided a plentiful supply of the active phytochemical components needed to produce a range of biological activities. One of the valuable therapeutic plants belonging to the Myrtaceae family is the watery rose apple, scientifically known as Syzigium aqueum. The plant is indigenous to Malaysia and Indonesia. Because the fruit of the plant has a high water content, it is also known as water cherry, water apple, and water jamboo, among other names. The phytochemical elements found in abundance in the plant’s parts are primarily responsible for producing a range of biological activities. The herb is commonly used in traditional medicine to treat a range of illnesses. Therefore, the primary goal of this review is to highlight the many sections of the Syzigium aqueum plant and its origin, distribution, phytochemical ingredients, nutritional value, traditional uses, health advantages and pharmacological...
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