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To guarantee herbal medications safety, effectiveness, and constancy in their therapeutic effects, quality control is crucial to emphasis on phytochemical composition, and microbiological contamination. This study is to evaluate a number of quality control measures for herbal drugs. To determine the essential quality of drugs, quality control tests are necessary. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of phytoconstituents included organoleptic, microscopical, physical, chemical, biological and analytical evaluations were used. The study emphasizes how crucial it is to put strict quality control procedures in place at every stage of the manufacturing of herbal drugs in order to ensure their efficacy, safety, and consistency of quality. In order to address new issues in this industry and create strong quality control standards suited to the special qualities of herbal medications, Quality control is part of quality management focused on fulfilling quality requirements. It is a technique to verify quality. The purpose of quality control is to ensure that each dosage unit of the drug product delivers the same amount of active...
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The global health crisis posed by diabetes mellitus, characterized by chronic hyperglycemia, requires innovative strategies to address its increasing prevalence and associated complications. Traditional medicine, with its holistic healing principles, offers a promising avenue. This review explores a groundbreaking study that focuses on a polyherbal formulation for managing diabetes, representing a change in perspective for the treatment of this disease. Considering the concerning prevalence of diabetes on a global scale, it is imperative to explore alternative treatments. Traditional polyherbal formulations, rooted in ancient wisdom, are attracting growing attention. These formulations combine various plant-based ingredients, harnessing their synergistic potential for managing diseases. This review offers insights into the pre-clinical investigation of a specific polyherbal formulation, shedding light on its potential for effectively managing diabetes. In-vitro and in-vivo are conducted to evaluate the formulation’s ability to lower blood sugar and improve sensitivity to insulin. Additionally, comprehensive assessments are carried out to ensure its safety and identify any potential side effects. The results demonstrate the promising anti-diabetic effects of this traditional polyherbal,...
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Cancer is a devastating disease affecting human population and challenging its personal, social and economical facets along with giving a lot of pain and agony. It has also posed a great challenge to the medical fraternity and also the biomedical scientists in terms of curability, recurrence and drug discovery. If not treated earlier, it is obviously life threatening. Traditional medicines have not been properly explored in the treatment of cancer. Gum Guggal commonly called as Guggulu (Commiphora wightii) in Ayurveda is one such drug used in Ayurvedic clinical practice since time immemorial in various inflammatory clinical conditions like Sopha (inflammation), Dusta Vrana (chronic unhealed ulcer), Galaganda (Thyroiditis), Apachi (scrophula), Gandamala (cervical lymphadenitis), Arvuda (malignant tumor), Granthi (benign tumors) etc. Inflammatory pathway is known to be over-activated in cancer. Since Guggulu in Ayurveda is an anti-inflammatory and analgesic drug and is clinically used in various cancer related conditions, it is judicious to make a review on the anti-cancer potential of Gum Guggal in order to establish it as an anti-cancer...
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Plants serve humans as primary sources for food, shelter, and medicines. So, understanding the plant’s uses in treating diseases is very important for leading a healthier life. Our ancestors have used various plants as medicines, and there is a need to provide scientific evidence for the same. Annona glabra is one of the plants natives to Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, and central and west Africa. It is an invasive species in Sri Lanka and Australia, and it is also distributed in India. It is commonly called pond apple, alligator apple, or bob wood. These plants contain mostly flavonoids, glycosides, saponins, tannins, steroids, acidic compounds, and anthraquinones. Not much scientific support was given to the folklore claims of the plant, and some of its traditional uses have been investigated, including anti-leishmanial activity, anti-microbial activity, anti-cancer activity, anti-inflammatory activity, burn-healing properties, larvicidal efficacy, wine production, and anti-oxidant activity. This article is a review of research done on the plant Annona glabra. As a part of it, the taxonomy,...
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Kidney stones are also called as renal calculus or nephrolith. These are small, hard, deposits of mineral and acid salts on the inner lining of the kidney. Nephrolithiasis is characterized by the formation of renal calculus within the kidneys. When these stones leave the renal pelvis and travel into the remaining portions of the urinary system, which includes the ureters, bladder, and urethra, this condition is known as urolithiasis. Urolithiasis has become a serious global health problem and it is a common painful urologic condition that affects 12% of people worldwide. Nephrolithiasis is more common in men as compared to women and the recurrence rate in men (70-81%) is also higher than the females (47-60%). People of all ages are affected by urolithiasis but the age between 50 and 60 years was the peak age for the formation of calcium oxalate stones. Lauraceae is one of the most common and widely spread families. The plants of Lauraceae family are grown in tropical and warm climates. Some species of Lauraceae...
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