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Sariska Tiger Reserve, one of the 42 Tiger Reserves of India, is located near the civil district of Alwar in Rajasthan. The Sariska Tiger Reserve in Aravallis has its own importance and specific characteristics with unique biodiversity. The forest of Sariska Tiger Reserve has a great diversity of flora. This paper gives an account of antidiabetic medicinal plants found in Sariska Tiger Reserve, along with their local name, family, habit, and medicinal uses. Due to lack of awareness, unsustainable research utilization, and encroachments on these groups of the plant in this area, people of this region are unaware of the wealth of this heritage, and several persistent medicinal plant species are on the verge of extinction. The present paper highlights useful ethnobotanical information about the uses of these plants by the tribal of Rajasthan as food, fodder, medicine (fever, diarrhea, diuretic, skin-problems, diabetes, hypertension, jaundice, etc.) timber, fire-wood, tannin, dye, oil, fiber, alcohol, gum, resin,...
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Posted by admin on Jan 31, 2020 in |
From ancient times, various natural products are used as food and as medicine for the treatment of diseases. In the last few decades, herbal medicine has been used in the field of medicine because of its natural origin and lesser side effects. One such medicinal plant is Juglans regia (Family: Juglandaceae). The plant is also known as Persian walnut, English walnut, white walnut, or in common known as walnut. All parts of this plant viz. bark, kernel, leaves, etc. are extensively useful. Traditionally the kernels of walnut are used for the treatment of diabetes, asthma, gastric cancer, prostate cancer, liver damage, malaria, arthritis, toothache, dermal inflammation, etc. by the folk of different countries. Whereas researchers worldwide also proved that different parts of Juglans regia (JR) also possess beneficial effects such as anti-oxidant, anthelmintic, insecticidal, hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, wound healing, anti-depressant, fungicidal, anti-microbial, anti-nociceptive, anti-cancer, analgesic, immunomodulatory, lipolytic, neuroprotective and many other medicinal properties. Chemical analysis indicates that presence of various phytochemicals like alkaloids, flavonoids, carotenoids, glycosides, saponins, polyphenols, omega...
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Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2019 in |
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, particularly valuable for the treatment of chloroquine-resistant parasites. To avoid side effects and the resistance developed by the synthetic drug natural drug preffered. However, in many cases good activity and selectivity were observed. Most importantly, several compounds containing unique structural composition have been isolated and characterized. In the present review, a number of potential anti-malarial plants explored have been brought out, and a number of leads suggested on the basis of their anti-malarial activities. Thus, it provides guidance for areas of further research on potential plant resources that could be sources of compounds with therapeutic properties for the treatment of malaria. Some of the plants were investigated for anti-malarial activities, and their efficacy, toxicity, and safety aspects still need to be...
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Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2019 in |
Herbs are used as a source of medicine in Ayurveda and also in some traditional systems of medicine as having lesser side effects and cost when compared with synthetic drugs. Plants live on a planet with days and seasons, and that affects their phytoconstituents. The availability of active principles in medicinal plants changes by seasonal fluctuations, so their dose pattern for therapeutic efficacy also gets influenced. The best duration for the harvesting of specific secondary metabolites for better yield is not fixed. Seasonal impact show changes in important constituents like polyphenol, flavonoids, glycosides, alkaloids, and essential oil. Late summer is the best collection time for essential oil components. Winter is the best season for the harvesting of secondary metabolites containing plant parts. The results of these studies may help the researcher those who are involved in exploring the isolation of valuable chemicals from the plants for the treatment of various diseases. Therefore, the current review aims to focus on the best possible season for the harvesting of pharmaceutically important...
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Posted by admin on Oct 31, 2019 in |
World major population was dependent on traditional medicines, derived from medicinal plants. Among which India plays a crucial role in health management using herbal derivatives and excipients. Majority of plants and their derivative products isolated from different parts shown to have significant therapeutic and pharmacological potentials. Various plants species have been envisaged, among which Terminalia is one of the treasuries in which all parts of this plant having therapeutic activity by isolation of different Phytocompounds in varying solvents according to polarity and nature of compounds isolated using extraction. The amount and quantity of phytochemicals present in different plants differ from one another. Among the various screened species of genus Terminalia, it was reported that around 200-250 species are widely used as traditional medicine in curing various ailments such anti-HIV reverse transcriptase, anti-diabetic, antioxidant, antifungal, anti-cancer, hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, anti-hepatitis and aphrodisiac effects. The aim of present study was to review its extracted phytoconstituents present in different parts along with their pharmacological benefits and usage. Which further helps emerging researchers to...
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