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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory and systemic autoimmune disease, affecting people predominantly between the ages of 20-60 years with an unpredictable course. About 1% of the world’s population is afflicted by rheumatoid arthritis and is two to three times more common in women than men. This is a long-lasting disease that can affect joints in any part of the body, most commonly the hands, wrists, and knees. The popularity of medicinal plants is increasing day by day due to the side effects of allopathic medicines. Herbal medicinal plants have been used as major sources of cure of human diseases since time immemorial. Today, one-fourth of the world population depends on traditional medicine, and 80% of the population relies on indigenous herbal medicinal plants. Even today most of the people live in different developing countries depend on the plant-derived medicines for the first line of primary health care because of least or no side...
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Digitalis purpurea commonly known as foxgloves belong to the genus Digitalis, which is a member of the family Plantaginaceae. Due to their effectivity in the treatment of heart insufficiency, cardenolides from Digitalis have been used extensively worldwide. Digitalis purpurea is the most important source of cardiac glycosides or cardenolides, volatile oil, fatty matter, starch, gum, and sugars. They possessed cardiovascular, cytotoxic, anti-diabetic, antioxidant, insecticidal, immunological, hepatoprotective, neuro-protective and cardioprotective effects. This review highlights the plant profile, history, chemical constituents, chemical test, traditional uses, drug interaction and pharmacological effects of Digitalis...
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In olden days, plants have been an ever dependent source of medicine. Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homeopathy have mentioned the use of plants in the treatment of various human diseases. Ficus benghalensis Linn. (Banyan tree) Moraceae is a plant that is widely distributed in India. The English name Banyan is given by the Britishers to this tree because under the tree Banias, i.e., the Hindu merchants used to assemble for business. To the Hindus, it is sacred and worshipped with special prayers on Vata Sawitri day. This plant is reported to possess many useful pharmacological activities also viz. anti-inflammatory, antihyperglycemic, antidiabetic, anti-arthritic, antihyperlipidemic, hypocholesterolemic, analgesic, antibacterial, antifungal, larvicidal, anti-diarrhoeal, antimutagenic, antioxidant, cytotoxic, hepatoprotective, antiallergic and immunostimulatory. The aim of the present review is an effort to give a detailed survey of the literature on its traditional uses, pharmacological activities, and other commercial...
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Since from prehistoric times the practice of herbal medicine has existed as the primary form of medicine. India is one of leading bio-diversity center with the presence of over 50, 000 different plant species. Many plants are unexplored though they were used from ancient times in traditional system of medicine. At the same time, several plants activity was proven scientifically, and its resurgence as herbal medicines was started in the past few years. Many countries have included herbal products, in their national health programs and national health schemes, as an important alternative for the treatment of various diseases. In day to day life, people came across accidental wounding and management of wound is a complicated process. Wound healing is a complex and dynamic process of restoring damaged tissue that involves a series of independent and overlapping stages. Many plants have the potential to heal the wounds owing to a vast array of medicinal compounds they can synthesize. In most of the countries, a great number of plants are used...
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The therapeutic potential of essential oil-bearing plants have been realized. Like herbal remedies, essential oils and their constituents cover a wide field of performance. These include antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, anticancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. The field of aroma and smell is so attracting that Nobel Prize (2004) in physiology and Medicine was awarded for unlocking the secrets of smell. Thanks to Prof. Richard Alex of Columbia University, and Linda B. Buck, who unlocked the secrets of the olfactory system at the molecular level. These odor bearing substances pass through nasal passage are detected by particular neurons called olfactory cells present in the upper part of nasal epithelium which contains five (5) million neurons. Essential oils are chemically a mixture of organic compounds belonging to different chemical entities such as terpenes, phenols, aliphatic compounds, benzoyl compounds, and heterocyclic compounds. Terpenes are classified as mono, sesquiterpenes, and diterpenes based on isoprene units. Oxygenated terpenes are the chief odor transporters of the essential oils. They include the alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids,...
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