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Plants are naturally gifted for the synthesis of medicinal compounds & extraction is the first crucial step in the preparation of plant formulations. The extraction and characterization of active compounds from medicinal plants have resulted in the discovery of new drugs with high therapeutic value. The new recent extraction techniques with shortened extraction time, reduced solvent consumption, and increased pollution prevention concern and with special care for thermolabile constituents. In this article, the principle behind the operation of various extraction methods, factors influencing method performance, research progress, strength and weakness of different extraction approaches are discussed. The modern techniques for extraction of herbal plant secondary metabolites include Solid-phase micro-extraction, Supercritical-fluid extraction, Pressurized liquid extraction, Accelerated Solvent extraction, High-pressure solvent extraction, Membrane Extraction, The Cold finger method Stir-bar sportive extraction, Ultrasonic extraction, Acid-base extractions, Solid-phase extraction, Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE), Supercritical fluid extraction (SCFE), Pressurized solvent extraction...
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Mentha (also known as mint, isa genus of plants in the family Labiatae /Lamiaceae). The genus Mentha L. is distributed all over the world and can be found in many environments. Mint is a popular and well-known herb growing all over the world and includes many varieties and hybrids. Mentha species, one of the world’s oldest and most popular herbs, are widely used in cooking, cosmetics, and alternative or complementary therapy, mainly to treat rheumatic pains, aching head, and digestive disorders. Aerial parts of the plant are refrigerant, stomachic, carminative, stimulant, and diuretic. They possess antispasmodic and emmenagogue properties and are also given to stop vomiting and to treat jaundice. The oil is a valuable anti-neuralgic 66. The peppermint has been used in the pastin herbal medicine dating back to the ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman times Murray...
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The Plants having own biological potential to treat some major diseases. Medicinal plants are gaining much interest recently because their use in ethnomedicine treating common diseases such as cold, fever, and other medicinal claims are now supported with sound scientific evidence. The study on medicinal plants started with extraction procedures that play a critical role to the extraction outcomes (e.g., yield and phytochemicals content) and also to the consequent assays performed. A wide range of technologies with different methods of extraction is available nowadays. Hence, this review aims to describe and compare the most commonly used methods based on their principle, strength, and limitation to help to evaluate the suitability and economic feasibility of the...
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Herbal medicines have attracted the researcher’s attention nowadays as scientific evidence is coming regularlyon their safety and efficacy. Katan (Linum usitatissimum Linn) is a potent therapeutic agent of Unani medicine for respiratory tract diseases since ancient times. Unani scholars have described Katan as having pharmacological effects, i.e., Mohallil-e-Auram Munaffis-e-Balgham Mulattif Munzij, with its therapeutic uses in various respiratory tract diseases, i.e., Nazla, Zukam, Sual Baghami, Warme Urooqe Khashina, Zeequnafs, and Dama. This literary research is an attempt to highlight the various researches carried out on Katan in many respiratory tract diseases so it can provide guidance to researchers in the coming days. From these studies it has been proved that Katan (Linum usitatissimum) is anti-inflammatory agent. Moreover, it also has an antibacterial, antiallergic effect and has a significant effect on COPD, asthma of childhood and adults. These findings prove the claims of the Unani medical scholars made centuries ago about the therapeutic effects of Katan in various respiratory tract diseases. Based on centuries-old experience of Unani scholars, we can...
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Cancer is a non-communicable life-threatening disease and a majority of cancers are caused due to inflammatory responses and association with precursor lesions termed as proliferative inflammatory factors. Inflammatory response arises because of dysfunction of anti-oxidative proteins due to DNA damage and may increase oxidative stress. This review mainly focuses on the inflammatory factors which trigger specific pathways inside the cell and create a tumour microenvironment that subsequently leads to cancer induction and progression. We are providing information about the role of various plant derived active compound and their role in treatment of cancer via induction of chronic inflammation and altering the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In this review, we will also document currently available treatments and their possible therapeutic implications in ameliorating the ailments that arise due to cancer. In the later section of this review, we have added notes on the challenges that need to be addressed to improve the efficiency of drugs derived from medicinal plants. It appears that herbal therapies are effective for targeting the...
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