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Adina cordifolia is the yellow Saffron Teak; belonging to the subfamily Cinchonoideae; family Rubiaceae is found in Southern Asia, from India and Srilanka east to southern China and Vietnam. It is a substantial, deciduous tree, hinge disintegrated in deciduous forests all through the significant part of India, levitates up to an altitude of 900 m in the sub-Himalayan stretch. Adina cordifolia was used by historical healers as the remedy of chronic cough and jaundice, stomach ache, fodder, and swelling in the stomach; the Roots are astringent and constipating and are useful in diarrhea and dysentery. The bark is bitter, acrid, refrigerant, astringent, vulnery, demulcent, diuretic, aphrodisiac, and tonic. It is efficacious in deprave pitta conditions, wounds and ulcers, skin disease, strangury, gastropathy, fever and burning sensation. The buds are an antidote to snake venom, flowers used in headaches; leaves are antiseptic utilized in dressing wounds. These are also used in cuts, boils and to cure hemicrania. Adina cordifolia has an extensive array of medicinal applications. It has been used...
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Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash has been suggested in the Indian system of medicine as the roots of Usira for a number of diseases such as fever, dysuria, fatigue syndrome, wound healing, skin disorders, etc. (Jvara, Trishna, Mutrakrachhra, Vrana). This will be created helpfulness towards this medicinal plant and for preparation of different Ayurvedic formulations i.e Usira sava, Yogarajaguggulu, Sadanga Kvatha Curna. The objective of the present study is to develop the pharmacognostic and phytochemical profiles of Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash root. The present study considers the detail investigation of macroscopy, microscopy, preliminary qualitative phytochemical analysis, physicochemical evaluations and HPTLC chromatography profiling. Microscopical investigation shows the presence of rectangular cells of epidermis, elongated and polygonal parenchyma groups, oval aerenchymatous cells, cork cells, elongated cells sclereids, sclerenchymatous stone cells, groups of sclerenchymatous fiber, prismatic crystals of calcium oxalate and starch grains. The presence of various secondary metabolites was confirmed by phytochemical screening and HPTLC profiling. Identification and authentication of roots may be helpful from botanical and chemical screening data for developing...
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Using the plant as a source of medicine is one of the major campaigns in the field of alternative therapy. This study was conducted to investigate the antimicrobial activity of Leptadenia hastate root. The root of this plant was collected, dried, and ground. The powder was subjected to extraction by cold maceration using water and methanol. The in-vitro antimicrobial activity of the extract was tested against four strains of bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, E. coli, Bacillus cereus and one fungus Candida albicans using the agar diffusion method. DMSO was used as a negative control; Ciprofloxacin was used as a positive control for bacteria and fluconazole as a positive control for fungi. The agar dilution method determined the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of crude extract. The phytochemical analysis was conducted to determine the secondary metabolites. The antimicrobial activities show that methanol extract of Leptadenia hastate was only sensitive against Bacillus cereus and Candida albicans out of five organisms tested, while aqueous extract does not show activity against any organism...
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Objective: Stem Bark, Root, and fruit of Ziziphus oenoplia (Rhamnaceae) has been used in traditional health systems to treat diabetes and many more disorders in southern Asia as India, Sri Lanka, and Burma. However, the anti-oxidant and hypoglycemic potential of the fruit of this valuable plant is not scientifically validated till date. The aim of the present study is to evaluate in vitro free radical scavenging and hypoglycemic effect of ethanol extracts and solvent fractions of Ziziphus oenoplia fruit. Methods: The ethanol extracts and three solvent fractions of Ziziphus oenoplia fruit were evaluated at different concentration (20- 640 µg/ml) for free radical scavenging activity by using in-vitro DPPH method and different concentration (25-800 µg/ml) for hypo-glycemic potentials by using α – glucosidase and α-amylase enzymes (intestinal enzymes which slow the digestion of carbohydrates and delay glucose absorption) inhibitory activity. Results: The outcome of present study indicates that maximum anti-oxidant activity was produced by ethanol crude extract (87.66±1.54% Inhibition at 640 μg/mL) with IC50 value 2.72±0.62 followed by chloroform fraction...
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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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