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Context: Dhamaso, botanically known as a Fagonia Arabica is an important plant in Ayurveda and in folklore medicine, but little is known about its pharmacognostic evaluation. Objectives: In the present investigation, the detailed pharmacognostic study of Fagonia arabica stem is carried out to lay down the standards which could be useful in future experimental studies. Materials & Methods: The present study included macroscopy, microscopy, preliminary phytochemical screening, and physicochemical evaluation. Results: Macroscopy reveals the organoleptic properties of the stem, and the microscopic study shows the presence uni-seriate to tri-seriate medullary rays and brownish matter in pith region as diagnostic characters. Water-soluble ash value is more than acid insoluble ash indicates that the acid-insoluble siliceous matter was less than that of water-soluble ash. The preliminary phytochemical investigations indicate the presence of glycosides, flavonoids, saponins, sterols, carbohydrates, amino acids,...
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The plant Bauhinia varigata is a medium-sized tree found throughout India, ascending to an altitude 1350 m in the Himalayas. It is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Fabaceae. Kanchnar, Mountain Ebony, Rakta Kanchnar are the common name of Bauhinia varigata. The various parts of the plant like flower buds, flowers, stem, stem bark, leaves, seeds, and roots are used in various indigenous systems of medicine. For the last many years, this plant is very popular among the various ethnic groups in India for the curing of a number of diseases. Traditionally, it is used in the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, Goiter, Tumor and Kapha- Pitta dosha disorders while flowers have Pittaghna (Pacify pitta dosha), piles, constipation, and leprosy. There are a number of phytochemicals isolated from the various part of kanchnar such as flavonoids, kaempferol, ombuin, hesperidine, triterpenecaffeate, flavonol glycosides, flavanone, stigmasteroles, octacosanol, Phenanthraquinone, protein, calcium and phosphorous, volatile oil, germacrene D, quercetin, rutin, etc. Upon medicinal and biological studies, anti-inflammatory & analgesic activity, chelation...
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Spinach is a leafy green flowering plant. The leaves are a common edible vegetable consumed by fresh leaves. The bioactive components present in the Spinach oleracea plant leaves are known to be responsible for its medicinal properties. The present study was undertaken to compare the effect of different extraction solvents to extract the active components like carbohydrates, tannin, flavonoid, phenol, carbohydrate from the dried leaves of Spinach oleracea plant. The extraction solvents used were Ethyl acetate, Petroleum ether and Methanol. Phytochemical analysis, total flavonoid concentration, total phenol concentration and antioxidant activity have been identified to compare the efficiency of different extraction solvents. The results shows that using methanol as an extraction solvent works best for the extraction of various active phytochemicals, the total flavonoid and phenols concentration and the antoxidant activity showed the effective scavenging activity. This is the report that directly compares the three extraction solvents for the extraction of active components from the Spinach oleracea leaves and shows that method should be the solvent of...
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Kydia calycina, a member of the Malvaceae family known as Pulao, Boranga, or Pula, has been reported for its traditional uses as a medicinal plant. The presence of potentially active nutrients and their multifunctional properties make Kydia calycina leaves, root, bark, and stem perfect candidates for the production of phytopharmaceutical products. It is used traditionally as a remedy in different disease conditions like skin disease, hyperglycemia, antihyperlipidemic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antioxidant, antiulcer, antifungal, immunomodulatory, febrifuge, wound healing, industrial uses, and nutritional important, etc. by tribal of Rajasthan Maharashtra and Himachal. It is important to clarify these health benefits to public due to the increasing need for prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. Although it is used widely around the country, single hand information about its ethnobotanical, phytochemical and pharmacological action is still lacking. Traditionally appreciated for its pharmacological properties by the various researcher’s Pulao is still hardly recognized because of insufficient scientific information. The aim of this review is to summarise all the traditional pharmacological properties of Kydia...
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The present work has been done with an objective to analyze the crude drug parametrs responsible for tenable antioxidant effect of leaf, stem and root of Glycosmis pentaphylla (Retz.) DC. Fresh leaf, stem and root of Glycosmis pentaphylla were extracted with ethanol (EEGPle, EEGPst, EEGPro). The antioxidant profiling was done through different methods like 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging assay, 2,2-azino-bis-3-ethyl benzothiazoline acid (ABTS) free radical scavenging assay and nitric oxide (NO) free radical scavenging assay. Crude drug parameters were focussed mainly on micrometric properties so as to determine the flow properties when consumed for medicinal purposes. A significant antioxidant activity was revealed by the EEGPle [EC50: (29.04±0.008) µg/mL], compared to EEGPst and EEGPro in DPPH assay. The ranking order for ABTS was EEGPle > EEGPst > EEGPro. The EC50 value of NO of the EEGPle, EEGPst and EEGPro were (263.14±0.05) µg/mL, (312.62±0.07) µg/mL and (384.62±0.006)µg/mL respectively. Quantity of TFC and TPC were highest in EEGPle (112.96±3.89 mg QRE/g and 96.6±1.08 mg GAE/g extract) rather than EEGPst and EEGPro...
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