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As old as humanity and civilization itself, the idea of beauty and their cosmetics. Humans have used herbs for many different things, including food, medicine, and cosmetics. Examples of herbal plants whose isolated compounds have been studied for their ability to treat dry skin include aloe vera and coconut oil. The anti-aging properties of plants like ginkgo and carrot have been researched. Green tea and turmeric were researched for their ability to protect the skin. Studies on the anti-dandruff properties of herbal plants like henna, neem and shikakai have been conducted. The natural ingredients in hair cosmetics offer the hair a glossy, smooth appearance and help treat a range of hair problems such as alopecia. Cosmetics by themselves are not enough to care for skin and other body parts; a combination of active ingredients is needed to stop skin damage and ageing. Beauty items are referred as a herbal cosmetics which, as a result of the herbal element, possesses favourable physiological activities like healing, smoothing appearance, boosting, and conditioning...
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Plants serve humans as primary sources for food and medicines, so their use in treating diseases is very important for leading a healthy life. Our ancestors employed numerous plants for medicinal purposes, urging the imperative for scientific validation of these traditional practices. Ficus virens (F. virens) is commonly known as white fig, pilkhanand plaksa, one such plant that belongs to the family Moraceae and normally found in India, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, and northern Australia, this plant contains chemical constituents like phenols, flavonoids, tannins, saponins, vitamins, anthocyanins, glycosides, alkaloids, and amino acids. Not much scientific support was given to the folklore claims of the plant, and some of its traditional uses have been investigated, including anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective effect, wound healing properties, anti-hyperlipidemic, anti-viral, antioxidant, anti-bacterial, anti-implantation, anti-ovulatory, anti-estrogenic, and anti-cancer activity. As per the literature review, the detailed pharmacological information of F. virens is not yet reported. In this review article taxonomy, synonyms, vernacular names, distribution, food value, ethnomedical uses, phytochemicals, and pharmacological activities of F. virens have been...
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Pharmaceutical demand for enhanced secondary metabolite production is increased today and for meeting deficiency of secondary metabolite can be achieved by plant tissue culture. Healthy and disease-free plants can be propagated by this technique. Also endangered plants can be preserved or conserved by this technique. Micropropagation of plants of medical importance and multiplication of high yielding plants is achieved by using plant tissue culture and they are adapted to local atmospheric condition by biotechnological approach. Core principles used in plant tissue culture like Totipotency, Aseptic environment, Nutrient media. Plant tissue culture is also used in Micropropagation, Genetic engineering, Germplasma conservation, Virus elimination etc. Advantages of plant tissue culture include Disease -free plants, Faster multiplication, Year-round production, True-to type offspring, Preservation of genetic diversity. The challenges of plant tissue culture are maintaining sterility and preventing contamination requires...
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The plant Shivlingi (Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C. Jeffre) is the seasonal climber plant rich in medicinal properties. Present study is mainly based on ethnobotanical and pharmacological study of shivlingi. Fruit of this plant contains numerous seeds that look like Shivling Icon of lordshiva, so named as Shivlingi. This plant is also known as the lollipop plant. This plant have many medicinal properties and is used for curing several diseases. The plant parts are used to treat inflammation, inducing dieresis and usedas tonic. Another uses of this plant is curing bronchitis, clolera carbuncles, cholic convulsions, cough, paralysis, snakebites paralysis and fertility. The seed of this plant helps to balance the hormone and help in infertility treatment. It is the natural remedy for the treatment of female infertility, obesity and diabetes also. In totality Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C. Jeffre have analgesic, antidiabetic, antioxidant, androgenic, antitumor, fertility and antipyretic properties. An effort has been made in this paper to scientifically reiew and explain the ethnobotanical and pharmacological importance of shivlingi...
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To guarantee herbal medications safety, effectiveness, and constancy in their therapeutic effects, quality control is crucial to emphasis on phytochemical composition, and microbiological contamination. This study is to evaluate a number of quality control measures for herbal drugs. To determine the essential quality of drugs, quality control tests are necessary. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of phytoconstituents included organoleptic, microscopical, physical, chemical, biological and analytical evaluations were used. The study emphasizes how crucial it is to put strict quality control procedures in place at every stage of the manufacturing of herbal drugs in order to ensure their efficacy, safety, and consistency of quality. In order to address new issues in this industry and create strong quality control standards suited to the special qualities of herbal medications, Quality control is part of quality management focused on fulfilling quality requirements. It is a technique to verify quality. The purpose of quality control is to ensure that each dosage unit of the drug product delivers the same amount of active...
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