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Many herbal remedies have been employed in various medical systems to treat and manage different diseases. Medicinal plants and their investigation of the phytoconstituents are much interested in today’s research. Herbal medicine uses medicinal plants for the prevention and treatment of diseases: it ranges from traditional and popular medicines in every country to the use of standardized and titrated herbal extracts. Generally, cultural rootedness enduring and widespread use in a Traditional Medical System may indicate safety, but not efficacy of treatments, especially in herbal medicine where tradition is almost completely based on remedies containing active principles at very low and ultra-low concentrations or relying on magical-energetic principles. Here, this study aims to evaluate the Pharmacognostic parameters and identify the Phytoconstituents. Hypericum oblongifolium (family: Guttiferae) is well known in India and is one of the most versatile medicinal plants having a wide spectrum of biological activity. It is a highly useful and traditionally used medicinal herbaceous plant found in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. The genus Hypericum consists...
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Medicinal plants have been estimated as the richest holdings of traditional medicines and from these plants, many types of modern medicines were developed. Coscinium fenestratum (Gaertn.) Colebr. belongs to the family Menispermaceae and is considered a critically endangered medicinal plant. Traditionally it is used for antimicrobial agents, diabetes mellitus, cancer, and arthritis. In this study in-vitro pharmacological activities of leaf and stem extracts of C. fenestratum were evaluated. The solvent extracts were screened for antimicrobial activity against some clinically isolated bacterial and fungal cultures using the disc diffusion method. The antioxidant activity of extracts were tested by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) method. The acetone extract of stem showed potential antimicrobial activity than other extracts. All the pathogens were inhibited at very low concentration, very specific Klepsiella pneumoniae was inhibited at 0.156mg/mL and Phialophora verrucosa was inhibited at 0.078mg/mL of the stem extract. The methanol extracts of stem showed the highest antioxidant activity of 99.59%. followed by stem extracts of ethyl acetate (99.02%), acetone (98.79%), and petroleum ether(90.55%) were showed. Hence, the...
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Traditional knowledge and ethnobotanical use of plants have been widely acknowledged worldwide. The cicatrizing properties of extracts obtained from this plant have been scientifically studied, attributing the main biological activity to its tannin and flavonoid content. The recent commercialization of the plant drug Gynura nepalensis. requires Pharma-cognostical and Pharmacological information to develop quality-control methods for raw materials and extracts produced with the plant drug. Macro and micro morphological parameters were established to authenticate the genuine drug that allowed detection of adulterants usually found in commercial samples of this plant material. All the parameters were studied according to WHO guidelines and Indian Pharmacopoeia. These morphological characteristics can be used for rapid identification of the drug and are particularly useful in the case of powdered materials and physicochemical parameters. TLC profiling of plant extracts gives an idea about the presence of various phytochemicals. Pharmacological activity of Gynura nepalensis ethanolic leaf extracts were analyzed for total phenolic and flavonoid contents along with the antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activity. The result of the...
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Sphaeranthus indicus Linn (Asteraceae) is a popular and very useful plant used in the Indian system of medicine. It is usually found in damp areas, plains, and weeds in the rice fields. In the Ayurvedic system of medicine, the plant as a whole plant or its different parts like leaf, stem, bark, root, flower, and seed is widely used for curing many diseases. The plant is enriched with secondary metabolites such as eudesmanolides, sesquiterpenoids, sesquiterpene lactones, sesquiterpene acids, flavone glycosides, flavonoid C‑glycosides, isoflavone glycoside, sterols, sterol glycoside, alkaloid, peptide alkaloids, amino acids, and sugars. The essential oil has been isolated from flowers and whole plants. In this present study, various methods are carried out to evaluate the pharmacognostic parameters of crude drug and aqeous extract of aerial part of the plant, which may form the basis for the further use of the plant and for the evaluation of its various pharmacological activities. The physicochemical evaluation confirms the quality and purity of the crude drug. Aqeous extract of Sphaeranthus indicus...
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Aim: The objective of the present review is to compile & explore published literature on ethno botanical uses, pharmacognostic studies, phytochemicals, and pharmacological activities of Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl from 2016 to till date. Background: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl, an under shrub belongs to the family Verbenaceae. The plant is native to the tropical Americas and has been used traditionally by various ethnic groups of this region. Though regarded as a weed or invasive species in many parts of the world, research works report the plant being used for medicinal purposes, as animal feed and as ornamental or hedge plant. Material & Methods: The review was undertaken by literature search through electronic databases such as PubMed and Google scholar, reported from 2016 to till date. Review results: The different parts of the plant are used in various ailments like fever, skin diseases, diabetes and respiratory problems. Flavonoid, tannins, saponins, glycosides are the chief bioactive constituents reported to be present which are responsible for several pharmacological activities. Pharmacological studies report...
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