Volume 1, Issue 1

· pp. 1–103 · 10 articles

In this issue

Forum Article
Pharmacognosy Communications: The Scope of Pharmacognosy
I. E. Cock
pp. 1–3 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2011.1.1 · Published
Pharmacognosy is the branch of pharmacology that studies drugs in their crude and/or natural states.[1] In general, when we describe pharmacognosy, we are usually referring to plant based medicinal systems. However, it i…

Article
Plant Drugs Used to Combat Menace of Anxiety Disorders
Reecha Madaan, Suresh Kumar, Gundeep Bansal, Anupam Sharma
pp. 4–51 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2011.1.2 · Published
In present era, a sudden holocaust of mental disorders, and recognition of severe side effects and addiction liabilities associated with long term administration of widely prescribed synthetic drugs have aroused the atte…

Review
Problems of Reproducibility and Efficacy of Bioassays Using Crude Extracts, with reference to Aloe vera
I. E. Cock
pp. 52–62 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2011.1.3 · Published
Aloe vera has a long history of medicinal usage and its biological activities have been well documented in a variety of bioassays. However, isolated Aloe vera leaf components generally do not display the same bioactiviti…

Article
Cassane-type diterpenoids from the genus Caesalpinia
R. A. Dickson, T. C. Fleischer, P. J. Houghton
pp. 63–77 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2011.1.4 · Published
Medicinal plants belonging to the Caesalpinia (Ceasalpiniaceae) genus are widely distributed in most tropical countries and have been frequently employed in folkloric medicine worldwide in the treatment of various ailmen…
Article
Azadirachtolide: An anti-diabetic and hypolipidemic effects from Azadirachta indica leaves
Dinesh kumar B, Analava Mitra, Manjunatha M
pp. 78–83 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2011.1.5 · Published
Introduction: Azadirachta indica (Meliaceae) leaves are used traditionally in the Indian Ayurvedic medicinal system to treat diabetes. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of azadirachtolide (tetrano…

Article
Antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activities of the leaves of Clerodendrum splendens leaves
Fleischer TC, Mensah AY, Oppong AB, Mensah MLK, Dickson RA, Annan K
pp. 85–89 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2011.1.6 · Published
Clerodendrum splendens is a West African climbing shrub used in traditional medicine for wounds and infectious conditions. The petroleum ether, ethyl acetate, and 70% ethanolic extracts of the leaves obtained by successi…
Article
Chemical Examination and Hair Growth studies on the Rhizomes of Hedychium spicatum Buch.-ham
G. Venkateswara Rao, T. Mukhopadhyay, M. S. L. Madhavi, S. Lavakumar
pp. 90–93 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2011.1.7 · Published
The hexane extract of the rhizomes of H. spicatum yielded two known compounds, pentadecane, and ethyl p-methoxycinnamate. The structures of these compounds were established by spectroscopic data (UV, IR, GC, 1 H and 13C …

Article
Inside Pharmacognosy – A Blog
I.E. Cock
pp. 94 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2011.1.8 · Published
Pharmacognosy Network Worldwide (www.phcog.net) has established a blog for researchers interested in Pharmacognosy and medicinal plant research. The Inside Pharmacognosy – A Blog website can be accessed at http:// www.ph…

Article
Eucalyptus ficifolia and Xanthorrhoea johnsonii
Mohammed Virat Kohli
pp. 95 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2011.1.9 · Published
Eucalypts are the most iconic Australian medicinal plants and are possibly the most useful commercially for their medicinal properties (including antimicrobial, insect repellent, pesticidal, anticough and decongestant bi…

Article
Biomolecular and Physical Sciences, Griffith University, Australia
I.E. Cock
pp. 96–98 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2011.1.10 · Published
Upcoming issues of Pharmacognosy Communications will be feature departmental profiles from the authors and readers of Pharmacognosy Communications. To begin, I have included a profile of my own department, Biomolecular a…