Volume 1, Issue 2

Roy Upton, John Cardellina

pp. 15–17 · 2005

Ven Subbiah

pp. 18–19 · 2005

The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) passed by U. S. Congress in 1994 is accelerating the penetration of herbal products into mainstream markets. Under this Act, herbal dietary supplements are categori…

Bilal Ahmad, Jamal Akhtar

pp. 45–47 · 2005

A. K. Kandya

pp. 38–39 · 2005

Eighty-two species of medicinal plants have been described for their botanical and common names, plant families, medicinal uses and the most suitable and common cultivation methods. Thirty-nine species (Table 1) are cate…

K. K. Mueen Ahmed, A. C. Rana, V. K. Dixit

pp. 48–49 · 2005

Calotropis species are perennial herb with a long history of use in traditional medicinal especially in the tropical and subtropical regions. A wide range of chemical compounds including cardiac glycosides, flavonoids, p…

N. Miceli, M.F. Taviano, O. Tzakou, A. Yannitsaroc, D. Vassiliades, D. Giuffrida, E.M. Galati

pp. 54–55 · 2005

Leaves of Biebersteinia orphanidis Boiss., the only representative of the monotypic family Biebersteiniaceae found in Europe, were subjected to biological and phytochemical studies. The leaf methanolic extract showed a m…

Christina Ambrose, Christopher Varghese, Packialakshmi Munisamy, Tobin George Charivukala, Preethi Jose, John Christopher, Narayan Murugesh

pp. 59–60 · 2005

The current investigation focuses attention on the cholesterol lowering property of the ethanolic extract of Cyclea peltata Lam on experimentally induced hypercholesterolemia in rats. The serum cholesterol (total and low…

Victor B. Oyoyele, Funsho M. Adeyemi, Ayodele O. Soladoye

pp. 62–64 · 2005

Ocimum gratissimumu leaves have been claimed and used as an anti-diabetic agent by traditional healers/folk medicine practitioners. This has led to the study of anti-diabetic activity of aqueous leaves extract of this pl…

A. Al-Moflehi, A. A. Alhaider, J. S. Mossa, M. O. Al-sohaibani Al-sohaibani, S. Rafatullah, S. Qureshi Qureshi

pp. 64–68 · 2005

**Abstract.** The fruits of Piper nigrum Linn (Black pepper) are used as a spice in the intercontinental food preparation and have many therapeutic applications in the folk medicine. The present study on the ulcerogenic …

Bilal Ahmad, N. A. Khan, Ghufran Ahmad, M. Inamuddin

pp. 68–69 · 2005

A number of mono and poly herbal preparations are widely used in Unani system of medicine for the management of hepatic disorders. However, many of them have not been scientifically investigated for their described effec…