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Reports
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Roy Upton, John Cardellina
pp. 15–17 · 2005
Invited Article
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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…
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Bilal Ahmad, Jamal Akhtar
pp. 45–47 · 2005
General Article
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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…
Plant Review
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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…
Research Article
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
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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…