Volume 17, Issue 1

Anuradha Karbhari Chavan, Anilkumar Uttamchand Tatiya

pp. 1–10 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251933 · 2025

Medicinal herbs have been utilised for thousands of years to cure various medical conditions. Medicinal herbs continue to play a significant role in the health care systems of a significant portion of the global populati…

Shweta Bhandari, Rahul Trivedi, Rajesh A. Maheshwari, Swetaba Besh, Maitri Mahant, Sapana Patil, Vishal Garg, Ram Singh

pp. 11–17 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251951 · 2025

A chronic metabolic disorder, Diabetes mellitus significantly poses a health challenge globally. The escalating prevalence of diabetes, coupled with concerns regarding the side effects of conventional antidiabetic drugs,…

Sunil Bhaurao Baile, Ghanshyam Ratilal Parmar

pp. 18–30 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251958 · 2025

The common weed Tridax procumbens has a broad range of pharmacological actions that make it a promising subject for Pharmacognostical and phytochemical study. Identifying the plant and examining its physical characterist…

Meenakshi Chandrasekaran, Susikumar Sundharamoorthy, Sunil Kumar Koppala Narayana, Bharath Kumar Govindaraju

pp. 31–41 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251688 · 2025

Background Diabetes mellitus is considered a major disease because it is a silent killer associated with many co-morbidities. The recent days’ changes in habits, lifestyle, food habits, stress, etc., have affected good h…

Bindu Sharma, Vijay Laxmi Songer, Vinay Kumar Meena

pp. 42–52 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251694 · 2025

Background Dermatophytosis/Tinea/ringworm is one of the most infectious diseases of humans, caused by invasion of stratum corneum by dermatophytic fungi viz. Trichophyton species, Microsporum species and Epidermophyton s…

Durba Banerjee, Palash Mondal, Prerona Saha

pp. 53–59 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251752 · 2025

Background Leafy vegetables are essential for maintaining a balanced diet and are well known for their abundant amount of vitamins, minerals and dietary fibers. Leafy vegetables are significant dietary source of calcium,…

Arijit Chaudhuri, Udichi Kataria, Anurag Dubey

pp. 60–69 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251905 · 2025

Background The chemotherapeutic agents used to treat cancer are known to possess potent adverse effects like nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity among others. Objectives The aim of this current study happened to be the iso…

Florin Iacob, Lavinia Cosmina Ardelean, Alexandra Roi, Ioana Tomoiaga, Delia Muntean, Laura-Cristina Rusu

pp. 70–77 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251913 · 2025

Background Oral candidiasis is a common infection caused by Candida species, Candida albicans and Candida parapsilosis being the most prevalent strains. Objectives To assess the antifungal effects of Camellia sinensis (g…

Murugammal Shanmugam, Subhasri Rajasekar, Priyanka Sekaran, Hemavathy Rajasekaran, Shakila Ramachandran

pp. 78–84 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251927 · 2025

Background Herbal oils also known as Medicated oils, are oils infused with medicinal properties of herbs or medicinal plants. Objectives To prepare the herbal oil, Karisalai tailam using gingelly oil and Eclipta alba Lin…

Achintya Kumar Mandal, Saravanan Meenakshisundaram, Subashini Subramanian, Sujith Thatipelli, Rajesh Chandran, Shakila Ramachandran

pp. 85–93 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251928 · 2025

Background The therapeutic properties of Achyranthes aspera have long been acknowledged and integrated into diverse traditional healthcare like Ayurvedic, Siddha, Unani and Naturopathic medicine for the management of var…

Vihangi Patel, Krupa Gadhvi, Karuna Modi, Mamta Shah

pp. 94–99 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251934 · 2025

Background Stachytarpheta indica Vahl. (Verbenaceae family), commonly known as Indian Snakeweed, is a valuable medicinal plant. A systematic phytochemical analysis of bioactives of this plant is lacking till date. Object…

Millerlandy Popayan Jaramillo, David Vollmer, Xuesheng Han

pp. 100–107 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251936 · 2025

Background Weight loss medications can have severe side effects and thus there is a need to identify safe and effective alternative treatments. Dietinduced thermogenesis and a potential stimulation of fat metabolism migh…

Iram Shabbir Khan, Swarnalatha Yanamadala, Senthilkumar Chinnaiyan, Narendran Chiterasu, Sidhika Kannan

pp. 108–114 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251946 · 2025

Aim This study introduces a sustainable method for synthesizing anisotropic Sphaeranthus amaranthoides leaf extract reduced gold nanoparticles (S-GNPs) by utilizing the phenolic compounds present in Sphaeranthus amaranth…

Komal Rajesh Andarghiske, Kancharla Bhanukiran, Rasha Ksirri, Siva Hemalatha

pp. 115–125 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251950 · 2025

Background Gmelina asiatica, commonly known as Asian Bushbeach, has traditionally been used for neurological disorders. Objectives To identify the phytoconstituents activity in Alzheimer's disease through in silico appro…

Akila Sukumaran, Ansa Mathew, Sebastin Varghese, Ajithbabu Tharackal Kannankutty

pp. 126–132 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251952 · 2025

Background and Objectives The systematic assessment of herbs utilized in the traditional medicine could provide more promising data regarding their therapeutic properties helping to address the increasing need for innova…

Geetha Dhandapani, Jayashree Indramuthu, Unigagandhi Tulasimani, Shalini Senabathi, Sudeepthi Nallasamy

pp. 133–142 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251954 · 2025

Background Medicinal plants are a crucial source of therapeutic agents for treating various human ailments. Justicia tranquebariensis, a small woody shrub widely distributed in southern India is traditionally used for ma…

P Madhivardhana., J. Vidhya Bharathy, S. Ajay Karthikeyan

pp. 143–153 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251960 · 2025

Background Helminths, a disease that affects all ages, are being treated with medicinal herbs such as Artemisia pallens Wall. ex DC, a traditional plant material with phytomedicinal properties. Objectives The study asses…

Sapna Sharma, Karuna Modi, Viral Asodariya, Saroj Kumar Katara, Mamta Shah

pp. 154–161 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251963 · 2025

Background Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard (Sapotaceae) is valued in traditional system of medicine as febrifuge, astringent, tonic, antiperiodic, antidysentric etc. Objectives The current study aimed for establishing …

Raveesha Peeriga, Krishnaveni Manubolu, Jayaprakash Somasundaram, Sheikdawood Asanar Mohamed Shiek Arabath, Shanthi Petchimuthu, Sri Naga Joshitha Manepalli, Vinay Kumar Maddela, Kavya Makireddy

pp. 162–172 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251964 · 2025

Background The abstract provides a comprehensive overview of the study on secondary metabolites from Ipomoea sagittifolia, emphasizing the extraction, isolation and characterization processes. Secondary metabolites, incl…

Arijit Chaudhuri, Vinod Kumar Gauttam, Arushi, Sumiran Negi, Gobind Singh, Bharti, Swati Mishra, Sneha Sharma, Prince, Aatiqa, Neetu Sharma, Atul Rana, Divyanshu

pp. 173–184 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.20251969 · 2025

Aim Cataract is an eye disease in which the lens of eyes becomes cloudy. It is a major source of blindness globally. As per the reports published by WHO, around 161 million people are visually compromised worldwide. No c…