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Review Article

  1. Review

    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…

  2. Review

    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,…

  3. Review

    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…

Original Article

  1. Article

    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…

  2. Article

    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…

  3. Article

    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,…

  4. Article

    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…

  5. Article

    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…

  6. Article

    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…

  7. Article

    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…

  8. Article

    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…

  9. Article

    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…

  10. Article

    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…

  11. Article

    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…

  12. Article

    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…

  13. Article

    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…

  14. Article

    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…

  15. Article

    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 …

  16. Article

    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…

  17. Article

    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…