Volume 2, Issue 3

Jean FOTIE

pp. 6–19

Flavonoids are a large group of plants secondary metabolites known for their wide range of biological and pharmacological activities including antioxidant, cytotoxic, anticancer, cardioprotective, hepatoprotective, neuro…

Hicham Harnafi, Souliman Amrani

pp. 20–22

Medicinal plants, as source of remedies, are widely used as alternative therapeutic tool for the prevention or treatment of many diseases. On the other hand, despite the remarkable progress in synthetic organic chemistry…

A. Sharma, Ajay G. Namdeo, K.R. Mahadik

pp. 23–34

Accurate authentication is constantly necessary to prevent the adulteration of target plant with other plant species. For the standardization of botanical preparations chromatographic techniques (HPLC, TLC, HPTLC, UV spe…

P. Sunita, S. Jha, S.P. Pattanayak

pp. 35–42

This paper brings up regarding the plant derived compounds with estrogenic activity. The authors correctly emphasize the need for control of estrogenicity of foods containing phyto-oestrogens in view of the significant h…

Amit N. Shinde, Nutan Malpathak, Devanand P. Fulzele

pp. 43–53

Phytoestrogens are group of plant derived compounds structurally and functionally mimic mammalian estrogen. Phytoestrogenic isoflavones, daidzein and genistein are associated with several health promoting properties agai…

Hanumanthachar joshi, Patil Jagadeesh, Milind Parle

pp. 54–60

Memory function is vulnerable to a variety of pathologic processes including neurodegenerative diseases, strokes, tumors, head trauma, hypoxia, cardiac surgery, malnutrition, attention-deficit disorder, depression, anxie…

A.B.D. Selvam

pp. 61–94

This paper provides a comprehensive list of about 472 authentic vegetable crude drug samples belonging to about 375 plant species that are housed in the Crude Drug Museum (CDM) of Pharmacognosy Section, Botanical Survey …

Kannur D. M, Kulkarni A.A, Paranjpe M.P, Navangul M.V

pp. 95–101

Stress is a daily phenomenon faced by every human, normal functioning of every individual is dependent on optimum levels of stress; it is very vital that stress is kept under control and normal functioning is not hampere…

Parmar Mihir Y, Gandhi T. R.

pp. 102–109

Silymarin, a flavonolignan from 'milk thistle' (Silybum marianum) plant is used almost exclusively for hepatoprotection and amounts to 180 million US dollars business in Germany alone. In this review we discuss about its…

Nilambari Deshkar, Shrikant Tilloo, Vipinchandra Pande

pp. 124–134

Rubia cordifolia Linn. (manjishtha) is popularly known as ‘Indian Madder’. Roots are traditionally used as anti-inflammatory, astringent, tonic, antiseptic, deobstruent, antidysenteric, blood purifier. It is an important…

Ajay G. Namdeo, A. Sharma, K.R. Mahadik

pp. 110–115

Nothapodytes foetida is a medium size tree distributed in Western Ghats of India, is considered to be an endangered species. Phytochemical studies of the drug revealed the presence of camptothecin, hydroxy camptothecin, …

Suresh Kumar, Reecha Madaan, Asim Farooq, Anupam Sharma

pp. 116–123

The review includes 84 references on the genus Pulsatilla, and comprises ethnopharmacology, morphology, phytoconstituents, pharmacological reports, clinical study and adverse effects of the prominent species of Pulsatill…

Syed Haris Omar

pp. 135–142

The Olive tree (Olea europaea) is native to the Mediterranean region, tropical & central Asia and various parts of Africa. It is an integral ingredient of the diet in the form of whole fruit or oil in the countries surro…

Vandana Aneja, Ashish Suthar, Sonika Verma, Satyan Kalkunte

pp. 143–150

Plants have been the basis of many traditional medicines throughout the world for thousands of years and continue to provide new remedies to mankind. Plants are one of the richest sources of compounds. Hemidesmus indicus…

Shamim Ahmed, S.H. Ansari, M. Ali, Deepika Bhatt, Faraz Ansari

pp. 151–156

Curcuma aromatica, commonly known as ‘Jangli Haldi’ is a widely cultivated plant in India for its rhizomes. It is commonly used as condiments and as flavouring agents. Medicinally, it has been proven to possess various p…

Vitthal V. Chopade, Atul A. Phatak, Aman B. Upaganlawar, Anil A. Tankar

pp. 157–162

The Green tea is obtained from the tea plant Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze (Common names: Green tea extract, Chinese tea) which belongs to the family Theaceae. Itis a widely used medicinal plant by the tribals throughout…

Amritpal Singh, Samir Malhotra, Ravi Subban

pp. 163–167

Extracts of the dried leaves of dandelion (Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers. (Asteraceae) are used in traditional medicine for gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases. The plant is valued as laxative and diuretic…

Thakur Mayank, Dixit V.K

pp. 168–172

A number of herbs belonging to the specie Chlorophytum are noted for their medicinal benefits in Ayurvedic, and Unani system of medicine. A lot of medicinally important attributes have been assigned to the plants of this…

Vishnukanta V, AC. Rana

pp. 173–179

Ayurveda is a traditional Indian medicinal system being practiced for thousands of years. Considerable research on pharmacognosy, chemistry, pharmacology and clinical therapeutics has been carried out on ayurvedic medici…

Deepa Iyer, P. Uma Devi

pp. 180–184

Herbs have always been the principal form of medicine in India. Medicinal plants have curative properties due to the presence of various complex chemical substances of different composition, which are found as secondary …