Volume 3, Issue 5

Rajendra M Dobriyal, DB Ananthanarayana

pp. 1–7

Ayurveda, the traditional system of medicine in India is understood to have evolved many thousands years back. Ayurvedic medicines are made using materials of plant, mineral, metal and animal origin. However, plants cons…

K. K. Mueen Ahmed, Mohammad Yaseen Khan, B.G. Shivananda

pp. 8–21

Cardiovascular disorders like heart failure, hypertension, myocardial infraction, ventricular fibrillation and atrial fibrillation are affecting millions of people every year. Reactive oxygen metabolites (ROMs) and react…

Kiran Sharma, Ramya Rani, Kamlesh Dhalwal, Vaibhav Shinde, K. R. Mahadik

pp. 22–28

The last few years of arthritis researches in India have seen marked advances in our understanding of the basic treatments involved in the connective tissue disease and give a data of certain unexplored anti-arthritic he…

José Waizel-Bucay, Salomón Waizel-Haiat

pp. 29–43

The plants have been used as antitussives agents due to their anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, antiviral, demulcents, expectorant and mucolytic properties, related with their ability to elaborate active principles such as …

Solomon Mequanente Abay

pp. 44–47

Countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America use traditional medicine to help meet some of their primary health care needs. Use of traditional medicine for primary health care is extensive in Ethiopia –90 %. Ethiopian he…

Patricia Castillo-España, Alba Cisneros-Estrada, Ma. Luisa Garduño-Ramírez, Oswaldo Hernández-Abreu, Rolando Ramírez, Samuel Estrada-Soto

pp. 48–72

Traditional Mexican medicine is one of the most important health systems in the world, among Chinese and Indian systems. Furthermore, medicinal plants play an important role in these systems. Investigation of medicinal p…

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

pp. 73–81

This review brings up regarding the plant derived compounds with estrogenic activity. The authors correctly emphasize the need of foods containing phyto-oestrogens in view of its significant pharmacokinetic profile. This…

M.S. Ashawat, Madhuri Banchhor, Shailendra Saraf, Swarnlata Saraf

pp. 82–89

Popularity of herbal cosmetics in society and technological advances in manufacturing process has resulted in flooding of market with herbal formulations. Recently herbal cosmetics have gained much recognition and became…

Ratndeep Singh, Sarita Devi, Jatin H. Patel, Urvesh. D. Patel, Shailesh K. Bhavsar, Aswin M. Thaker

pp. 90–92

Herbal bioenhancers are phytomolecules that at low doses promote and augment the bioavailability or biological activity of drugs. Their development is based on ancient knowledge of Ayurveda. They reduce the dose, shorten…

Neha Mittal, H. S. Ginwal, V. K. Varshney

pp. 93–103

Acorus calamus Linn. is an highly valued herbal medicinal plant in India and other European countries. From very early times it is used as an ingredient of several drugs of the Unani, Ayurveda and Local Health Care Syste…

Sanjay Yadav, Vedpriya Arya, Sandeep Kumar, J. P. Yadav

pp. 104–107

Haryana is a state of northern India has a great history and diversity of medicinal plants. The importance of medicinal plants in traditional healthcare practices provides clues to new areas of research. In the present s…

Pradeep Kamboj, Ishpinder Singh, Nanjaian Mahadevan, Gagandeep Chaudhary

pp. 108–117

Epilepsy is the second most common neurological disorder after stroke and shows a prevalence rate in 1-2% of the world population. Although several antiepileptic drugs are available, the treatment of epilepsy is still fa…

N. S. Vyawahare, V. V. Deshmukh, M. R. Gadkari, V. G. Kagathara

pp. 118–125

Peptic ulcer is the most common gastrointestinal disorder in clinical practice. It mostly occurs due to imbalance between aggressive factor and the maintenance of mucosal integrity through endogenous defense mechanism. M…

Ajay Kshirsagar, Deepa Ingawale, Purnima Ashok, Neeraj Vyawahare

pp. 126–134

Silymarin, a flavonolignan from the seeds of 'milk thistle' (Silybum marianum), has been widely used from ancient times because of its excellent hepatoprotective action. It is a mixture of mainly three flavonolignans, vi…

Diego T. Santos, M. Angela A. Meireles

pp. 137–142

The relatively high concentration of anthocyanins in the diet is of prospective importance to human health. Anthocyanins contribute greatly to the antioxidant properties of certain colorful foods, such as grapes and cran…

Nikam Vijaya K, Prakash D. Chavan

pp. 154–169

Chlorophytum borivilianum Sant. and Fernand. belongs to family Liliaceae, is a promising medicinal plant with great economic potential. Appreciation of medicinal value of safed musli tubers has been made in ancient India…

Kundan Singh Bora, Anupam Sharma

pp. 170–180

In the present scenario, herbal medicines have gained global importance with both medicinal and economic implications. Widespread use of herbs throughout the world has raised serious concerns over their quality, safety a…

D.V. Goswami, S.A. Nirmal, M.J. Patil, N.S. Dighe, R.B. Laware, S.R. Pattan

pp. 181–185

Tectona grandis (Saka) has been widely used as medicine is Ayurveda. The chemical constituents reported from this plant belong to different classes such as tannins, proteins, fatty acids, steroidal compound, resins, anth…

Sita Sharan Patel, Neelesh Kumar Verma, Karunakaran Gauthaman

pp. 186–192

This review gives an account of the current knowledge on the morphology, phytochemistry and pharmacological aspects of Passiflora incarnata. A wide range of chemical compounds has been isolated, mainly alkaloids, flavono…

Vikash Kumar, Permender Rathee, Kanchan Kohli, Hema Chaudhary, Sushila Rathee

pp. 193–205

Medicinal plants play an imperative role in the management of various diseases especially in the developing countries where resources are meager. Indrayan (Citrullus Colocynthis Schard.) has been reported as folk medicin…