Pharmacognosy Reviews
Volume 6, Issue 12
2012 · pp. 81–160 · 10 articles
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 12
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 81–160
- Articles
- 10
- Sections
- 1
- ISSN
- Print - 0973-7847, Online - 0976-2787
- Journal
- PHREV
In this issue
Review Article
- Review
G. Phani Kumar, Farhath Khanum
pp. 81–90 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.99898 · 2012
Cognitive dysfunction is a major health problem in the 21st century, and many neuropsychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative disorders, such as schizophrenia, depression, Alzheimer’s Disease dementia, cerebrovascular i…
- Review
Sudha Vengurlekar, Rajesh Sharma, Piyush Trivedi
pp. 91–99 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.99942 · 2012
Natural sources have been important for the development of new active molecules for many years. Various small molecules with unique chemical skeleton and potent bioactivities were discovered through various sources like …
- Review
Surya Narayan Das, Varanasi Jaganath Patro, Subas Chandra Dinda
pp. 100–106 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.99943 · 2012
Plants of genus Leucas (Lamiaceae) are widely distributed throughout Asia, Africa, and India. The plant is used in traditional medicine to cure many diseases such as cough, cold, diarrhea, and infl ammatory skin disorder…
- Review
Esha Yadav, Munesh Mani, Phool Chandra, Neetu Sachan, A. K. Ghosh
pp. 107–114 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.99944 · 2012
From the centuries, herbal medicines are used to treat various diseases and now they had become an item of global importance, with both medicinal and economic implications. The demand of herbal medicine is being increasi…
- Review
Hafsa Ahmad, Sakshi Sehgal, Anurag Mishra, Rajiv Gupta
pp. 115–124 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.99945 · 2012
Mimosa pudica L. (Mimosaceae) also referred to as touch me not, live and die, shame plant and humble plant is a prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America and Australia, also found in India heavily armed with r…
- Review
Bandar E. Al-Dhubiab
pp. 125–131 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.99946 · 2012
Extensive studies have been carried out in the last decade to assess the pharmaceutical potential and screen the phytochemical constituents of Cinnamomum burmannii. Databases such as PubMed (MEDLINE), Science Direct (Emb…
- Review
Manoj K. Shivhare, P. K. Singour, P. K. Chaurasiya, Rajesh S. Pawar
pp. 132–140 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.99947 · 2012
World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that traditional health and folk medicine systems are proved to be more effective in health problems worldwide. Trianthema portulacastrum Linn. is a herb used in Ayurvedic …
- Review
Poonam Mahendra, Shradha Bisht
pp. 141–146 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.99948 · 2012
Ferula asafoetida is herbaceous plant of the umbelliferae family. It is oleo gum resin obtained from the rhizome and root of plant. This spice is used as a digestive aid, in food as a condiment and in pickles. It is used…
- Review
Reena Kulkarni, Girish K. J, Abhimanyu Kumar
pp. 147–153 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.99949 · 2012
Cognitive defi cits that present with many of neuropsychiatric conditions and/or alone as developmental defi cit demand use of nootropics to boost cognitive abilities. Recently there is a tremendous urge to explore medic…
- Review
Ajazuddin A, Shailendra Saraf
pp. 154–160 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.99950 · 2012
Traditional medicines that formed the basis of health care throughout the world since the earliest days of mankind are still widely used and have considerable importance in international trade. Recognition of their clini…