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Review Article
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Maheep K. Chahar, Neelu Sharma, Mahabeer P. Dobhal, Yogesh C. Joshi
pp. 1–12 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79093 · 2011
An exponential increase in the number of studies investigating how different components of the diet interact at the molecular and cellular level to determine the fate of a cell has been witnessed. In search for anticance…
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Alka P. Mukne, Vivek Viswanathan, Avinash G. Phadatare
pp. 13–18 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79095 · 2011
Recent reports reveal that there is increasing incidence of infections of multidrug-resistant bacteria, including methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Flavonoids a…
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Sunil Kumar, Smita Narwal, Vipin Kumar, Om Prakash
pp. 19–29 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79096 · 2011
Diabetes is a common metabolic disease characterized by abnormally high plasma glucose levels, leading to major complications, such as diabetic neuropathy, retinopathy, and cardiovascular diseases. One of the effective m…
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Nahida Tabassum, Feroz Ahmad
pp. 30–40 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79097 · 2011
Hypertension (HTN) is the medical term for high blood pressure. It is dangerous because it makes the heart work too hard and contributes to atherosclerosis (hardening of arteries), besides increasing the risk of heart di…
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P. Sunita, S. P. Pattanayak
pp. 41–47 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79098 · 2011
This review discusses plant-derived compounds with estrogenic activity. The authors rightly emphasize the need for the intake of foods containing phytoestrogens in view of their positive effects on postmenopausal indicat…
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Lovely Thakur, Umang Ghodasra, Nilesh Patel, Mahesh Dabhi
pp. 48–54 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79099 · 2011
Natural product market has seen tremendous growth in the last few years. It results in the formulation of a number of proprietary herbal products, majority of them being multi-component formulations. With the advancement…
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Daya L. Chothani, H. U. Vaghasiya
pp. 55–62 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79100 · 2011
Balanites aegyptiaca Del. (Zygophyllaceae), known as ‘desert date,’ is spiny shrub or tree up to l0 m tall, widely distributed in dry land areas of Africa and South Asia. It is traditionally used in treatment of various …
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R. K. Johri
pp. 63–72 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79101 · 2011
Cuminum cyminum and Carum carvi are the sources of cumin and caraway seeds respectively, which have been used since antiquity for the treatment of various indications in traditional healing systems in wide geographical a…
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Santosh Singh Bhadoriya, Aditya Ganeshpurkar, Jitendra Narwaria, Gopal Rai, Alok Pal Jain
pp. 73–81 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79102 · 2011
Tamarindus is a monotypic genus and belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the family Leguminosae (Fabaceae), Tamarindus indica L., commonly known as Tamarind tree is one of the most important multipurpose tropical…
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Ompal Singh, Zakia Khanam, Neelam Misra, Manoj Kumar Srivastava
pp. 82–95 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79103 · 2011
Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) is a well-known medicinal plant species from the Asteraceae family often referred to as the “star among medicinal species.” Nowadays it is a highly favored and much used medicinal pla…
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Mohammad Ali, Nisha Chaudhary
pp. 96–102 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79104 · 2011
Ficus hispida (FH) Linn. is a moderate sized tree found throughout the year and is grown wild or cultivated for its edible fruits and folklore value. Traditionally, different parts of the plant have been used in the trea…
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Anil Pareek, Manish Suthar, Garvendra S. Rathore, Vijay Bansal
pp. 103–110 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79105 · 2011
Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium L.) (Asteraceae) is a medicinal plant traditionally used for the treatment of fevers, migraine headaches, rheumatoid arthritis, stomach aches, toothaches, insect bites, infertility, and pro…