Pharmacognosy Reviews
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Pharmacognosy Reviews
Volume 6, Issue 11
2012 · pp. 1–80 · 11 articles
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 11
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 1–80
- Articles
- 11
- Sections
- 1
- ISSN
- Print - 0973-7847, Online - 0976-2787
- Journal
- PHREV
In this issue
Review Article
- Review
Biljana Bauer Petrovska
pp. 1–5 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95849 · 2012
Healing with medicinal plants is as old as mankind itself. The connection between man and his search for drugs in nature dates from the far past, of which there is ample evidence from various sources: written documents, …
- Review
J. Y. Ajay, Pradeep Kumar Gajula, K. Kalaimagal, B. N. Vedha Hari
pp. 6–15 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95852 · 2012
This study aims to review the concept of biological rhythms in medicinal plants. Dictionariesgenerally define pharmacognosy as the subject of the study of crude drugs of plant and animal origin. The name is derived from …
- Review
Sanjay L. Dakhara, Chetan C. Anajwala, Vidula S. Selote
pp. 16–21 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95853 · 2012
In the past 50 years, dietary fiber has become an increasingly significant area of nutritional focus, debate, and research. Advances in food production practices have resulted in more refined foods being available and co…
- Review
Chung-Hung Chan, Gek-Cheng Ngoh, Rozita Yusoff
pp. 22–28 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95854 · 2012
A study has been conducted with the aim to provide researchers with general information on anti diabetic extracts based on relevant research articles collected from 34 reliable medical journals. The study showed that Asi…
- Review
S. Mohanty, Ian E. Cock
pp. 29–36 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95855 · 2012
Plants contain a myriad of natural compounds which exhibit important bioactive properties. These compounds may provide alternatives to current medications and afford a significant avenue for new drug discovery. Despite t…
- Review
Pathirage Kamal Perera, Yunman Li
pp. 37–45 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95863 · 2012
From many reports it is clear that diabetes will be one of the major diseases in the coming years. As a result there is a rapidly increasing interest in searching new medicines, or even better searching prophylactic meth…
- Review
Lucia Maria Conserva, Jesu Costa Ferreira Júnior
pp. 46–55 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95866 · 2012
Borreira and Spermacoce are genera of Rubiaceae widespread in tropical and subtropical America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Based on its fruits morphology they are considered by many authors to be distinct genera and most …
- Review
Ranjan Bairwa, R. S. Sodha, B. S. Rajawat
pp. 56–60 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95871 · 2012
Trachyspermum ammi commonly known as ‘Ajwain’ is distributed throughout India and is mostly cultivated in Gujarat and Rajasthan. The fruit possesses stimulant, antispasmodic and carminative properties and is used traditi…
- Review
Nitin Kumar, Satyendra Singh, Manvi M, Rajiv Gupta
pp. 61–67 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95886 · 2012
Trichosanthes, a genus of family Cucurbitaceae, is an annual or perennial herb distributed in tropical Asia and Australia. Pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.) is known by a common name of parwal and is cultivated …
- Review
Abinash C. Bharati, Alakh N. Sahu
pp. 68–73 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95893 · 2012
Medicinal plants are widely being used by the traditional medical practitioners for curing various diseases in their day-to-day practice. Biophytum sensitivum DC (Oxalidaceae) is used as a traditional folk medicine in ai…
- Review
Faheem Amir, Wan Sinn Yam, Yen Chin Koay
pp. 74–80 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95894 · 2012
The genus Subergorgia (coelenterata, Gorgonacea, Subergorgiidae) is distributed in the Indo-pacific region. Previous investigations on the various species of the genus have revealed the presence of a number of new compou…