Volume 18, Issue 36

Review Article

1. Review

   Current Status and Challenges of Two Overlooked Medicinal Plants Cestrum diurnum and Cestrum nocturnum: A Review

   Shafquat Fakhrah, Chandra Sekhar Mohanty, Alka Kumari

   pp. 101–110 · DOI: 10.5530/phrev.20241937 · Published

   Previously, most pharmaceutical compounds were produced from naturally occurring components in plants. However, many plant species with high therapeutic potential have been overlooked or neglected. In an era of unfavorab…

2. Review

   An Updated Review on Ethnomedicinal Uses Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Activities of Couroupita guianensis

   Sujatha Jagannatha, Subhasish Maity, Ayantika Santra, Gouthami Kuruvalli, Vaddi Damodara Reddy, Ramanjaneyulu Golla

   pp. 111–116 · DOI: 10.5530/phrev.20241935 · Published

   Couroupita guianensis (L), also known as cannonball tree. Couroupita guianensis (C. guianensis) belongs to the family Lecythidaceae. It is a medicinal plant that exhibited potential antibacterial and anti-cancer activity…

3. Review

   A Comparative Investigation on the Phytosomes of Diverse Bioactive Nootropic Medicinal Herbs

   Ram Chhatrapati Vighne, Sharada Laxman Deore, Bhushan Arun Baviskar

   pp. 117–126 · DOI: 10.5530/phrev.20241898 · Published

   The word “phyto” means plants and the word “somes” means cellular structures. Phytosomes are a type of a vesicular delivery system based on lipids that solves the problem of the low bioavailability of hydrophilic phytoco…

4. Review

   Ecological Facets of Varied Plant Life Forms and their Therapeutic Relevance

   Vikrant Arya, Amandeep Kaur Gill, Anupam Jamwal

   pp. 127–136 · DOI: 10.5530/phrev.20241976 · Published

   Life forms depict the sum of adaptive features attributed to the ecological relationships of species. Adaptation plays a crucial role in the natural selection of an organism and sustains an organism's survival in its hab…

5. Review

   Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex-DC. - A Monograph

   Tangirala Sudhakar Johnson, Sujit Nair, Anselm de’Souza, Lal Hingorani

   pp. 137–150 · DOI: 10.5530/phrev.20242024 · Published

   Dalbergia sissoo (Indian rosewood) has long been recognized for its remarkable medicinal properties; it offers various therapeutic benefits including its role in treating osteoporosis, microbial infections, skin disorder…

6. Review

   Flemingia strobilifera (L.) W. T. Aiton: A Holistic Review on Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Aspects

   Sradha Sajeev, Aarthi Jeganathan, Anju Byju, Anju Rani George, Kavimani Thangasamy, Natesan Geetha

   pp. 151–158 · DOI: 10.5530/phrev.20241907 · Published

   Flemingia strobilifera (L.) W. T. Aiton (Fabaceae) commonly known as “Wild Hops” is an important ethnomedicinal shrub distributed worldwide throughout Asia, Central America and North Eastern Australia. An updated researc…

7. Review

   History and Medicinal Properties of Cannabis

   Ana Cvijic, Biljana Bauer

   pp. 159–164 · DOI: 10.5530/phrev.20240001 · Published

   Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L. Fam. Cannabinaceae) has been cultivated and used for millennia for industrial purposes, as food, for recreational and religious purposes, but also as a medicine in the treatment of various pa…