Volume 5, Issue 9

Review Article

1. Review

   Flavonoids: A versatile source of anticancer drugs

   Maheep K. Chahar, Neelu Sharma, Mahabeer P. Dobhal, Yogesh C. Joshi

   pp. 1–12 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79093 · Published

   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…

2. Review

   Structure pre-requisites for isoflavones as effective antibacterial agents

   Alka P. Mukne, Vivek Viswanathan, Avinash G. Phadatare

   pp. 13–18 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79095 · Published

   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…

3. Review

   α-glucosidase inhibitors from plants: A natural approach to treat diabetes

   Sunil Kumar, Smita Narwal, Vipin Kumar, Om Prakash

   pp. 19–29 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79096 · Published

   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…

4. Review

   Role of natural herbs in the treatment of hypertension

   Nahida Tabassum, Feroz Ahmad

   pp. 30–40 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79097 · Published

   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…

5. Review

   Phytoestrogens in postmenopausal indications: A theoretical perspective

   P. Sunita, S. P. Pattanayak

   pp. 41–47 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79098 · Published

   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…

6. Review

   Novel approaches for stability improvement in natural medicines

   Lovely Thakur, Umang Ghodasra, Nilesh Patel, Mahesh Dabhi

   pp. 48–54 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79099 · Published

   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…

7. Review

   A review on Balanites aegyptiaca Del (desert date): phytochemical constituents, traditional uses, and pharmacological activity

   Daya L. Chothani, H. U. Vaghasiya

   pp. 55–62 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79100 · Published

   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 …

8. Review

   Cuminum cyminum and Carum carvi: An update

   R. K. Johri

   pp. 63–72 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79101 · Published

   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…

9. Review

   Tamarindus indica: Extent of explored potential

   Santosh Singh Bhadoriya, Aditya Ganeshpurkar, Jitendra Narwaria, Gopal Rai, Alok Pal Jain

   pp. 73–81 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79102 · Published

   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…

10. Review

    Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.): An overview

    Ompal Singh, Zakia Khanam, Neelam Misra, Manoj Kumar Srivastava

    pp. 82–95 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79103 · Published

    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…

11. Review

    Ficus hispida Linn.: A review of its pharmacognostic and ethnomedicinal properties

    Mohammad Ali, Nisha Chaudhary

    pp. 96–102 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79104 · Published

    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…

12. Review

    Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium L.): A systematic review

    Anil Pareek, Manish Suthar, Garvendra S. Rathore, Vijay Bansal

    pp. 103–110 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79105 · Published

    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…