Herbal medicines possess a great demand in both developed and developing countries as a source of primary health care owing to their attributes having wide biological and medicinal activities, high safety margins and lesser costs. People living in rural areas of Nepal depend largely in the herbal medicines for the treatment. The present study concerns with the study of pharmacognostic character...

Natural products from medicinal plants, either as pure phytoconstituents or as standardized extracts, provide unlimited opportunities for new drug leads because of the unmatched availability of chemical diversity. In the present investigation include the extraction, isolation and characterization of active compounds from Syzygium alternifolium (Wight) Walp. Isolated phytoconstituents were forwa...

Microalgae are indigenous source of phytochemicals potent of being used in medicinal applications and in numerous natural health products but the research reports on their phytochemicals are of less count than on seaweeds. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the metabolites in the growth phase of Chlorella vulgaris and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and to determine the phytochemicals pr...

Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri is a succulent plant native of Madagascar. The leaves have been used in traditional system of medicine for the treatment of ovarian cysts, urinary tract infections, vaginal infections, uterine fibroids. Unfortunately very few works related to the phytochemistry of this species is reported in literatures. The present investigation was carried out to reveal the importa...

Rosmarinus officinalis Albus is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white flowers grown in many parts of the world. It is widely used in the treatment of genitourinary conditions, liver diseases and scalp treatment. The present study was performed to highlight the micro-anatomical, physiochemical and phytochemical aspects of the plant. The thin transverse se...

The nutritional, phytochemical, antioxidant and antibacterial activity of dried plum (Prunus domestica) were studied to understand its health benefits. The nutritional composition proved its potential as an energy source with low fat content. Protein and dietary fiber content obtained were 3.80% and 2.79% respectively. It was found to be a moderate source of minerals like magnesium, calcium, ir...

Leaves of Dodonaea viscose Linn are used in the treatment of gout and rheumatism. This present work deals with pharmacognostical studies such as leaf constants, ash values, extractive values and also preliminary phytochemical studies of leaves of Dodonaea Viscosa Linn.

Vitex trifolia (Local name - Nirnocchi, sirunocchi) is well known for its medicinal property. The present investigation encompasses evaluation of antibacterial potential of Vitex trifolia against certain pathogenic bacterial strains. Preliminary phytochemical studies were also made and results are given.

Morinda tinctoria (Rubiaceae) is commonly found in the regions of India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Indonesia. This plant is used in the treatment of asthma and bronchitis. Ethanolic extract of whole plant of M. tinctoria was screened for anti-inflammatory activity in carrageenan induced rat paw edema at the dose level 100, 200 and 400mg/kg was compared with the standard drug, Diclofenac so...