Peroxides are an interesting group among biological active natural compounds. These metabolites contain a peroxide group (-O-O-) in which each oxygen atom is bonded to the other oxygen and to another atom. β-Oxygen in hydroperoxide group is considered as more active. Present review describes research on more than 230 natural peroxides isolated from plants, algae, and fungi. Intensive searches f...

In considération of thé many biological properties of alkaloids, and particularly of quinine (which remains an important antimalarial drug), it was not surprising that a séries of indolomonoterpenic alkaloids, mainly isolated from Strychnos usambarensis Gilg and from Strychnos icaja Baill., thé latter used in traditional medicine from Central Africa to treat chronic malaria, présent antiplasmod...

The medicinal plants are widely used by the traditional medical practitioners for curing various diseases in their day to day practice. Flacourtia indica (Flacourtiaceae) is the most useful traditional medicinal plant in India. It is now considered as a valuable source of unique natural products for development of medicines and targeting against various diseases. Each part (leaves, bark, stem, ...

India has a diverse variety of medicinally important plants which have been claimed with beneficial therapeutic effects along with better tolerability in terms of side effects. G. asiatica also known as phalsa, a member of tiliaceae family is a small fruit crop cultivated in warmer season and is known to contain cyanidin 3glucoside, vitamin C, minerals. A brief review of work so far carried out...

The number of available and effective antimalarial drugs is quickly dwindling. This is mainly because a number of drug resistance-associated mutations in malaria parasite genes, such as crt, mdr1, dhfr/dhps, and others, have led to widespread resistance to all known classes of antimalarial compounds. Unfortunately, malaria parasites have started to exhibit some level of resistance in Southeast ...

Natural products, including plants, animals and minerals have been the basis of treatment of human diseases. Melia azedarach L, commonly known as mahanimba belongs to family Meliaceae. It is large evergreen tree found throughout India and very similar to neem. Traditionally it is used as anthelmintic, antilithic diuretic, astringent and stomachic [1]. Various scientific studies reported the ant...