Network-based intervention has been a trend of curing systemic diseases, but it relies on regimen optimization and valid multi-target actions of the drugs. The complex multi-component nature of medicinal herbs may serve as valuable resources for network-based multi-target drug discovery due to its potential treatment effects by synergy. Recently, robustness of multiple systems biology platforms...

The cough is a protective reflex mechanism that removes foreign material and secretions from the bronchi and bronchioles of the airways; it is inappropriately stimulated in various situations like inflammation of the respiratory tract or neoplasia. In these cases, cough has a pathological character and it is necessary sometimes to use cough-suppressant drugs. The most frequently used antitussiv...

Chronic liver dysfunction or injury is a serious health problem worldwide. Chronic liver disease involves a wide range of liver pathologies that include fatty liver, hepatitis, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. The efficiency of current synthetic agents in treating chronic liver disease is not satisfactory and they have undesirable side effects. Thereby, numerous medicinal herb...

Many studies in the past have revealed the use of the indigenous medicinal plant for the treatment of various diseases in Saudi Arabia. However, the details of these indigenous essential medicinal herbs and their therapeutic implication against various human and animals diseases are not well documented and organised in a local platform. In this regard, a thorough mining of scholarly article for...

In Ayurveda many formulations are described which milk is used as a solvent for extraction of medicinal principles present in the herbs. The rationale of this technique is analysed in this article from the standpoint of pharmaceutical sciences.

background & aim: the traditional knowledge about medicinal plants is the basic step in many drug productions. traditional medicine and herbal drug have absorbed attraction of many world authorities. using medicinal plants has developed in many countries even those with a vast use of chemical drugs. ethno-botanical studies result in documentation of many useful plants. in these studies the ...

Objectives: This study reviews herbs and medicinal plants in dentistry and discusses their biological activities, benefits and side effects. Review of Literature: In this review, the PubMed, Medline and Google Scholar databases were electronically searched for relevant articles and books in English using the keywords “medicinal plant”, “herb”, “phytotherapy”...

This paper presents a method for identification and classification of images of medicinal plants such as herbs, shrubs and trees based on color and texture feature using SVM and neural network classifier. The tribal people in India classify plants according to their medicinal values. In the system of medicine called Ayurveda, identification of medicinal plants is considered an important activit...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the toxicological effects of medicinal herb extract of Momordica charantica, Emblica officinalis, Tribulus terrestris and Trigonella foenum graecium in Albino mice. The herbal extract was prepared by maceration of the fruits of these plant, procured locally. The extracts were dried and store separately. These were reconstituted separately with car...