Searching for new natural drugs that are capable of targeting Th1 and Th17 may lead to development of more effective treatments for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Most of the natural drugs can be derived from plants that are used in traditional medicine and folk medicine. The aim of this systematic review is to identify and introduce plants or plant derivatives that are effective on infl...

India is sitting on a gold mine of well-recorded and traditionally well practiced knowledge of herbal medicine. General phytochemical screening of Citrus sinensis (Orange) belonging Rutaceae family revealed the presence of flavones glycoside. The aim of this study is to identify and characterize the bioactive principle compound (Hesperidin) from the dried peel of C. sinensis fruit. It has wide ...

Plants have been used for medicinal application ever since man has begun caring for his body and health. For centuries, the world has depended on the valuable properties of plant as a source of healing. Based on the considerable knowledge about these plant species from the ancient books, the modern systems of medicine have enabled these plants to find a place in the commercial MIcroProPAGAtIon ...

regarding the role and importance of paradigm of evidence based practice and its remarkable impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of clinical services and healthcare, development of an integrated system seems necessary in order to manage dispersed data and ensure using evidence in clinical decision making, thus the aim of this study was designing a model for implementing national system of...

The medicinal properties of plant species have made an outstanding contribution in the origin and evolution of many traditional herbal therapies. Over the past few years, however, the medicinal plants have regained a wide recognition due to an escalating faith in herbal medicine in view of its lesser side effects compared to allopathic medicine in addition the necessity of meeting the requireme...

BACKGROUND Chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus are increasing in incidence in sub-Saharan Africa. African traditional medicine is part and parcel of the health care system in Uganda. Majority of the indigenous population will have visited a traditional health care practioner or self-administered herbal medicines before seeking conventional health care. However, documentation of the vario...

The present study was conducted in a Swan river (Main River of district) catchment area of district Una (H.P) to accumulate knowledge regarding diversity of plant resources that are used by local people for medicinal uses and to preserve the traditional way of curing aliments which are losing its importance in young generation. The plant kingdom represents a rich house of organic compound, many...

Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) methods were employed to document the use of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in cattle by Setswana-speaking people in the Madikwe area of the North West Province of South Africa. The study indicated that Setswana-speaking people in the North West Province have a rich heritage of ethnoveterinary knowledge, which includes all aspects of ethnoveterinary medicinal plant...

iran has a long history in the use of medicinal plants and traditional medicine. local people in the villages, especially the elderly, have useful information about health benefits and how to use these plants. therefore, it seems that collecting and recording this information leads to the revival of this traditional knowledge. the current research is an ethnobotanical study on the medicinal pla...

BACKGROUND A large number of people in both developing and developed countries rely on medicinal plant products to maintain their health or treat illnesses. Available evidence suggests that medicinal plant consumption will remain stable or increase in the short to medium term. Knowledge on what factors determine medicinal plant consumption is, however, scattered across many disciplines, impedin...