Scared Tulasi (Ocimum sanctum L.) of family Lamiaceae is a wonder ayurvedic herb which is known for its tremendous medicinal properties both in traditional folklore as well as pharmacological system of medicines. Every part of the plant finds its use in one form or the other. Keeping in view the importance of the plant, an attempt has been made to review the various studies carried out in tradi...

Immune system is the major target for development of treatment strategies to improve the management of infections. Many species of Indian medicinal plants have been reported to possess active principles with immunomodulating properties. Euphorbia hirta, a pantropic herb has been reported to be pharmacologically active. This study reports one another not widely reported property of the plant, im...

Cordyceps sinensis is age old herb in traditional Chinese herbology. Cordyceps species, including C. sinensis, C. militaris, C. pruinosa and C. ophioglossoides. It has been widely used as, antioxidant, anticancer, neuroprotective, nootropic, aphrodisiac and hepatoprotective. In Uttarakhand Cordyceps sinensis found in high altitudes of Western Himalaya. It is locally named as Keera Jari. In this...

Methods We performed a systematic review of BDS use among adult Hispanics living in the US. Our strategy included electronic database searches (CINAHL, EMBASE, Global Health, CAB Abstracts, and Medline) with keywords: herbal, herb, medicinal plant, botanical and Hispanic or Latino along with a manual search of retrieved references. We included only studies with at least 1% Hispanics, prevalence...

A high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) method for preparative separation and purification of five hydroxyanthraquinones and cinnamic acid from the Chinese medicinal herb Rheum officinale Baill. was developed by using pH-gradient elution. The purities of rhein, emodin, aloe-emodin, chrysophanol, physcion and cinnamic acid were all over 98%, as determined by high performance liquid c...

Aloe vera is considered as a cosmeceutical herb i.e. a blend of cosmetic and pharmaceutical product. The gel from its leaves finds a wide range of cosmetic and therapeutic applications which include anti-wrinkle creams, moisturizers, sunscreens, haircare products and wound healing, treatment of burns, frostbite, inflammation, diabetes and cancer. It is also used as protective against radiation ...

The genus Phyllanthus (family Euphorbiaceae) is considered one of the important medicinal and ornamental plants. A phytochemical analysis of the extracts was performed to search for the active ingredient. Results of the investigation of the hepatoprotective activity of Phyllanthus atropurpureus Boj. Hort. Maurit. revealed that the activities of alcoholic extracts of its aerial parts and roots w...

objective: during the ancient times, saffron (crocus sativus l.) had many uses around the world; however, some of these uses were forgotten throughout the history. but a newly formed interest in natural active compounds brought back the attention toward historical uses of saffron. understanding different uses of saffron in the past can help us finding the best uses at present.in this study, wer...

This study investigated the effects of some plant extracts on the bacterial communication system, expressed as quorum sensing (QS) activity. Quorum sensing has a directly proportional effect on the amount of certain compounds, such as pigments, produced by the bacteria. Alcohol extracts of 23 ornamental and medicinal plants were tested for anti-QS activity by the Chromobacterium violaceum assay...

To the. Editor of" The Indian Medical Gazette." Sir,?I beg to ask the favour of your publishing the following lines which contain additional facts and information in connexion with Ixora and which have not been published in the Indian Medical Gazette. It will not come into general use if trouble is not taken to spread its cultivation in hospital compounds and gardens or in other places. As Ixor...