Zingiber officinale Roscoe is an herbal plant native to Asia that can be found in all tropical countries. It used folk medicine, food, and cosmetics. A chemical characterization some agronomic experiments have been carried out on Z. essential oil, showing promising findings for the biological control of fungal pathogens belonging genus Fusarium. The aim this review collect update literature cov...

Objectives. To assess students’ perspectives on including education about herbal supplements in the curriculum. Methods. A 17-item questionnaire was distributed during regularly scheduled classes to third-, fourth-, and fifth-year pharmacy students. Results. A majority of the students perceived their knowledge of herbal supplements was inadequate. Almost all (95%) students reported a need to le...

Different chromatographic and electrophoretic techniques commonly used in the instrumental inspection of herbal medicines (HM) are first comprehensively reviewed. Chemical fingerprints obtained by chromatographic and electrophoretic techniques, especially by hyphenated chromatographies, are strongly recommended for the purpose of quality control of herbal medicines, since they might represent a...

Herbal medicine has become a popular form of healthcare. Even though several differences exist between herbal and conventional pharmacological treatments, herbal medicine can be tested for efficacy using conventional trial methodology. Several specific herbal extracts have been demonstrated to be efficacious for specific conditions. Even though the public is often misled to believe that all nat...

“K2-spice” is a term representing a new group of designer drugs that contain synthetic cannabinoids, which are incorporated into herbal products. These synthetic cannabinoids bind the same receptors as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in marijuana, but with greater affinity. Unfortunately, people that intentionally abuse K2-spice experience clinical signs that are more adverse ...

In recent years more people throughout world are turning to use medicinal plant products in healthcare system. Worldwide need of alternative medicine has resulted in growth of natural product markets and interest in traditional systems of medicine. Herbal drug technology is used for converting botanicals materials into medicines, where standardization and quality control with proper integration...

Gedong mango plant (Mangifera indica L.var.Gedong) is a that has potential as herbal medicine, especially in its leaves because it contains many secondary metabolites such flavonoids, saponins, gallic tannins, catecat quinones and steroids or triterpenoids which can be used antioxidants, antimicrobial dandruff. This study aims to gedong leaf extract concentrations of 5%, 7%, 10% hair tonic prep...

Our ancestor found that some of the Chinese herbal drugs were toxic during their clinical practice. They graded the toxicity of Chinese herbal drugs into three degrees and thought that the term "toxicity of the Chinese herbal drugs" could be used in a broad and a narrow sense. In modern times, toxic components of the Chinese herbal drugs and their toxic mechanisms, especially the toxicity on th...

CONTEXT Hydroxycitric acid, the active ingredient in the herbal compound Garcinia cambogia, competitively inhibits the extramitochondrial enzyme adenosine triphosphate-citrate (pro-3S)-lyase. As a citrate cleavage enzyme that may play an essential role in de novo lipogenesis inhibition, G cambogia is claimed to lower body weight and reduce fat mass in humans. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficac...

Many people have the mistaken notion that, being natural, all herbs and foods are safe; this is not so. Very often, herbs and food may interact with medications you normally take, result in serious reactions. During the latter part of this century the practice of herbalism has become mainstream throughout the world. This is due remove to the recognition of the value of traditional medical syste...