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...

Ethanolic extracts of eight medicinal plants commonly used in folk medicine were tested for their antibacterial activity against four Gram positive strains (Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and, Streptococcus pneumoniae) and six Gram negative strains (Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris, Proteus mirabilis. Salmonella typhi para A, Salmonella typhi para B and S...

They occur primarily as glycosides or acylglycosides of their respective aglycone anthocyanidins. There are almost seventeen natural anthocyanidins; however, only 6 of them, cyanidin, delphinidin, petunidin, peonidin, pelargonidin, and malvidin are universally distributed [3]. Over 600 naturally occurring ACNs have been reported differing in (a) the number and position of hydroxyl and methoxyl ...

Matrix-based tablets using 40 %w/w grewia gum were prepared by direct compression to contain cimetidine as novel drug. The formulations were compared with similar formulations using hydroxypropyl methylcelluose (Methocel), gum arabic, carboxy methylcellulose (Blanose), or ethyl cellulose (Ethocel) as polymer matrix. Also binary composite matrices containing grewia gum and the reference polymers...