Enicostemma littorale Blume is a medicinal plant commonly called as whitehead. Traditionally, the plant is used in the treatment of large number of human ailments such as in hypoglycemic, lowering the blood glucose level, as a potent anti-diabetic and antioxidant activity. Currently, the scientific research is going on to prove its medicinal value. Hence, to evaluate the phytoconstituents and t...

The ethnopharmacological survey has revealed that only the frontal leaves of Tectona grandis have been used for the treatment of wounds. Comparative study of the activity and phytoconstituents of the mature and the frontal leaves of Tectona grandis was carried out. Wound healing activity of both the extracts was evaluated by the excision wound model. The wound healing was 100 % on the 12 day an...

Gymnema sylvestre (Asclepiadaceae), popularly known as "gurmar" for its distinct property as sugar destroyer, is a reputed herb in the Ayurvedic system of medicine. The phytoconstituents responsible for sweet suppression activity includes triterpene saponins known as gymnemic acids, gymnemasaponins, and a polypeptide, gurmarin. The herb exhibits a broad range of therapeutic effects as an effect...

Natural products from medicinal plants, either as pure phytoconstituents or as standardized extracts, provide unlimited opportunities for new drug leads because of the unmatched availability of chemical diversity. In the present investigation include the extraction, isolation and characterization of active compounds from Syzygium alternifolium (Wight) Walp. Isolated phytoconstituents were forwa...

Withaniasomnifera (Ashwaganda) belonging to the family solanaceae is the subject of our present study. Withanoloides which are the major chemical constituents have been proved of interest because of their structural variations in the hybrids of different races. Docking is the process which brings the two structures together. In the present study we focus the extensive use of tool and grap...

BACKGROUND Strychnos nux-vomica, commonly known as kuchla, contains strychnine and brucine as main constituents. Minor alkaloids present in the seeds are protostrychnine, vomicine, n-oxystrychnine, pseudostrychnine, isostrychnine, chlorogenic acid, and a glycoside. Seeds are used traditionally to treat diabetes, asthma, aphrodisiac and to improve appetite. OBJECTIVE The present study was aime...

BACKGROUND The present paper describes the isolation and characterization of two new aliphatic δ-lactones along with three glycerides and n-nonadecanyl cetoleate from the fruits of Coriandrum sativum L. (Apiaceae). The structures of all the isolated phytoconstituents have been established on the basis of spectral data analysis and chemical reactions. RESULTS Phytochemical investigation of the...