Large number of medicinal plants has been extensively screened for biologically active molecules with an intension of finding new drugs for treating different diseases.A number of medicinal plants have been evaluated for their healing potentials most of them have shown their protective effects against several diseases. Drug discovery from medicinal plants comprise a multifaceted approach of com...

The present communication attempts to evaluate the physicochemical and preliminary phytochemical studies on the fruit of Emblica officinalis Gaertn, Euphorbiaceae family. Amla is one of the most celebrated herbs in the Indian traditional medicine system, Ayurveda. Amla traditional uses include as a laxative, eye wash, appetite stimulant, restorative tonic, and to treat anorexia, indigestion, di...

Pharmacognostical and preliminary phytochemical studies of Triphala churnam were carried out. The churnam of triphala consists of equal quantities of deseeded fruits of Terminalia chebula, Terminalia bellerica and Emblica officinalis. Triphala is exclusively used in more than 200 drug formulations in Indian system of Medicine. The present study involved the pharmacognostical evaluation of Triph...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the antimicrobial and preliminary phytochemical properties of Lantana indica Roxb. The aqueous and organic solvent (ethyl acetate and methanol) extracts from the leaves of Lantana indica (Verbenaceae) were tested against Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Steptococcus pyrogens, Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseu...

sericostoma pauciflorum stocks ex wight(family boraginaceae) used against cancer, diabetes and known to be health promoter. callus cultures have been established from the stem explants on murashige and skoog (ms) medium supplemented with 1.5 mg/l concentration of different growth hormone viz. kinetin (kn), indole 3-acetic acid (iaa) and indole 3-butyric acid (iba). at 6 weeks of age, these call...

Medicinal plants are economically important major source for drug production. Achyranthes aspera Linn is one of the important medicinal plants having many theaurapetic uses as Odontalgic, Rheumatism, Bronchitis, skin disease and rabies. The aqueous, ethanol and methanol leaves and stem extracts of Achyranthes aspera Linn. were evaluated for antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli. TLC o...

Objective of the present study was to carry out the physicochemical and phytochemicals standardization of Lepidium sativum L seeds to establish the standard pharmacognostical parameters of this valuable medicinal plant. Many standardization parameters of Lepidium sativum were analyzed. Standard method was adopted for the preliminary phytochemicals screening. Analysis of pesticides residues, afl...

BACKGROUND Over exploitation of many traditional medicinal plants like Myrica esculenta has become a threat and in the near future, many medicinal plants may be unavailable for use of industry. OBJECTIVE Present study outlines the concept of plant part substitution. Stem bark and small branches of M. esculenta are compared on the basis of physicochemical analysis, phytochemical analysis, tota...

Annona squamosa seed extracts were studied for their phytochemical constituents, total phenolics and flavonoid contents. For this purpose different tests of petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of Annona squamosa were extracted and concentrated. The preliminary phytochemical screenings of Annona squamosa for its phytochemical constituents were performed using general...

The present study comprises physicochemical and phytochemical evaluation of arial parts of Eclipta alba in different extracts using ethanol, petroleum ether, benzene, chloroform and aqueous solvents by using standard methods. The physical evaluation was carried out for the determination physiochemical profile such as ash values and extractive values, whereas phytochemical evaluation was carried...