Justicia gendarussa Burm f. (family Acanthaceae) known as Willow-leaved justicia in English, it is native to china. It is commonly found throughout the greater part of India and Andaman islands. Justicia gendarussa Burm f. is one of the important herbal being used in Ayurvedic system of medicine. Mostly the leaves are used for the medical purposes. A wide variety of biologically active constitu...

Phytochemicals profiling is important for the isolation of new and novel chemical substances. The current finding is directed to the detection of different classes of chemical constituents responsible for antioxidant properties of Euphorbia prostrate.The crude methanolic extract and various solvent isolated fractions of E. prostrate showed the presence of Alkaloids, Terpenoids, Saponins, Tannin...

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. (Nymphaeaceae) is a potential aquatic crop grown and consumed throughout Asia. All parts of N. nucifera have been used for various medicinal purposes in various systems of medicine including folk medicines, Ayurveda, Chinese traditional medicine, and oriental medicine. Many chemical constituents have been isolated till the date. However, the bioactive constituents of lo...

the present study was aimed at the development of a somoclonal variant and isozyme marker for phyllanthus amarus schum & thonn using inter-nodal segments and the enzyme peroxidase. maximum callus proliferation was obtained on murashige and skoog’s medium supplemented (ms) with 1.0 mg/l of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. three weeks-old pale yellowish white semi-friable callus was used for o...

Tribulus terrestris is a prostrate spreading herb, the fruit of which contains sharp, rigid spines and for this reason it is known as puncture vine. It is native to many geographical zones, including the Mediterranean regions, India, China, Africa and Australia. In the 1990s attention focused on the Bulgarian research of a standardised extract of Tribulus leaf (TLSE, standardised to not less th...

The present study was performed for the development of physico-chemical parameters of Carica papaya Linn. leaves belonging to family Caricaceae. The study comprises physico-chemical and phytochemical evaluation to confirm purity and authenticity of Carica papaya leaf based on WHO guidelines. Microscopy of the leaf showed presence of epidermis, collenchyma, and parenchyma, scellerenchyma, xylem,...

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder which results due to deficiency in insulin and its metabolism. A search for effective medication with lesser or no side effects is the need of the hour. Hence the current study is focused at evaluating the anti-diabetic potential of Grewia hirsuta. The leaves of G. hirsuta were subjected to solvent extraction with methanol, ethyl acetate and hexane and analyzed ...

Supercritical carbon dioxide extracts of Cinnamomum tamala (bay) leaves obtained at 55°C, 512 bar was found to have appreciable nutraceutical properties and was successfully employed as value-added ingredients in preparation of tofu. The bay leaf formulated tofu sample was evaluated for physicochemical properties (pH, texture analysis and lipid peroxidation), proximate analysis, phytochemical p...