The Acanthaceae family is an important source of therapeutic drugs, and the ethnopharmacological knowledge of this family requires urgent documentation as several of its species are near extinction. Justicia is the largest genus of Acanthaceae, with approximately 600 species. The present work provides a review addressing the chemistry and pharmacology of the genus Justicia. In addition, the bio...

Objective: Our objective of this research work was to investigate antimicrobial activity of five species of traditionally used medicinal plants namely Adhatoda vasica, Artemisia annua, Cordia oblique, Croton bonplandianum and Euphorbia milli against different strains of bacteria and fungi which are known to cause various types of infectious diseases. Methods: Organic extracts of these plants le...

Insight into interplay of some molecular chaperones in a hill stream teleost, Barilius bendelisis under wide seasonal and diurnal thermal fluctuationsSaurabh Dewan,Yashpal Singh,JP Bhatt

Vasa is a prime drug of respiratory disorders in Ayurveda. Seers Ayurveda have also prescribed it as single Kushtha Roga various dosage forms. It possesses Tikta Rasa Pradhana–Kashaya Anurasa, Sheeta Virya, Laghu Guna and Kapha-Pitta Hara properties. Many experimental studies like antitussive, bronchodilator activity, anti-asthmatic activities clinical study were conducted to evaluate its Kasah...

A comparative study of physical parameters selected ketorolac tromethamine tablets available in the pharma market BangladeshNishat Nasrin, Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Rumana Mowla, Farhana Rizwan, Ashiqul Alam

BACKGROUND The antimicrobial activity and Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of the extracts of Bidens pilosa L., Bixa orellana L., Cecropia peltata L., Cinchona officinalis L., Gliricidia sepium H.B. & K, Jacaranda mimosifolia D.Don, Justicia secunda Vahl., Piper pulchrum C.DC, P. paniculata L. and Spilanthes americana Hieron were evaluated against five bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Str...

Introduction: The phytochemicals in medicinal plants are defined as bioactive non nutrient plant compounds in fruits, vegetables and grains that have been linked to reducing the risk of major chronic diseases. The medicinal plant are promising to have such have effective medicinal property due to presence of phytochemical compounds like alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids and phenolic compounds. The...

Human beings are dealing with various types of stresses in the modern day’s life style and this includes the habit of tobacco smoking also. These stressors cause an imbalance between the antioxidant-oxidant species in the body and leads towards inflammatory conditions. There are various herbs which are already included in Indian diet to deal with such situation and examples are the daily flavou...