As part of our search for natural products having antioxidant and anticancer properties, the phytochemical investigation of Diospyros shimbaensis (Ebenaceae), a plant belonging to a genus widely used in East African traditional medicine, was carried out. From its stem and root barks the new naphthoquinone 8,8'-oxo-biplumbagin (1) was isolated along with the known tetralones trans-isoshinanolone...

Email: [email protected] Mobile: 9880468028 ABSTRACT Artocarpus altilis is an important medicinal plant. It is commonly called as bread fruit. The present review article gives an account of updated information on its cultivation, phytochemistry, pharmacological actions and its traditional uses. The review reveals that the various activities like antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory, anti ...

Herbs have always formed an integral part of human health and are used in the treatment of several human diseases. One of such species which have wide patronage of use is Phyllanthus amarus. This herb is in traditional medicine for more than 3,000 years. The plant has also served as lead for several experimental investigations that explored its phytochemical constituents and pharmacological use...

India is sitting on a gold mine of well-recorded and traditionally well practiced knowledge of herbal medicine. General phytochemical screening of Citrus sinensis (Orange) belonging Rutaceae family revealed the presence of flavones glycoside. The aim of this study is to identify and characterize the bioactive principle compound (Hesperidin) from the dried peel of C. sinensis fruit. It has wide ...

Allium sativum, is a perennial flowering bulb which has been consumed worldwide as functional food and known from thousands of years for its medicinal culinary properties. Therapeutic potential garlic attributed to presence vital phytoconstituents. In present review, complete therapeutic profile drug summarized by discussing benefits highlighting the bioactive constituents. Phytoconstituents cr...

Bauhinia purpurea is a flowering plant. Several species of this plant are known to possess pharmacological activities. It is a less explored plant, but it possesses phytoconstituents such as flavonoids which are purported to exhibit wide pharmacological activities. In the present study the ethanol extract of unripe pods and leaves of Bauhinia purpurea was evaluated for antihyperlipidemic activi...

Objective: Preliminary screening of phytochemicals is a valuable step, in the detection of the bioactive principles present in medicinal plants and subsequently may lead to drug discovery and development. In the present study, chief phytoconstituents of the six selected medicinal plants of different families were identified in order to relate their presence with bioactivities of the plants. Met...

Green tea (GT) is derived from the leaves of Camellia sinensis implicated in a wide range of health attributes. In the present comprehensive study, methanolic, acetone and aqueous extract of leaves of C. sinensis var. sinensis [Kashmir (KW), Uttarakhand (IP & PN)] and C. sinensis var. assamica (Assam, AT) were explored for their phytoconstituents. Solvent extracts of GT cultivars showed rich pr...

The root extract and fractions of Croton zambesicus were investigated for anticancer activity against HeLa cells, DNA interaction, immunomodulatory and antileishmanial activities. The GCMS analysis of the most active fraction against HeLa cell was carried. The root extract was found to exert significant anticancer activity with the hexane fraction exhibiting the most pronounced effect. The crud...