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...

Proceso editorial, justicia 1 (peor) 6 2,8 2 26 12 3 59 27,3 4 93 43,1 Durante el año 2012, el equipo editorial de Gaceta Sanitaria iseñó y envió una encuesta a los 2760 socios y socias de SESPAS. l cuestionario se diseñó en formato online y se envió por correo lectrónico a través de SESPAS en dos rondas: el primer envío se fectuó el 17 de abril y el segundo el 3 de mayo. Posteriormente e puso ...

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...

On-going global pandemic COVID-19 has spread all over the world and led to more than 1.97 million deaths till date. Natural compounds may be useful protecting health in this perilous condition. Mechanism of shuttle entry SARS-COV-2 virus is by interaction with viral spike protein human angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE-2) receptor. To explore potential natural therapeutics, 213 important phy...

Man depends heavily on various plant species for his survival. Indian traditional system of medicine is based on empirical knowledge of the observations and the experience over millennia and more than 5000 plants are used by different ethnic communities in India. During the last few decades there has been an increasing interest in the study of medicinal plants and their traditional use in diffe...

Early blight, caused by Alternaria solani is one of the destructive diseases potato. An in vitro experiment was conducted using poisoned food technique to evaluate efficacy acetone extracts six plant species on mycelial growth A. solani. Plant Artemisia vulgaris, Melia azedarach, Parthenium hysterophorus, Datura stramonium, and Justicia adhatoda at concentrations 0.1%, 0.5% 5% prepared from Sox...