Objective: Effect of medicinal plants on pathogens and disease causing organism are believedto possess good activity against it. The medicinal plant Vitex negundo and Datura metel were studie for analyzing antibacterial effect against Bacterial Cold Water Disease causing organism. Methods: The selected plant leaves were extracted out with following solvent of Hexane Chloroform and Aqueous and t...

Objective: Reactive oxygen species and free radicals generate oxidative stress in the living cells associated with number of chronic diseases. Current research is directed towards finding naturally occurring antioxidants of plant origin. Hence, this study was aimed to determine phytochemical analysis, antioxidant and free radical scavenging potential of ethanolic seed extract of Trachyspermum a...

The phytochemical analysis of the medicinal plants are important and have commercial interest in both research institutes pharmaceutical companies for manufacturing new drugs treatment various diseases. present study was aimed to investigate preliminary screening seeds Syzygium cumini belonging family Myrtaceae. results revealed presence medicinally constituents ethyl acetate methanol extracts ...

Due to the increase of microbial resistance to antibiotics and the occurrence of side effects, use of medicinal plants with anti-microbial properties seems to be rational. Hence, in this study, some plants of the Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, and Cucurbitaceae families were evaluated for antimicrobial effects. The aerial parts of the plants were extracted by different solvents using a Sox...

euphorbia wallichii a perennial herb growing mainly in himalayas has been widely used in folk medicines for its medicinal properties. in the present study, the crude methanolic root extract (cme) and its fractions; n-hexane fraction (nhf), n-butanol fraction (nbf), chloroform fraction (chf), ethyl acetate fraction (eaf) and aqueous fraction (aqf) of this plant specie were investigated for antio...

francoeuria undulata (l.) lack is often synonymous with two species of the genus pulicaria,i.e. pulicaria undulata (l.) c.a. mey and pulicaria crispa (forssk.) olive, which are oftenincluded under the genus francoeuria. the essential oil yield and compositions in the fivenatural populations of francoeuria undulata from fars province in southern iran weredetermined by gc and gc/ms analysis. the ...

BACKGROUND Helleborus niger L (Ranunculaceae) is used Ayurvedic and Unani systems and other herbal medicine systems. The roots of H. niger have a good medicinal value. AIMS To conduct a pharmacognostical and phytochemical study of H. niger. MATERIALS AND METHODS The pharmacognostical studies on roots including parameters such as taxonomical, macroscopic, microscopic characters, physico-chem...

Brachylepis nervosa, Wight and Arnot, belongs to the family asclepiadaceae is indigenous to ills of the Nilgiris and distribution of which is restricted to Wellington and kothagiri. The present work summarises preliminary phytochemical characters of this plant.

Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm. is a well known medicinal plant employed to cure various diseases. The Current study provides a detailed summary of pharmacognostical and phytochemical characters of rhizome to give clear standards for identification of the drug. The study revealed the presence of the oil cells in cortex and central cylinder region containing yellow to orange coloured oleo-resin is th...