Cover: Pharmacognosy Reviews
Pharmacognosy Reviews
Volume 2, Issue 3
· pp. 6–187 · 21 articles
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 3
- Published
- Pages
- 6–187
- Articles
- 21
- Sections
- 3
- ISSN
- ISSN: Print - 0973-7847, Online -0976-2787
- Journal
- Pharmacogn. Rev.
In this issue
Review Article
- Review
Hepatoprotective herbal Drug, Silymarin from experimental pharmacology to clinical medicine-A review
Parmar Mihir Y, Gandhi T. R.
pp. 102–109 · DOI: · Published
Silymarin, a flavonolignan from 'milk thistle' (Silybum marianum) plant is used almost exclusively for hepatoprotection and amounts to 180 million US dollars business in Germany alone. In this review we discuss about its…
- Review
A Comprehensive Review of Rubia cordifolia Linn.
Nilambari Deshkar, Shrikant Tilloo, Vipinchandra Pande
pp. 124–134 · DOI: · Published
Rubia cordifolia Linn. (manjishtha) is popularly known as ‘Indian Madder’. Roots are traditionally used as anti-inflammatory, astringent, tonic, antiseptic, deobstruent, antidysenteric, blood purifier. It is an important…
- Review
Spectrophotometric Methods for Determination of Plant Polyphenols Content and their Antioxidant Activity Assessment: an Overview
Hicham Harnafi, Souliman Amrani
pp. 20–22 · DOI: · Published
Medicinal plants, as source of remedies, are widely used as alternative therapeutic tool for the prevention or treatment of many diseases. On the other hand, despite the remarkable progress in synthetic organic chemistry…
- Review
Molecular Markers: New Prospects in Plant Genome Analysis
A. Sharma, Ajay G. Namdeo, K.R. Mahadik
pp. 23–34 · DOI: · Published
Accurate authentication is constantly necessary to prevent the adulteration of target plant with other plant species. For the standardization of botanical preparations chromatographic techniques (HPLC, TLC, HPTLC, UV spe…
- Review
Health Benefits of Phyto-oestrogens – A Consensus Review
P. Sunita, S. Jha, S.P. Pattanayak
pp. 35–42 · DOI: · Published
This paper brings up regarding the plant derived compounds with estrogenic activity. The authors correctly emphasize the need for control of estrogenicity of foods containing phyto-oestrogens in view of the significant h…
- Review
Production of phytoestrogens by plant cell and tissue cultures: recent scenario and exciting prospects.
Amit N. Shinde, Nutan Malpathak, Devanand P. Fulzele
pp. 43–53 · DOI: · Published
Phytoestrogens are group of plant derived compounds structurally and functionally mimic mammalian estrogen. Phytoestrogenic isoflavones, daidzein and genistein are associated with several health promoting properties agai…
- Review
Potential of Phytochemicals in management of cognitive disorders- An Update
Hanumanthachar joshi, Patil Jagadeesh, Milind Parle
pp. 54–60 · DOI: · Published
Memory function is vulnerable to a variety of pathologic processes including neurodegenerative diseases, strokes, tumors, head trauma, hypoxia, cardiac surgery, malnutrition, attention-deficit disorder, depression, anxie…
- Review
The Antiprotozoan Potential of Flavonoids
Jean FOTIE
pp. 6–19 · DOI: · Published
Flavonoids are a large group of plants secondary metabolites known for their wide range of biological and pharmacological activities including antioxidant, cytotoxic, anticancer, cardioprotective, hepatoprotective, neuro…
- Review
Inventory of Vegetable Crude Drug samples housed in Botanical Survey of India, Howrah
A.B.D. Selvam
pp. 61–94 · DOI: · Published
This paper provides a comprehensive list of about 472 authentic vegetable crude drug samples belonging to about 375 plant species that are housed in the Crude Drug Museum (CDM) of Pharmacognosy Section, Botanical Survey …
- Review
Screening of Antistress Properties of Herbal Extracts and Adaptogenic Agents – A Review
Kannur D. M, Kulkarni A.A, Paranjpe M.P, Navangul M.V
pp. 95–101 · DOI: · Published
Stress is a daily phenomenon faced by every human, normal functioning of every individual is dependent on optimum levels of stress; it is very vital that stress is kept under control and normal functioning is not hampere…
Plant Review
- Article
Some observations on Nothapodytes foetida: An overview
Ajay G. Namdeo, A. Sharma, K.R. Mahadik
pp. 110–115 · DOI: · Published
Nothapodytes foetida is a medium size tree distributed in Western Ghats of India, is considered to be an endangered species. Phytochemical studies of the drug revealed the presence of camptothecin, hydroxy camptothecin, …
- Article
The Genus Pulsatilla : A Review
Suresh Kumar, Reecha Madaan, Asim Farooq, Anupam Sharma
pp. 116–123 · DOI: · Published
The review includes 84 references on the genus Pulsatilla, and comprises ethnopharmacology, morphology, phytoconstituents, pharmacological reports, clinical study and adverse effects of the prominent species of Pulsatill…
- Article
Olive: Native of Mediterranean region and Health benefits
Syed Haris Omar
pp. 135–142 · DOI: · Published
The Olive tree (Olea europaea) is native to the Mediterranean region, tropical & central Asia and various parts of Africa. It is an integral ingredient of the diet in the form of whole fruit or oil in the countries surro…
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Phyto-pharmacology of Hemidesmus indicus
Vandana Aneja, Ashish Suthar, Sonika Verma, Satyan Kalkunte
pp. 143–150 · DOI: · Published
Plants have been the basis of many traditional medicines throughout the world for thousands of years and continue to provide new remedies to mankind. Plants are one of the richest sources of compounds. Hemidesmus indicus…
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Phytochemical and Biological Investigations on Curcuma aromatica: A Review
Shamim Ahmed, S.H. Ansari, M. Ali, Deepika Bhatt, Faraz Ansari
pp. 151–156 · DOI: · Published
Curcuma aromatica, commonly known as ‘Jangli Haldi’ is a widely cultivated plant in India for its rhizomes. It is commonly used as condiments and as flavouring agents. Medicinally, it has been proven to possess various p…
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Green tea (Camellia sinensis): Chemistry, Traditional, Medicinal uses and its Pharmacological activities- a review
Vitthal V. Chopade, Atul A. Phatak, Aman B. Upaganlawar, Anil A. Tankar
pp. 157–162 · DOI: · Published
The Green tea is obtained from the tea plant Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze (Common names: Green tea extract, Chinese tea) which belongs to the family Theaceae. Itis a widely used medicinal plant by the tribals throughout…
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Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) - Hepatoprotective Herb with Therapeutic Potential
Amritpal Singh, Samir Malhotra, Ravi Subban
pp. 163–167 · DOI: · Published
Extracts of the dried leaves of dandelion (Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers. (Asteraceae) are used in traditional medicine for gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases. The plant is valued as laxative and diuretic…
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A Review on Some Important Medicinal Plants of Chlorophytum spp.
Thakur Mayank, Dixit V.K
pp. 168–172 · DOI: · Published
A number of herbs belonging to the specie Chlorophytum are noted for their medicinal benefits in Ayurvedic, and Unani system of medicine. A lot of medicinally important attributes have been assigned to the plants of this…
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Melia azedarach: A phytopharmacological review
Vishnukanta V, AC. Rana
pp. 173–179 · DOI: · Published
Ayurveda is a traditional Indian medicinal system being practiced for thousands of years. Considerable research on pharmacognosy, chemistry, pharmacology and clinical therapeutics has been carried out on ayurvedic medici…
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Phyto-pharmacology of Murraya koenigii (L.)
Deepa Iyer, P. Uma Devi
pp. 180–184 · DOI: · Published
Herbs have always been the principal form of medicine in India. Medicinal plants have curative properties due to the presence of various complex chemical substances of different composition, which are found as secondary …
Short Review
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Plants used for hair growth promotion: A review
Vaishali Rathi, Jagdish Chandra Rathi, S. Tamizharasi, Anupam Kumar Pathak
pp. 185–187 · DOI: · Published
Hair loss is a common and ever increasing problem in cosmetics as well as primary health care practice. It is a universal problem, having affected both sexes of all races to different extents for as long as mankind has e…