Volume 3, Issue 6

Review Article

1. Review

   Application of ISSR marker in pharmacognosy: current update

   Jayvant Kurane, Vaibhav Shinde, Abhay Harsulkar

   pp. 216–228 · DOI: · Published

   ISSR (Inter Simple Sequence Repeat) is one of the popular techniques of DNA fingerprinting because of several reasons. In many fields, ISSR markers have proved their utility. There are many applications of ISSR in variou…

2. Review

   A Review on Rasayana

   Rahul Chulet, Pankaj Pradhan

   pp. 229–234 · DOI: · Published

   Rasayana is one of the eight clinical specialities of classical Ayurveda. Rasayana replenish the vital fluids of our body, thus keeping us away from diseases. The rasayana therapy enhance the qualities of rasa, enriches …

3. Review

   Microsatellite Markers- A New Practice of DNA Based Markers in Molecular Genetics

   Neha Mittal, Alok Kumar Dubey

   pp. 235–246 · DOI: · Published

   Microsatellites are randomly interspersed within eukaryotic genomes. These are also known as SSRs (Simple sequence repeats), STRs (Short tandem repeats), STMs (Sequence tagged microsatellites), and VNTRs (Variable number…

4. Review

   Role of Herbs in the Management of Asthma

   Ranjeeta Prasad, Rahul Dev Lawania, Manvi M, Rajiv Gupta

   pp. 247–258 · DOI: · Published

   Herbs have been the highly esteemed source of medicine throughout human history. They are widely used today indicating that herbs are a growing part of modern, high-tech medicine. About 25-30 percent of today's prescript…

5. Review

   Some medicinal plants as natural anticancer agents

   Govind Pandey, Madhuri S

   pp. 259–263 · DOI: · Published

   India is the largest producer of medicinal plants and is rightly called the “Botanical garden of the World”. The medicinal plants, besides having natural therapeutic values against various diseases, also provide high qua…

6. Review

   Nutraceutical Value of Sesame Oil

   K. Gauthaman, T.S. Mohamed Saleem

   pp. 264–269 · DOI: · Published

   Nutrients, herbals and dietary supplements are major constituents of nutraceuticals which make them active in maintaining health, act against various disease conditions and thus promote the quality of life. Drug as dieta…

7. Review

   Plants and Phytochemicals for Peptic Ulcer: An Overview

   Saikat Sen, Raja Chakraborty, Biplab De, Joydeep Mazumder

   pp. 270–279 · DOI: · Published

   World is rich in medical lore. Plants are the basis of life on earth and are central to people's livelihoods. The use of plants in religious ceremonies as well as for magic and medicinal purposes is very commonplace and …

8. Review

   The Genus Chenopodium: Phytochemistry, Ethnopharmacology and Pharmacology

   Zlatina Kokanova-Nedialkova, Paraskev T. Nedialkov, Stefan D. Nikolov

   pp. 280–305 · DOI: · Published

   The review includes 154 references on the genus Chenopodium covered up to December 2008 and has been compiled using references mainly from Chemical Abstracts and Pubmed. This article briefly reviews the phytochemistry, e…

9. Review

   Chemistry and Biological Activities of the Genus Dalbergia - A Review

   Neeru Vasudeva, Manisha Vats, S.K. Sharma, Satish Sardana

   pp. 307–319 · DOI: · Published

   Dalbergia is a genus of trees, shrubs and woody climbers widely distributed in tropical and sub- tropical regions. It possesses immense traditional application. Various species are widely used as analgesic, anti-inflamma…

10. Review

    Phyto-Pharmacology of Ziziphus jujuba Mill – A Plant Review

    Mahajan R.T., Chopda M.Z

    pp. 320–329 · DOI: · Published

    Herbs have always been the natural form of medicine in India. Medicinal plants have curative properties due to presence of various complex chemical substances of different composition which contain secondary metabolites …

11. Review

    Phytochemical and Pharmacological Potential of Hygrophila spinosa T. Anders

    Arjun Patra, Shivesh Jha, P. Narasimha Murthy

    pp. 330–341 · DOI: · Published

    Hygrophila spinosa T. Anders (Acanthaceae) is described in Ayurvedic literature as Ikshura, Ikshugandha and Kokilasha “having eyes like Kokila or Indian cuckoo”, common in moist places on the banks of tanks, ditches, pad…

12. Review

    Acanthaceae, Anticancer, Flavonoids, Hygrophila spinosa, Phytosterols

    T.S. Mohamed Saleem, C. Madhusudhana Chetty, S. Ramkanth, M. Alagusundaram, K. Gnanaprakash, V.S. Thiruvengada Rajan, S. Angalaparameswari

    pp. 342–345 · DOI: · Published

    Solanum nigrum Linn. (Solanaceae) commonly known as ‘Black nightshade’ that have been extensively used in traditional medicine in India and other parts of world to cure liver disorders, chronic skin ailments (psoriasis a…

13. Review

    Chemical composition, therapeutic potential and perspectives of Foeniculum vulgare

    Chanchal Garg, S A Khan, S. H. Ansari, Arti Suman, Munish Garg

    pp. 346–352 · DOI: · Published

    Foeniculum vulgare is a widely distributed plant in most tropical and subtropical countries and have long been used in folk medicines to treat obstruction of the liver, spleen and gall bladder and for digestive complaint…

14. Review

    Artocarpus heterophyllus (Jackfruit): An Overview

    Om Prakash, Rajesh Kumar, Anurag Mishra, Rajiv Gupta

    pp. 353–358 · DOI: · Published

    Artocarpus heterophyllus (Syn. Kathal) belonging to family Moraceae is an integral part of common Indian diet and is freely available in Indian and adjoining continents, its medicinal properties are also mentioned in Ayu…

15. Review

    Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. - A Comprehensive Review

    Manish Devgun, Arun Nanda, S. H. Ansari

    pp. 359–363 · DOI: · Published

    The Pterocarpus marsupium belong to family Fabaceae and is widely distributed in central, western and southern regions of India. The role of Pterocarpus marsupium as anti-diabetic has been very well established. Its extr…

16. Review

    Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Kurz.: Phytochemical and Pharmacological Profile : A Review

    Anjoo Kamboj, Ajay Kumar Saluja

    pp. 364–374 · DOI: · Published

    Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Kurz ( Crassulaceae) is a perennial herb growing widely and used in folkloric medicine in tropical Africa, tropical America, India, China, and Australia. The divine herb contains a wide range …

17. Review

    A Review: Carissa Congesta: Phytochemical Constituents, Traditional Use and Pharmacological properties

    V. Devmurari, Shivanand P, M.B. Goyani, S. Vaghani, N.P. Jivani

    pp. 375–377 · DOI: · Published

    Various herbal drugs individually or in combination have been recommended for the treatment of different disease. The C.congesta commonly known as “karanda” has been recognized in different system of traditional medicine…

18. Review

    A review on Chemical and Medicobiological Applications of Capparidaceae Family

    P. Rajesh, P. Selvamani, S. Latha, A. Saraswathy, V. Rajesh Kannan

    pp. 378–387 · DOI: · Published

    Medicinal plants are the nature’s gift to human being to make disease free healthy life. It plays a vital role to preserve our health. Capparidaceae family comprises various important medicinal properties distributed in …