Volume 6, Issue 11

Review Article

1. Review

   Historical review of medicinal plants’ usage

   Biljana Bauer Petrovska

   pp. 1–5 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95849 · Published 8 May 2012

   Healing with medicinal plants is as old as mankind itself. The connection between man and his search for drugs in nature dates from the far past, of which there is ample evidence from various sources: written documents, …

2. Review

   Fibrous drugs for curing various common health problems

   Sanjay L. Dakhara, Chetan C. Anajwala, Vidula S. Selote

   pp. 16–21 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95853 · Published 8 May 2012

   In the past 50 years, dietary fiber has become an increasingly significant area of nutritional focus, debate, and research. Advances in food production practices have resulted in more refined foods being available and co…

3. Review

   A brief review on anti diabetic plants: Global distribution, active ingredients, extraction techniques and acting mechanisms

   Chung-Hung Chan, Gek-Cheng Ngoh, Rozita Yusoff

   pp. 22–28 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95854 · Published 8 May 2012

   A study has been conducted with the aim to provide researchers with general information on anti diabetic extracts based on relevant research articles collected from 34 reliable medical journals. The study showed that Asi…

4. Review

   The chemotherapeutic potential of Terminalia ferdinandiana: Phytochemistry and bioactivity

   S. Mohanty, Ian E. Cock

   pp. 29–36 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95855 · Published 8 May 2012

   Plants contain a myriad of natural compounds which exhibit important bioactive properties. These compounds may provide alternatives to current medications and afford a significant avenue for new drug discovery. Despite t…

5. Review

   Functional herbal food ingredients used in type 2 diabetes mellitus

   Pathirage Kamal Perera, Yunman Li

   pp. 37–45 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95863 · Published 8 May 2012

   From many reports it is clear that diabetes will be one of the major diseases in the coming years. As a result there is a rapidly increasing interest in searching new medicines, or even better searching prophylactic meth…

6. Review

   Borreria and Spermacoce species (Rubiaceae): A review of their ethnomedicinal properties, chemical constituents, and biological activities

   Lucia Maria Conserva, Jesu Costa Ferreira Júnior

   pp. 46–55 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95866 · Published 8 May 2012

   Borreira and Spermacoce are genera of Rubiaceae widespread in tropical and subtropical America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Based on its fruits morphology they are considered by many authors to be distinct genera and most …

7. Review

   Trachyspermum ammi

   Ranjan Bairwa, R. S. Sodha, B. S. Rajawat

   pp. 56–60 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95871 · Published 8 May 2012

   Trachyspermum ammi commonly known as ‘Ajwain’ is distributed throughout India and is mostly cultivated in Gujarat and Rajasthan. The fruit possesses stimulant, antispasmodic and carminative properties and is used traditi…

8. Review

   Chronopharmacognosy

   J. Y. Ajay, Pradeep Kumar Gajula, K. Kalaimagal, B. N. Vedha Hari

   pp. 6–15 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95852 · Published 8 May 2012

   This study aims to review the concept of biological rhythms in medicinal plants. Dictionariesgenerally define pharmacognosy as the subject of the study of crude drugs of plant and animal origin. The name is derived from …

9. Review

   Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.: An overview

   Nitin Kumar, Satyendra Singh, Manvi M, Rajiv Gupta

   pp. 61–67 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95886 · Published 8 May 2012

   Trichosanthes, a genus of family Cucurbitaceae, is an annual or perennial herb distributed in tropical Asia and Australia. Pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.) is known by a common name of parwal and is cultivated …

10. Review

    Ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Biophytum sensitivum DC

    Abinash C. Bharati, Alakh N. Sahu

    pp. 68–73 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95893 · Published 8 May 2012

    Medicinal plants are widely being used by the traditional medical practitioners for curing various diseases in their day-to-day practice. Biophytum sensitivum DC (Oxalidaceae) is used as a traditional folk medicine in ai…

11. Review

    Chemical constituents and biological activities of the genus Subergorgia

    Faheem Amir, Wan Sinn Yam, Yen Chin Koay

    pp. 74–80 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95894 · Published 8 May 2012

    The genus Subergorgia (coelenterata, Gorgonacea, Subergorgiidae) is distributed in the Indo-pacific region. Previous investigations on the various species of the genus have revealed the presence of a number of new compou…