Volume 1, Issue 2

Classical Botanical Pharmacognosy Workshop Summary Report: A Historic Event

Roy Upton, John Cardellina

pp. 15–17 · DOI: · Published 2005

Successful Nutraceutical Products-Need for Regulatory and Marketing Strategies

Ven Subbiah

pp. 18–19 · DOI: · Published 2005

The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) passed by U. S. Congress in 1994 is accelerating the penetration of herbal products into mainstream markets. Under this Act, herbal dietary supplements are categori…

Concepts of Unani Medicine

Bilal Ahmad, Jamal Akhtar

pp. 45–47 · DOI: · Published 2005

PHCOG MAG.: Recent Advances in Assay Methods and Techniques Preclinical Safety Studies on Medical Plants: Part II

Arun Kumar H.S.

pp. 32–33 · DOI: · Published 2005

The use of various herbal remedies and preparations is increasing globally for various prophylactic and therapeutic purposes. As the interest in phyto-medicines and the use of plant derived extracts increases, so does th…

Cultivation of Some Medicinal Plant Species and Requirement of Seeds

A. K. Kandya

pp. 38–39 · DOI: · Published 2005

Eighty-two species of medicinal plants have been described for their botanical and common names, plant families, medicinal uses and the most suitable and common cultivation methods. Thirty-nine species (Table 1) are cate…

Calotropis Species (*Ascelpediaceae*)- A Comprehensive Review

K. K. Mueen Ahmed, A. C. Rana, V. K. Dixit

pp. 48–49 · DOI: · Published 2005

Calotropis species are perennial herb with a long history of use in traditional medicinal especially in the tropical and subtropical regions. A wide range of chemical compounds including cardiac glycosides, flavonoids, p…

Biebersteinia orphanidis Boiss. Shows antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity

N. Miceli, M.F. Taviano, O. Tzakou, A. Yannitsaroc, D. Vassiliades, D. Giuffrida, E.M. Galati

pp. 54–55 · DOI: · Published 2005

Leaves of Biebersteinia orphanidis Boiss., the only representative of the monotypic family Biebersteiniaceae found in Europe, were subjected to biological and phytochemical studies. The leaf methanolic extract showed a m…

Effect of ethanolic extract of Cyclea peltata Lam on a hypercholesterolemic rat model.

Christina Ambrose, Christopher Varghese, Packialakshmi Munisamy, Tobin George Charivukala, Preethi Jose, John Christopher, Narayan Murugesh

pp. 59–60 · DOI: · Published 2005

The current investigation focuses attention on the cholesterol lowering property of the ethanolic extract of Cyclea peltata Lam on experimentally induced hypercholesterolemia in rats. The serum cholesterol (total and low…

Effect of aqueous leaves extract of ocimum gratissimum (sweet basil) on alloxan induced diabetic rats.

Victor B. Oyoyele, Funsho M. Adeyemi, Ayodele O. Soladoye

pp. 62–64 · DOI: · Published 2005

Ocimum gratissimumu leaves have been claimed and used as an anti-diabetic agent by traditional healers/folk medicine practitioners. This has led to the study of anti-diabetic activity of aqueous leaves extract of this pl…

Inhibition of Gastric Mucosal Damage by Piper Nigrum (Black pepper) Pretreatment in Wistar Albino Rats

A. Al-Moflehi, A. A. Alhaider, J. S. Mossa, M. O. Al-sohaibani Al-sohaibani, S. Rafatullah, S. Qureshi Qureshi

pp. 64–68 · DOI: · Published 2005

**Abstract.** The fruits of Piper nigrum Linn (Black pepper) are used as a spice in the intercontinental food preparation and have many therapeutic applications in the folk medicine. The present study on the ulcerogenic …

Hepatoprotective effect of the seed of Cassia sophera, Linn. Var. Purpurea, roxb. against CCl4 induced hepatic damage in albino rats

Bilal Ahmad, N. A. Khan, Ghufran Ahmad, M. Inamuddin

pp. 68–69 · DOI: · Published 2005

A number of mono and poly herbal preparations are widely used in Unani system of medicine for the management of hepatic disorders. However, many of them have not been scientifically investigated for their described effec…