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    Pharmacognosy Research

    Volume 2, Issue 5

    2026-09-09 · pp. · 11 articles

    Volume
    2
    Issue
    5
    Published
    2026-09-09
    Pages
    Articles
    11
    Sections
    2
    ISSN
    0974-8490
    Journal
    Pharmacogn. Res.
    ORIGINAL ARTICLESHORT COMMUNICATION

    In this issue

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE

    1. Article

      Biochemical and histologic changes in rats after prolonged administration of the crude aqueous extract of the leaves of Vitex grandifolia

      Mbang A. Owolabi, Moyosola M. Abass, Promise M. Emeka, Smith I. Jaja, Martin Nnoli, Benjamin O. S. Dosa

      pp. 273–284 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.72322 · Published January 2010

      Background In recent times, many herbal remedies are used to treat variety of ailments. the leaves of Vitex grandifolia is claimed to be effective in the treatment of diabetes mellitus and as a diuretic in the treatment …

    2. Article

      Standardization of Alpinia calcarata Roscoe rhizomes

      L. S. R. Arambewela, L. D. A. M. Arawwawala

      pp. 285–288 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.72324 · Published January 2010

      Background Rhizomes of Alpinia calcarata Roscoe (Family: Zingiberaceae) possess several bioactivities and are used in the traditional medicinal systems of Sri Lanka. Methods the present investigation was carried out to s…

    3. Article

      Evaluation of binding property of mucilage from Litsea glutinosa wall

      Sunil K. Mishra, A. Kumar, A. Talukdar

      pp. 289–292 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.72325 · Published January 2010

      Background litsea glitinosa is an evergreen tree of medium size which grows to a height of about 20 to 30 feet. It belongs to family Lauraceae. In India it is found mainly in North Eastern region. The leaves and the muci…

    4. Article

      A comparison of traditional anti-inflammation and anti-infection medicinal plants with current evidence from biomedical research: Results from a regional study

      A. Vieira

      pp. 293–295 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.72326 · Published January 2010

      Background In relation to pharmacognosy, an objective of many ethnobotanical studies is to identify plant species to be further investigated, for example, tested in disease models related to the ethnomedicinal applicatio…

    5. Article

      Production of camptothecin in cultures of Chonemorpha grandiflora

      A. V. Kulkarni, A. A. Patwardhan, U. Lele, N. P. Malpathak

      pp. 296–299 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.72327 · Published January 2010

      Background Chonemorpha grandiflora (Syn. Chonemorpha fragrans (apocynaceae) is an endangered medicinal plant. It is used in different preparations, such as sudarsanasavam and kumaryasavam used in Kerala Ayurvedic system.…

    6. Article

      Development and evaluation of formulations of microbial biotransformed extract of tobacco leaves for hair growth potential

      Ashlesh V. Murkute, Mahesh S. Sahu, Prashant Y. Mali, Vinod D. Rangari

      pp. 300–303 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.72328 · Published January 2010

      Background Extensive researches are going on to explore the effective and safe drug for their hair growth. Tobacco leaves are traditionally known to potentiate hair growth promotion. Therefore, the aim of present study w…

    7. Article

      Formulation and evaluation of floating tablets of liquorice extract

      H. N. Aswatha Ram, Prachiti Lachake, Ujjwal Kaushik, C. S. Shreedhara

      pp. 304–308 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.72329 · Published January 2010

      Background Floating tablets prolong the gastric residence time of drugs, improve bioavailability, and facilitate local drug delivery to the stomach. With this objective, floating tablets containing aqueous extract of liq…

    8. Article

      Variation in gymnemic acid content and non-destructive harvesting of Gymnema sylvestre (Gudmar)

      Ashok Kumar Pandey, Swati Yadav

      pp. 309–312 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.72330 · Published January 2010

      Background Madhunashini (Gymnema sylvestre R. Br.) commonly known as ‘Gudmar’ in Hindi is an important medicinal climber and extensively used in almost all Indian System of Medicine as a remedy for diabetes, rheumatism, …

    9. Article

      A study of the anti-inflammatory effect of the leaves of Psidium guajava Linn. on experimental animal models

      Sarmistha Dutta, Swarnamoni Das

      pp. 313–317 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.72331 · Published January 2010

      Introduction The aim is to study the anti-inflammatory effect of the ethanolic extract of the leaves of Psidium guajava (PGE) on experimental animal models. Materials and Methods Fresh leaves were collected, air-dried, p…

    10. Article

      Evaluation of physicochemical and phytochemical properties of Safoof-E-Sana, a Unani polyherbal formulation

      Ajazuddin, Shailendra Saraf

      pp. 318–322 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.72332 · Published January 2010

      Background Although the formulations of the Unani system of medicine are popular, not much scientific work has been reported so far. The present article is an attempt to establish the scientific basis of one of the popul…

    SHORT COMMUNICATION

    1. Communication

      Is the term substitution relevant to Pharmacognosy and/ or vegetable crude drug industry?

      A. B. D. Selvam

      pp. 323–324 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.72333 · Published January 2010

      Since each and every drug plant has its own characteristic features, in terms of its botanical characters, chemical composition and therapeutic properties, considering the highly potential drug plants as genuine plant an…