Pharmacognostic standardization of Homoeopathic drug: Juniperus virginiana L.

Production, Yield and Derivatives of Volatile Oils from Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus Virginiana L.)

Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) is one of the most widely distributed indigenous conifers in southern states including Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas. Eastern redcedar is also an important source of the volatile oils. This specie adversely influences the environment resulting in degrading grassland, displacement of native plant population and increasing wildlife hazard. Rangegrown east...

Topical wound-healing effects and phytochemical composition of heartwood essential oils of Juniperus virginiana L., Juniperus occidentalis Hook., and Juniperus ashei J. Buchholz.

Ethnobotanical surveys indicated that in the traditional medicines worldwide, several Juniperus species are utilized as antihelmintic, diuretic, stimulant, antiseptic, carminative, stomachic, antirheumatic, antifungal, and for wound healing. In the present study, essential oils obtained from heartwood samples of Juniperus virginiana L., Juniperus occidentalis Hook. and Juniperus ashei J. Buchho...

Podophyllotoxin Content in Leaves of Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)

Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana L. Cupressaceae) occurs naturally throughout eastern North America and has been identified as a source of podophyllotoxin. Podophyllotoxin is used to manufacture drugs for treatment of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, genital warts, psoriasis, and multiple sclerosis. Leaf material was collected from Juniperus plants located in northern Mississippi once a mon...

Inconclusive evidence of Juniperus virginiana recovery following sulfur pollution reductions.

Pharmacognostic Standardization of Pulsatilla nigricans Stoerck

Pulsatilla nigricans Linn. (Ranunculaceae) has been traditionally used in the treatment of nervousness, restlessness, ovaritis, ovaralgia, pain associated with debility and due to acute inflammation, uterine affections, acute meningitis, and as taeniafuge, but no work has ever been carried out for standardizing this potential plant. The present investigation establishes histological characters,...