Artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) is a perennial plant native to the southern Mediterranean region of North Africa. Today, artichokes are widely grown around the world and buds of artichokes are used as a vegetable all over the world. This plant is widely used in the traditional medicine. Artichoke has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, and countless medicinal properties. Artichoke inhabit...

Doctor Soneral is a resident physician with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Family Medicine. Doctor Connor is in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at St Mary’s Hospital Medical Center, Madison, Wis. Please address correspondence to: Steven N. Soneral, DO, Department of Family Medicine, 777 S Mills St, Madison, WI 53715-1896; phone 608.263.4550; fax 608.263.5813; e-mail ssonera...

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a multifactorial disease and has close correlations with other metabolic disorders. This makes its treatment difficult using a single pharmacological drug. Use of plant extract/decoction or polyherbal formulation to treat various liver diseases is very well mentioned in various traditional systems of medicine (Ayurveda, Japanese or traditional Chinese Medi...

Traditional medicine is the synthesis of therapeutic experience of generations of practicing physicians of indigenous systems of medicine. Throughout the history of mankind, many infectious diseases have been treated with herbals. The traditional medicine is increasingly solicited through the tradipractitioners and herbalists in the treatment of infectious diseases. Among the remedies used, pla...

3 The causes of female infertility are multifaceted, and may extend to either of the partners or even both. Indeed, the root issues of infertility can be related to both sexes: approximately 50 percent of infertility is caused by female conditions, while approximately 40 percent is male related. It is also worth noting that in 25 percent of infert...

a Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280 b Structural BioInformatics Core Facility, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 c Department of Plant Research, Paradigm Genetics, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-4528 d Plant Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biol...

Herbs used in traditional medicine have provided a nidus for the discovery of various new molecules having therapeutic viability. With the advent of various diseases, the science has also armed itself to combat the everevolving family of diseases with the help of these new molecules. Cancer is one such area which has limited scope for management through conventional therapy. Recent research adv...

The ethno medicinal plant Basella alba belongs to the family Basellaceae, and commonly known as malabar spinach, indian spinach, ceylon spinach and vine spinach. Although it has been reported in ancient systems of medicine, it did not gain much importance and has always remained controversial. It has been found to be a good source of calcium, iron, vitamin A and vitamin C. In the Indian system ...

Clitoria ternatea L. (CT) (Family: Fabaceae) commonly known as 'Butterfly pea', a traditional Ayurvedic medicine, has been used for centuries as a memory enhancer, nootropic, antistress, anxiolytic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant, tranquilizing and sedative agent. A wide range of secondary metabolites including triterpenoids, flavonol glycosides, anthocyanins and steroids has been isolated from...

1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, 2 School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 3 Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, 4 Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiolog...