Herbs and spices are multi-purposes ingredients essential in daily life such as cooking well traditional medicines. There was a lack of information on heavy metal composition herbs Malaysia. Therefore, this study reveals the major trace elements elemental compounds 14 types using Scanning Electron Microscopy Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) method. The pH most values found to be r...

Diabetes mellitus is a global metabolic epidemic affecting essential biochemical activities in almost every age group. Indian literatures like Ayurveda have already mentioned herbal remediation for a number of human ailments. Among Indian traditional medicinal plants several potential anti-diabetic plants and herbs are being used as part of our diet since prehistoric time. India has a long list...

Herbs and herbal extracts have been used for thousands of years in curing and treating diseases in both human and animals. Records have shown that animals were fed herbs and spices to cure certain diseases more than 5000 years ago. The Indian ayurvedic and Chinese medicine used herbs and spices to enhance health and also treat diseases. Common spices such as tumeric, ginger and garlic have been...

background & aim: the use of herbs in traditional medicine to treatment of diseases and other purposes in the food industry and cosmetics has since long been considered.  considering that heracleum lasiopetalum, thymus carmanicus and myrtus communis have many health benefits therefore this research were performed to investigate the chemical composition of essential oils from these plants. e...

Colorectal cancer remains one of the most prevalent cancer and a leading cause of cancer related death in the US. Many currently used chemotherapeutic agents are derived from botanicals. Identifying herbal sources, including those from ginseng family, to develop better anti-cancer therapies remains an essential step in advancing the treatment of the cancer. In this article, potential roles of g...

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease that has a significant impact on the health, quality of life, and life expectancy of patients, as well as on the health care system. Exercise, diet, and weight control continue to be essential and effective means of improving glucose homeostasis. However, lifestyle management measures may be insufficient or patient compliance difficult, rendering c...