Wrightia tinctora is a tree widely used by the peoples of Tamil Nadu as a traditional medicine for pain and inflammations. Latex form the plant especially from leaves is directly applied on inflammation. This plant is very closely related to other species of Wrightia and hence pharmacognostical and preliminary phytochemical studies of Wrightia tinctoria leaves were carried out.

Aromatic plants have played key roles in the lives of tribal peoples living in the Himalaya by providing products for both food and medicine. This review presents a summary of aromatic medicinal plants from the Indian Himalaya, Nepal, and Bhutan, focusing on plant species for which volatile compositions have been described. The review summarizes 116 aromatic plant species distributed over 26 fa...

Mi-Kyeong Kim1, Hae-Ryun Kwak1, Su-Heon Lee1, Jeong-Soo Kim1, Kook-Hyung Kim2, ByeongJin Cha3* and Hong-Soo Choi1* 1Crop Protection Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Suwon 441-707, Korea 2Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 151921, Korea 3Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University,...

Thirty extracts obtained from 10 endemic plant species belonging to 8 plant families used in the traditional medicine in Socotra have been tested for cytotoxic activity against FL-cells. Extracts of Eureiandra balfourii and Commiphora ornifolia showed the strongest activity against FL-cells with IC(50) < 10 microg/ml and 39.3 microg/ml respectively.

THE history of the medicinal use of tobacco before the Civil War has apparently not been documented in a single piece of writing. Yet, a review of publications on the subject shows that this plant was long used as orthodox medicine by the members of the medical profession. It seems to me to be a useful endeavour, therefore, to give the medico-historical account of tobacco, since: (1) Tobacco is...

objective: solenostemon monostachyus is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of various ailments such as ulcer, hypertension, pains and inflammatory diseases. evaluation of anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of s. monostachyus aerial parts was carried out to ascertain its uses in traditional medicine. materials and methods: the aerial parts of s. monostachyus was cold extracte...

Cassia alata Linn, Commonly known as semaiagathi in Tamil is well known for its various medicinal properties in Indian systems of medicine. Various parts of this plant are used as vermicide, astringent, purgative, expectorant and to treat skin diseases. The present work deals with the anatomy, quantitative microscopy, physical constants and fluorescence analysis of the plant leaves.

Mark Young, Benjamin Bolduc, Daniel P. Shaughnessy, Francisco F. Roberto, Yuri I. Wolf, Eugene V. Koonin Thermal Biology Institute and Departments of Microbiology, Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, and Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA; National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda...

The roots of Cocculus hirsutus (Linn) Diels was analyzed for preliminary phytochemical studies including physical constant (total ash, acid soluble and insoluble ash and moisture content), extractive values in different solvents (petroleum ether, benzene, chloroform, methanol and water), and phytochemical tests. The plant is well reputed in traditional system of medicine, present studies will h...

Ginseng is a well-known medicinal plant used in traditional Oriental medicine. In recent decades, ginseng root has gained popularity as a dietary supplement in the United States. Ginseng has also been commonly used in Oriental medicine to treat diabetes-like conditions. The present review discusses the research on the anti-diabetic effects of ginseng and the possible mechanisms of its anti-diab...