Karkatasringi, whose botanical name is Pistacia integerrima and belongs to the Anacardiaceae family, a well-known medicinal plant. This plant native India distributed along Northwest Himalayan region at about 500–2500 m above sea level. Various parts of including roots, bark galls, leaves contain number secondary metabolites. Galls are most commonly used in unconventional medicines. There vario...

Identification of factors that drive changes in plant community structure and contribute to decline and endangerment of native plant species is essential to the development of appropriate management strategies. Introduced species are assumed to be driving causes of shifts in native plant communities, but unequivocal evidence supporting this view is frequently lacking. We measured native vegetat...

Abstract Dried fruits are an excellent alternative to unhealthy snacks. Twelve commercially available dried were selected: dates, raisins, prunes, Goji berry, chokeberry, rose hip, sea buckthorn, berberis, physalis, haritaki, noni and juniper. The nutritional value in terms of moisture, ash, protein, fat, carbohydrate, dietary fiber, energy value, mineral composition, antioxidant activity tanni...

conclusions this investigation revealed that berberis fruit extract has beneficial metabolic effects in patients with type ii diabetes. barberry may improve glucose catabolism via glycolysis pathway, stimulate insulin secretion or improve insulin function and finally decrease glucose uptake. our results indicated that berberis fruit regulates glucose metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes....

B.aristata (Berberidaceae), an important herbal drug of the Indian system of medicine, commonly known in vernacular as “Daruharidra”, is used as stomachic, astringent, antiperiodic, antipyretic, antidiabetic, in the treatment of jaundice and eye infections. Due to its excessive harvesting by Pharmaceutical/Ayurvedic industries, a near scarcity of this plant material made another species of Berb...