OBJECTIVES Wound is defined simply as the disruption of the biochemical, cellular, and anatomic continuity of a tissue. Plants and their extracts known as phytomedicine have immense potential for the management and treatment of wounds. MATERIALS AND METHODS Due to the undesirable side effects, in the control and treatment of the wound infections, it is recommended to use natural materials suc...

Melissa officinalis, Labiateae has been used for the treatment of several disorders including diseases of the heart, liver, brain, insanity, giddiness, gripping, muscular pain, asthma, hydrophobia, tuberculous glands, headache, and scabies. In the present study immunomodulatory property of isolated compound obtained from ethanolic extract of whole plant of Melissa officinalis was investigated. ...

Cataract is clouding of the eye lens that reduces the amount of incoming light and results in deteriorating vision. Blindness is thought to reach 75 million by 2020. Of these, unoperated cataract may be expected to account for at least 35 million. Thus, the burden of cataract is increasing remorselessly. Embelica officinalis is reported to have a very good antioxidant property and thus we hypot...

Calendula officinalis (Marigold) was characterized in respect to its chemical composition, antioxidant potential and antimicrobial activities. Five compounds were identified and quantified by LC/MS and HPLC in leaves and flowers of aqueous-methanolic extracts. Total flavonoids ranged between 44.91 and 76.44 mg QE/g dry weight in leaf and flower extracts, respectively. Rutin, quercetin-3-O-gluco...

The attractive colours and fragrance produced by the plants is due to specific phytochemicals present in them. They may be tannins, flavonoids, glycosides, saponins, steroids and alkaloids. Emblica officinalis, Acacia catechu, Acacia concina and Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, are medicinal dye yielding plants belong to different families. The qualitative analysis carried out for these plants showed th...