Plant medicine becomes more popular thought the world in these days probably of its latest toxicity. Ayurveda that leads in plant medicine preserves the natural form of herbs maximum, in various pharmaceutical preparations. Isolation of active principles has not proved much fruitful. However, the need of hour is cultivation of more medicinal plants along with popularization of their use traditi...

The fast development of multi-drug resistant (MDR) organisms increasingly threatens global health and well-being. Plant natural products have been known for centuries as alternative medicines that can possess pharmacological characteristics, including antimicrobial activities. The antimicrobial activities of essential oil (Calli oil) extracted from the Calligonum comosum plant by hydro-steam di...

Fax: +91-20-25439383 Abstract Quality is conformance to requirement and meeting stated as well as implied needs of customer. The word quality is derived from Latin ‘qualis’ means ‘of what kind’ and encompasses composition and properties of object. Quality is of paramount importance when it is specifically related with drugs. And when it comes to herbal drugs, because of several reasons is a her...

Natural drug products have a special place and role in pharmacotherapy. Within them, herbs have been one of the important sources of medicinal products since the beginning of the human civilization. There is a growing demand for plant based medicines, health product, pharmaceuticals, food supplements, cosmetics etc. The present review was constructed using current medical information from abstr...

Cancer plays crucial role in human life and critical disease to cure. Signaling pathways involved in stem cells development process. Especially, Wnt/βcatenin signaling pathway plays important role in stem cells self-renewal, differentiation and proliferation. Despite, over expression and mutation of Wnt/βcatenin signaling pathway induced variety of cancer development. Anticancer activities of s...

The pregnane X receptor (PXR, NR1I2) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily that is activated by a myriad of compounds and natural products in clinical use. Activation of PXR represents the basis for several clinically important drug-drug interactions. Although PXR activation has undesirable effects in patients on combination therapy, it also mediates the hepatoprotective effects exhib...

Cannabis sativa is known to be the most abused illegal drug worldwide. To date it not only used as a medicine but has been established lifestyle product. The relevant phytocannabinoids represent ingredients delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (9-THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), whereby 9-THC shows psychoactive effect. Since 2017, so-called CBD-hemp containing CBD main ingredient distributed in many count...

Background: Alternaria alternata (AA) is a fungus that has wide range of plant host and can cause diseases in humans and produces a number of mycotoxins. Exposure to high numbers of AA spores can trigger severe asthma exacerbations. Resistance to antifungal drug has been shown in this species. Trachyspermum copticum (Ajowan) is an annual herbaceous essential oil )EO) bearing plant . The ripenin...