Plant medicine is the oldest system of medicine in India known as Ayurveda which is gaining greater importance in recent years. In this system crude drugs are used, which may be adulterated by similar kind of plants which may be harmful. To check this adulteration pharmacognostic analysis is more reliable compared to other methods. For identification and authentication of crude drugs pharmacogn...

The present study was conducted to study production parameters of lactating Murrah buffaloes supplemented with Tinospora cordifolia. Twelve lactating Murrah buffaloes in early stage of lactation were selected from the herd of National Dairy Research Institute Karnal, Haryana. The buffaloes were divided into two groups of six animals each. One group was taken as control and the other group suppl...

Present communication reports the scientific evaluation of Tinospora cordifolia for its medicinal efficacy which includes phytochemical screening, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anticancer activities of the plant. Secondary metabolites including anthraquinones, terpenoids, and saponins were present in many extracts in addition to phenolics. Total phenol contents in various extracts were found ...

The traditional system of the medicine remains the major source of the health care. It is safe alternative, lesser cost and better tolerance and its complications. The major defense against free radical compounds found in medicinal plants is in the form of natural antioxidants. The present investigation is an attempt to assess the bioactivity of daily oral administration of methanolic extract o...

This research is focused on the search of a biomass for the sequestration of fluoride from drinking water. Defluoridation of water was studied by batch experiments in biosorption process. The biomass was found to reduce fluoride to permissible limit 1.5 mg/L as prescribed by WHO. The efficiency of the sorption process was investigated under different experimental parameters such as pH 7, standi...

Cyperus rotundus, Caesalpinia bonducella, Tinospora cordifolia, Gardenia gummifera, Ailanthus excelsa, Acacia arabica, Embelia ribes and Ventilago maderspatana from Melghat forest were screened for their antibacterial potential against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus vulgaris, Salmonella typhi, Shigella flexneri, Salmonella paratyphi, Salmonella typhimuri...

Diabetes mellitus is the commonest endocrine disorder that affects more than 100 million people worldwide (6% of the population). It is caused by the deficiency or ineffective production of insulin by pancreas which result in increase or decrease in concentration of glucose in the blood. Due to various drawbacks of synthetic antidiabetic drugs there is a continuous search for alternative therap...

In the present work we evaluated the antibacterial activity of Indian plants used in the Unani system of medicine against the pathogenic bacteria. The aqueous extracts of Tinospora cordifolia (stem), Sisymbrion irio (seeds), Viola odorata (flowers), Glycerrhiza glabra (roots and stolon) and Peristrophe bicalculata (whole plant) showed strong antibacterial activity against Salmonella typhi and E...

BACKGROUND Makaradhwaja a gold containing mercurial preparation used for diabetes mellitus in indigenous system of medicine. It is a popular aphrodisiac and rejuvenator traditional medicine. It is prepared by using processed gold, mercury and sulfur in different ratios by applying intermittent heating pattern in Valuka Yantra. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to evaluate anti-diabetic effe...