the man was not content with scrubbing his teeth and tonguo with his dantuni, but was in the habit of thrusting it back into the pharynx, in order to clear away any phlegm that might have collected there, and to excite the act of coughing to "blear his larynx. The wood generally preferred by natives for cleaning their teeth is the root of the pecloo (salvadora), or branches of the babar, or nee...

Neem (Azadirachta indica) belongs to the Meliaceae family. is well-known around world for its medicinal and nutritional properties. Various parts of plant like fruits, leaves, flowers, twigs, gum, seed, oil, bark, root are known have properties scientifically established various Since ancient times, plant’s been utilized their value. The contains a high amount catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POD), ...

Neem, has thrown the light worldwide in recent years, due to its wide range of medicinal properties. The tree been largely used Naturopathy, Unani and Homoeopathic medicine become a lodestar current medicine. Further it elaborates vast array biologically active compounds that are chemically diverse structurally complex. More than 150 have isolated from different parts neem these divided into tw...

Nimonol (1), a tetranortriterpenoid isolated from the leaves of Azadirachta indica A. Juss (Meliaceae), upon photolysis undergoes both Diels-Alder and ene reactions with singlet oxygen at different sites leading to 14,15,20,21-diepoxy-23-nimonolactone (3), along with nimonolide (4), which have been well-characterised. The novelty of the reported reactions lies in hitherto unreported formation o...

The global scenario is now supporting the development of modern drugs from less toxic plant products with proven medicinal properties. Each part of neem plant [Azadirachta indica A. Juss] reportedly have various medicinal properties and has been in use in many continents for centuries. Recently, a fractionated neem-leaf extract known as IRAB with reported activities against Malaria, HIV/AIDS an...