Unorthodox (non-traditional or alternative) medicinal practices have been expanding very rapidly in western countries. Modern physicians, scientists, and non-traditional medicine practitioners now must join forces to promote evidence-based medicine to benefit patients. Green tea extracts are among the most widely used ancient medicinal agents, while androgens are probably the oldest drugs used ...

Herbal Medicine sometimes referred to as Herbalism or Botanical Medicine, is the use of herbs for their therapeutic or medicinal value. An herb is a plant or plant part valued for its medicinal, aromatic or savory qualities. Herb plants produce and contain a variety of chemical substances that act upon the body [1]. Medicinal plants have been used as remedies for human diseases for centuries. T...

The term 'Zoopharmacognosy' was coined to describe the process by which wild animals select and use specific plants with medicinal properties against ailments and prevention of diseases. Early studies of zoopharmacognosy focused on the interactions between plants and the herbivores that consume them. The study of animal self-medication and ethno-medicinal practices may provide important leads t...

Alkaloids, tannins, saponins, steroid, terpenoid, flavonoids, phlobatannin and cardie glycoside distribution in seven medicinal plants belonging to different families were assessed and compared. The medicinal plants investigated were Aegle marmelos, Cynodon dactylon, Eclipta prostrata, Moringa pterygosperma, Pongamia pinnata, Sida acuta and Tridax procumbens. The significance of the plants in t...

Bin WU ,Shikai YAN ,Ziyin SHEN ,Weidong ZHANG , 3 1 . Institute of Chinese Integrative Medicine , Huashan Hospital ,Fudan U nive rsity , Shanghai 200040 , China 2 .Depa rt ment o f Na tural Medicinal Chemist ry , Scho ol of Pha rmacy , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200030 ,China 3 .Depar tment of Natural Medicinal Chemist ry ,School of Pharmacy , Second Military Medical University...

Plan: Careya arborea is a medicinal plant used in Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. The bark, leaves and fruits are used in these systems for the treatment of ulcers, haemorrhoids and tumours. Several reports are available on the pharmacognosy of the leaf and bark of this medicinal tree. However, there is complete lack of information on the pharmacognosy of the fruit. The present paper is the firs...

In silico approaches have been widely recognised to be useful for drug discovery. Here, we consider the significance of available databases of medicinal plants and chemo- and bioinformatics tools for in silico drug discovery beyond the traditional use of folk medicines. This review contains a practical example of the application of combined chemo- and bioinformatics methods to study pleiotropic...

Rajis are one of the endangered indigenous tribe of Nepal distributed natively in Surkhet. In present situation the Rajis are in great pressure to change their ways of practice, belief, decision making and harvesting plant resources due to increasing population, migration and modernization. The present paper highlights the indigenous knowledge and practice of medicine preparation from common te...

The present study is an attempt to list some of the medicinal plants used by the traditional practitioners of the Marakanam bio-region in the treatment of various eye diseases. The survey of folk medicine men from this bio-region has revelaed that there are 24 medicinal plants locally available for treating both simple and complex eye diseases. Most of these diseases have been identified in San...