Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology, Clinical studies and photochemistry of the four plants, viz., Convolvulus pluricaulis, Evolvulus alsinoides, Canscora decussate and Clitoria ternatea commonly used as the drug Shankapushphi have been reviewed here.

UNLABELLED The term of medicinal plants include a various types of plants used in herbalism with medicinal activities. These plants are considered as rich resources of ingredients which can be used as complementary and alternative medicines and, also in drug developments and synthesis. In addition, some plants regarded as valuable origin of nutrition. Thus, all these plants are recommended as t...

Self-medication is the treatment performed by patient for diseases that are self-recognized using medicines considered safe and effective without any diagnosis prescription professionals. Excessive practice of self-medication will have negative effects such as excessive drug abuse, delay in getting medical treatment, etc. This students’ community service aimed to socialize responsible practices...

The Food and Drug Administration, concerned about the quality of the generic drugs that represent 84 percent of U.S. prescriptions, is looking more closely at foreign manufacturing plants and weighing other changes in the generic approval process.

The efficient and effective selection of appropriate plants for investigative purposes in a drug discovery program is of crucial importance for a successful outcome. A variety of approaches have been used by researchers with varying levels of success. A variety of different approaches to plant selection are discussed, including the ethnomedicinal approach, some ecological approaches, and the us...

The purpose of the research is to study anthelmintic efficacy decoctions various parts plants, as well granules and essential oils plants species İnula helenium L., Cichorium intybus Arctium lappa L. Helichrysum araxinium Taxt ex Kirp family Compositae Cisece in Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic Azerbaijan. Materials methods . Herbal preparations were tested on sheep spontaneously infected with g...

Computer-aided drug design (CADD) often involves virtual screening (VS) of large compound datasets and the availability of such is vital for drug discovery protocols. We assess the bioactivity and "drug-likeness" of a relatively small but structurally diverse dataset (containing >1,000 compounds) from African medicinal plants, which have been tested and proven a wide range of biological activit...

Pharmaceutical and nutritional sciences have recently witnessed a bloom in the scientific literature geared towards the use of food plants for their diversified health benefits and potential clinical applications. Health professionals now recognize that a synergism of drug therapy and nutrition might confer optimum outcomes in the fight against diseases. The prophylactic benefits of food plants...

The importance of natural products in therapeutics has been generally recognized from immemorial time. The Amerindians' knowledge of hallucinogenic plants used for their religious rituals, as well as the aphrodisiac properties of several potions prepared from several plant species, have accompanied man for millennia. Throughout the ages, the search for the well-being and for the pleasure has al...