Author affiliation: Liliya Robertovna Selimzyanova, MD, senior research scientist of the standardization and clinical pharmacology department at the FSBI “Scientific Center of Children’s Health”, assistant of the pediatrics and pediatric rheumatology department at the SBEI HPE “First Sechenov MSMU” of the Ministry of Health of Russia Address: Moscow, Lomonosovskiy Av. 2/1, 119991, tel.: +7 (495...

Oral diseases continue to be a major health problem world-wide.[.There is a long and venerable history of the use of plants to improve dental health, promote oral hygiene and treat various oral diseases . Plant contains various phyto-chemicals such as alkanoids, tannins, essential oils and flavinoids which have pronounced defensive and curative activity. There are various medicinal plants used ...

Filarias is one major health problem in the coastal areas of Orissa including district Bhadrak. Tis article deals with 8 plant species used in native phytotherapy for filariasis in this region with the view to provide clue for further research.

This paper discusses old usages and beliefs about sterility in Colonial Brazil. Treated as a curse usually befallen women, sterility was struggled with symbolism and phytotherapy, aiming to "unbock" or "remove the spell" from the craddle of creation.

Androgenic alopecia (male type baldness) is a common problem without having any satisfactory solution. Serenoa repens (Saw palmetto) is an exotic herb, berries of which are used increasingly in the prevention and treatment of androgenic alopecia with definite success. The active principle of the berries has been found to be phytosterols conjugated with certain esterified fatty acids. They act i...

he therapy of climacteric complaints with estrogens and/or estrogengestagen combinations is undisputedly effective and presumably mostly safe for a short therapy duration. Longterm hormone therapy (HT) for the prevention of osteoporosis, the prevention of cardiovascular illnesses and for the increase of cognitive capacities in advanced age, however, does not appear justifiable any longer in lig...

The coincidence of the 25th anniversary of the European cientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy (ESCOP) with the 25th nniversary of the Schweizerische Medizinische Gesellschaft für hytotherapie (SMGP) underlines the important movements in hytotherapy in the late 1980s. Although the triumphal success of synthetic drugs in the mid of he 20th century had led to a significant loss of traditional know...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the clinical evidence on the efficacy of phytotherapy in the treatment of calculi in the urinary tract. METHODS To be eligible, full-length articles should include the results of randomized controlled trials enrolling patients affected by urolithiasis, reporting any comparison between an experimental herbal agent versus placebo or any active comparator, aimed at preventin...

conclusions our work suggested that pomegranate (punica granatum l.) peel has potential antifungal activity against candidiasis, and it is an attractive option for the development of new management strategies for candidiasis. results maximum inhibitions were attributed to peel extract of the pomegranate cultivar against candida species. the greatest antifungal inhibition among the eight differe...