OBJECTIVE To provide further evidence for the ethnomedicinal use of the Eastern Nigeria mistletoe, Loranthus micranthus (L. micranthus), as an immunostimulant. METHODS Solvent fractions from the crude extract of the mistletoe plant was obtained and screened by the cell mediated delayed type hypersensitivity reaction (DTHR) model in mice. Then the immunomodulatory potentials of a major lupane ...

Plants have served as sources of food and medicines for human beings since their advent. During famines or conditions of food scarcity, people throughout the world depend on unconventional plant items to satiate their hunger and meet their nutritional needs. Malnourished people often suffer from various diseases, much more than people eating a balanced diet. We are hypothesizing that the unconv...

Flowers are a key source of released fragrance volatiles in the biotic world. Despite fact that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have low molecular weights, polarity, and vapour pressures, process release is influenced by floral tissue’s morphology, anatomy, cellular properties. Polianthestuberosa L. flowering plant Agavaceae family (also known as Asparagaceae Amaryllidaceae some botanists) co...

Ethno-medicinal research in district Kathua was conducted during the period 2010 to 2012. The objective of the research was the assessment and preservation of cultural and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants of the area. A checklist of the ethno-medicinal flora has been produced which includes 139 species belonging to 117 genera and 69 families. Information on the medicinal uses gathered ...

Nowadays beverages are consumed which has high bioactive compound. Both cocoa and Hibiscus-flower extract have antioxidant effect their combined increases the free radical scavenging potentials of beverages. Hibiscus Sabdariffa various such as Anti-hypertensive effect, Anti-oxidant Diuretic Anti-spasmodic etc. The dried flower is used to prepare Tea, Syrup, Jams-jellies phytochemicals studies f...

Ethnomedicinal field surveys were conducted in several places of Sonitpur district and near by areas of Lakhimpur district in Assam, where diverse ethnic groups have lived since time immemorial. The ethnic groups have very rich tradition of herbal medicines used in the treatment of various ailments. Among the tribal communities, Mishings constitute the largest group along with Bodos. The ethnom...