Citric acid is an organic commonly used in food, pharmaceutical, chemical industries.Citric a weak found nearly all tissues; both plants and animal it generally regarded as safe.

P remedies are regularly hailed by the popular media and the conservation community to support the notion that the tropics’ diverse floral resources are an invaluable and largely untapped source of new pharmaceutical products. Such discussions frequently emphasize the importance of medicinal plants in the Brazilian Amazon— the largest contiguous reservoir of forest on Earth. Notably, although t...

P remedies are regularly hailed by the popular media and the conservation community to support the notion that the tropics’ diverse floral resources are an invaluable and largely untapped source of new pharmaceutical products. Such discussions frequently emphasize the importance of medicinal plants in the Brazilian Amazon— the largest contiguous reservoir of forest on Earth. Notably, although t...

Contribution of indigenous knowledge in developing more effective drugs with minimum or no side effects helped to realise importance of study of indigenous remedies and the conservation of biological resources. This study analysed indigenous knowledge regarding medicinal plants use among the Chepang communities from ward number 3 and 4 of Shaktikhor Village Development Committee located in the ...

Objective To evaluate the in vitro antibacterial activities of five plant extracts which have been used as traditional medicines by local healers against three multidrug resistant bacteria, namely, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Results The highest mean zone of inhibition (4.66 mm) was recorded from methanol extract of Calpurnia aurea (Ait.) Benth. at a c...

Medicinal plants have been used in healthcare since time immemorial. Studies have been carried out globally to verify their efficacy and some of the findings have led to the production of plant-based medicines. The global market value of medicinal plant products exceeds $100 billion per annum. This paper discusses the role, contributions and usefulness of medicinal plants in tackling the diseas...

Medicinal plants are considered as key sources of drugs for the treatment of various ailments worldwide. The flora of Pakistan due to its highly favorable diverse climatic and soil conditions, many topographical regions and ecological zones offer a great variety of medicinal plants [1]. According to a general survey, approximately 6000 flowering plants exist in Pakistan, out of which 400-600 ar...

Concerns on the Growing Use of Lithium: The Pros and Cons Soodabeh Saeidnia , Mohammad Abdollahi 2, * 1 Medicinal Plants Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran. 2 Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran *Corresponding au...