The paper reviews the economic and traditional medicinal uses of the plants, Calotropis gigantean and C. procera from the published literature from various of India. The ethno-medicinal uses of the former species in Orissa are also incorporated. Their distribution in India, Botany, Physical and Chemical properties of the plant parts are provided. Uses of the traditional medicines and their auth...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the hypoglycemic and anti-diabetic activity of chloroform extract of Calotropis gigantea leaves and flowers in normal rats and streptozotocin induced diabetes. METHODS The hypoglycemic activity in normal rats was carried out by treatment using chloroform extract of Calotropis gigantea leaf and flower 10, 20 and 50 mg/kg, orally. The oral glucose tolerance test was carri...

INTRODUCTION Engineered nanomaterials have received greater attention for their positive impact in improving many sectors of economy, including pharmaceutics, cosmetics, transportation, energy, agriculture and environment. Nanoparticles can drastically modify their physico-chemical properties compared to the bulk material, the improvement of experimental processes for the synthesis of these nan...

Various plant materials for the synthesis of nanoparticles is considered a green technology, In the present study reports the synthesis of Silver nanoparticles were synthesized from Calotropis gigantea leaf and the formation of silver nanoparticles was observed with different time intervals. The results recorded from UV-Vis spectrum, scanning electron microscope, X ray diffraction and Fourier t...

Amaç: Asclepidiaceae familyas?na ait Calotropis procerave gigantean yapra??nda bulunan biyomarker ?-sitosterol'ün ay?rt edici kan?t? ve ölçümü, yüksek performansl? ince tabaka kromatografik (HPTLC) karakterizasyon yöntemi kullan?larak gerçekle?tirildi. Bu çal??mada, kantitatif de?erlendirme için d?? standart kullan?lm??t?r. Gereç Yöntem: Yöntem, ara?t?rman?n do?rulu?unu sa?lamaktad?r özellikle ...

Calotropis gigantea stems (CGS) has the potential to use as biosorbent for adsorption of Cu(II) ions. In this study, CGS (CGSB) was prepared by drying and grounding. The effect independent variables on capacity were investigated. As result, maximum 53.457 mg/g obtained optimal condition which initial ions concentration 567.47 mg/L, CGSB size less than 230 mesh, mass 1 g, temperature 27 oC, pH 5...

Calotropis gigantea (L.) R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae) is a perennial herb used as traditional medicine. This an important plant however, presently under the threat of extinction. While entire for skin diseases, powdered root bark able to cure elephantiasis, dysentery and leprosy. The stem gastrointestinal respiratory track diseases including dysentery, spleen complaints, ringworm pneumonia. toothache...