BACKGROUND Strychnos nux-vomica, commonly known as kuchla, contains strychnine and brucine as main constituents. Minor alkaloids present in the seeds are protostrychnine, vomicine, n-oxystrychnine, pseudostrychnine, isostrychnine, chlorogenic acid, and a glycoside. Seeds are used traditionally to treat diabetes, asthma, aphrodisiac and to improve appetite. OBJECTIVE The present study was aime...

Purpose: To provide an online and non-contact method to monitor the dynamic temperature of the nuxvomica parching in sands, and also to develop a rapid screening and comparison of the compounds in crude and processed nux-vomica. Methods: Seeds of nux-vomica were parched in sands by an herbal medicine roaster with an onlinetype and non-contact temperature measurement system (ONTMS). Processing w...

Hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of Strychnos nux-vomica Linn. (Family: Loganiaceae) and Semecarpus anacardium Linn. (Family: Anacardiaceae) were incorporated in semi-synthetic diet at 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2% concentrations. Screened for antifeedant, larvicidal, pupicidal and adult malformation activities against Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). The chloroform ...

Some plants used in Unani system of medicine are toxic, even deadly poisonous. The drugs having such plants as their components are detoxified before they are dispensed to the patients. One such drug, capsule Hudar, has Strychnos nux-vomica L. (Azraqi) seeds as one of its components and is very effectively used to elevate blood pressure. Ancient manuscripts describe many methods of its detoxifi...

Strychnos nux vomica Linn.(Loganaceae) commonly known as Nux vomica (Kupeelu), is a poisonous plant and its seeds are used widely in Ayurvedic system of medicine since time immemorial. Ayurveda advocates that nux vomica seeds are to be administered in therapeutics only after going through certain purificatory measures (Shodhana). There are more than six media: cow's urine (Go mutra), cow's milk...

UNLABELLED Strychnos nux-vomica Linn. (SNV; Loganiaceae), a medicinal plant has been used as folk medicine for alleviating inflammation, joint pains and allergic symptoms. In the present study, we examined its possible immunomodulatory effect on induction of ovalbumin (OVA)-specific IgE antibody response in a murine model, as evaluated by passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA). The OVA-specific Ig...

Unani medicine relies on drugs of natural origin for the treatment various medical conditions. It is practised throughout Asia and particularly in India. The rich drug asset includes both single compound drugs. Habb-e-Azaraqi a polyherbal formulation used clinically since decades management neurological disorders like facial palsy, paralysis, gout arthritis. explicit nature rationalizes its use...

Phytochemical analysis and standardization of Strychnos nux-vomica extract through HPTLC techniques Dinesh Kumar Patel , Kanika Patel, B. Duraiswamy, S. P. Dhanabal Department of Pharmaceutics, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India. J.S.S. College of Pharmacy, Ooty643 001, India. 3 G.L.A Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, Mathura, India Asian Pacific Journ...

Ayurvedic preparations claim on their label only the quantity of crude drugs and not the quantity of active ingredients present therein. So work was taken up to find the percentage of strychnine and brucine from Ayurvedic pills of Nux vomica powder by TLC spectrophotometric analysis, which study has not been reported earlier. However, the literature survey only revealed the following work.