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Biological and Phytochemical Screening of Plants

N.R. Farnsworth
- 01 Mar 1966 - 
- Vol. 55, Iss: 3, pp 225-276
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The value of plants used in traditional medicine for drug discovery.

TL;DR: This review describes and discusses several approaches to selecting higher plants as candidates for drug development with the greatest possibility of success and identifies and discusses advantages and disadvantages of using plants as starting points for drugDevelopment, specifically those used in traditional medicine.
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Natural plant chemicals: sources of industrial and medicinal materials

TL;DR: In the future, biologically active plant-derived chemicals can be expected to play an increasingly significant role in the commercial development of new products for regulating plant growth and for insect and weed control.
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Characterization of silver nanoparticles synthesized using Urtica dioica Linn. leaves and their synergistic effects with antibiotics

TL;DR: In this paper, a facile bottom-up "green" route for the synthesis of AgNPs using aqueous leave is reported, which is similar to the one described in this paper.
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Antibacterial activity of East African medicinal plants

TL;DR: It is concluded that plant extracts with low MIC and MBC values may serve as sources for compounds with therapeutic potency in East African medicinal plants.

In­vitro antioxidant and anti­inflammatory activity of methanol extract of oxalis corniculata linn

TL;DR: Methanol extract of the whole plant of Oxalis corniculata Linn (Family: Oxalidaceae) was assessed for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity by using in-vitro methods.
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Paper chromatography of cardiac glycosides and aglycones from Digitalis lanata.

TL;DR: Chromatography on filter paper impregnated with formamide -a method previously used by us for the separation of the purpurea has been found suitable for the identification of the components of mixtures of all the lanata-glycosides and aglycones known at the present day.
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A simple field test for alkaloid-containing plants

Robert F. Raffauf
- 01 Jul 1962 - 
TL;DR: There exists a real need for a simple direct field test by which alkaloids can be detected in plants under the most primitive conditions with rapidity, reliability, and a minimum of equipment.
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Lithospermum ruderale: Partial characterization of the principal polyphenol isolated from the roots

TL;DR: Lithospermic acid from L. ruderale roots is a polyphenolic carboxylic acid with an empirical formula believed to be C 16 H 14 O 7 as discussed by the authors.
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The estimation of anthracene derivatives in senna and rhubarb.

TL;DR: An assay is described for the estimation of total anthracene derivatives in senna, rhubarb or their preparations and the free anthraquinones are estimated colorimetrically.