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Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants
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A comparative evaluation of some blood sugar lowering agents of plant origin.
TL;DR: A comparison of blood sugar lowering activity of four important medicinal plants were carried out against normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat models and A. indica leaf extract was found to have the most potent blood sugar-lowering activity.
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Antioxidant activity of Nelumbo nucifera (sacred lotus) seeds.
TL;DR: Results support significant antioxidant nature of HANN, which contains alkaloids, saponins, phenolics and carbohydrates and exhibited strong free radical scavenging activity.
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Lipid lowering activity of Phyllanthus niruri in hyperlipemic rats.
TL;DR: The lipid lowering activity of Phyllanthus niruri has been studied in triton and cholesterol fed hyperlipemic rats and lowering in the lipids and apoprotein levels of VLDL and LDL in experimental animals was found.
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Ethnobotanical survey of folk plants for the treatment of snakebites in Southern part of Tamilnadu, India.
TL;DR: Protective activity of plants-Aristolochia indica, Hemidesmus indicus, Gloriosa superba, Strychnos nux-vomica, Eclipta prostrata, and Andrographis paniculata against the lethal action of snake venom and need further investigation.
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The sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)– phytochemical and therapeutic profile
Pulok K. Mukherjee,Pulok K. Mukherjee,Debajyoti Mukherjee,Amal K. Maji,Sujay Rai,Michael Heinrich +5 more
TL;DR: The traditional uses, phytochemistry and therapeutic reports on different parts of N. nucifera viz. the seeds, rhizomes, leaves and flowers are reviewed.