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Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants
01 Jan 1956-
About: The article was published on 1956-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 5524 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Glossary.
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TL;DR: In this article, the first report of an ethnobotanical study in the state of Nagaland is presented, where Fifty-one medicinal plants used by the Aos tribe in Nagalands are reported.
Abstract: This paper forms the first report of an ethnobotanical study in the state of Nagaland. Fifty-one medicinal plants used by the Aos tribe in Nagaland are reported. This list is not exhaustive as it is anticipated that many more such plants will be added after thorough botanical exploration and more detailed ethnobotanical studies.
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...Though some of these uses have been previously described in the literature (Kirtikar and Basu, 1935; Chopra et al., 1956, 1968; Biswas, 1956; Dastur, 1962; Jain, 1975), the applications are slightly different here....
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TL;DR: In vitro flowering system to overcome problems associated with flower growth and development as well as fruit and seed production in vitro is described.
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TL;DR: This article tries to briefly indicate that some plants which previously were used to treat malaria, as a result of deficiencies of synthetic drugs, have revived into useful products once more.
Abstract: Objective: Malaria is an infectious disease commonplace in tropical countries. For many years, major antimalarial drugs consisted of natural products, but since 1930s these drugs have been largely replaced with a series of synthetic drugs. This article tries to briefly indicate that some plants which previously were used to treat malaria, as a result of deficiencies of synthetic drugs, have revived into useful products once more. It also attempts to describe some tests which can be used to evaluate plant extracts for antimalarial activity. Materials and Methods: By referring to some recent literatures, data were collected about plants used for the treatment of malaria, evaluation of plant extracts for antimalarial activity, modes of action of natural antimalarial agents, and recent research on antimalarial plants in Iran and other countries. Results and Conclusion: There is an urgent need for the development of new treatments for malaria. Many countries have a vast precedence in the use of medicinal plants and the required knowledge spans many centuries. Although malaria is controlled in Iran, some researchers tend to study malaria and related subjects. In vitro biological tests for the detection of antimalarial activities in plant extracts are currently available. It is vital that the efficacy and safety of traditional medicines be validated and their active constituents be identified in order to establish reliable quality control measures.
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...Ar civ e o f S ID and Asia (Chopra et al., 1956)....
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TL;DR: The present review focuses on the potential anticancer, antidiabetic and antimicrobial activity of phyto-synthesized gold and silver NPs, which could provide alternative treatment for chronic diseases that is efficient to overcome the disadvantages of synthetic monotherapy and allows medicinal plant therapy to co-exist with current synthetic treatments.
Abstract: The world has a rich diversity of indigenous medicinal plants. The World Health Organization (WHO) gives high priority to eco-friendly, non-hazardous and cost effective healthcare such as the use of medicinal plants to treat various illnesses, including Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), tuberculosis (TB), diabetes mellitus (DM), malaria, and cancer. In developing countries, a high proportion of the population tends to use complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) together with conventional prescription drugs. Globally, CAM has been used in both developed and developing countries. In China, 30-50% of medicinal use is based on traditional alternative medicine. In Africa, it is estimated that 80% of primary health care is CAM, whilst in the USA, about 158 million people us CAM. This increase is due to three main influences: improve their eminence of life, relieve symptoms and preclude long-term complications. Despite the advances and advantages of conventional pharmaceutical medication, these are associated with long-term side effects and pose risks of inefficacy for treatment of chronic diseases such as cancer and DM. The biosynthesis of metal nanoparticles (NPs) using medicinal plants has received considerable attention as a proper alternative to using hazardous chemical and physical synthetic techniques. Plants are being exploited for their unique metal tolerance and effective production of gold metal NPs. A single medicinal plant contains an orchestra of chemical elements (e.g. proteins, vitamins, enzymes, amino acids, polysaccharides and organic compounds) that are "environmentally benign, yet chemically complex" and therefore serve as ideal tools for enhanced medicinal applications. It is reported that phytocompounds such as terpenoids, polysaccharides, polyols and flavones take part in the bio-reduction, stabilization and bio-capping mechanisms to form stable gold and silver NPs. Also the inhibitory potential of plant compounds against diabetic targets followed by a study of enzyme inhibitor kinetics, ligand binding dynamics supported by in silico docking studies that reveal the mode of bioactive compounds and their inhibitory activities. The present review focuses on the potential anticancer, antidiabetic and antimicrobial activity of phyto-synthesized gold and silver NPs. In phytonanotherapy, synergistic features of plant and metal NPs are unique as they offer healing properties that may be the clinical bioequivalent to many synthetic drugs, with minimal side effects. This could provide alternative treatment for chronic diseases that is efficient to overcome the disadvantages of synthetic monotherapy and allows medicinal plant therapy to co-exist with current synthetic treatments. This creates a much needed paradigm shift for further clinical studies in non-communicable and communicable diseases.
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TL;DR: Multiplication by adventitious shoot regeneration from root explants was found to be the most suitable method for the propagation of Swertia chirata in Nepal.
Abstract: Multiplication by adventitious shoot regeneration from root explants was found to be the most suitable method for the propagation of Swertia chirata. A two-step system consisting of an initial 3-week cultivation on modified Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with 3 μM 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP), followed by another period of 3 weeks on hormone-free medium was used. After rooting and acclimatization micropropagated plants could be successfully cultivated in Nepal.
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...…the British Herbal Pharmacopoeia (1980), is used against a variety of different diseases (Bhattarai and Shresta 1996; Watt 1972; Bajracharya 1979; Chopra et al. 1956), the main active principles being xanthones and iridoids (Ghosal et al. 1973; Glasby 1975; Hagerbs Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen…...
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...The root drug, which is included in the British Herbal Pharmacopoeia (1980), is used against a variety of different diseases (Bhattarai and Shresta 1996; Watt 1972; Bajracharya 1979; Chopra et al. 1956), the main active principles being xanthones and iridoids (Ghosal et al....
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