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Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants

R. N. Chopra, +2 more
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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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Mosquito larvicidal and ovicidal activity of Cardiospermum halicacabum Linn. (family: Sapindaceae) leaf extract against Culex quinquefasciatus (Say.) and Aedes aegypti (Linn.) (Diptera: Culicidae).

Marimuthu Govindarajan
- 01 Jul 2011 - 
TL;DR: The crude extract of Cardiospermum halicacabum was a potential for controlling C. quinquefasciatus and A. aegypti mosquitoes and was found to be most effective for ovicidal activity against two mosquito species.
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Toxigenic Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxins in Sri Lankan medicinal plant material.

Krishanthi Abeywickrama, +1 more
- 01 Mar 1991 - 
TL;DR: The fungal flora of 6 Asian medicinal plants, Aerva lanata (Linn.) Juss.
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Cardiospermum halicacabum suppresses the production of TNF-alpha and Nitric oxide by Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear cells

Babu K. C. Venkatesh, +1 more
- 10 Dec 2009 - 
TL;DR: Cardiospermum halicacabum exhibits the anti-inflammatory properties, justifying its use in rheumatoid arthritis treatment, and was studied in a lipopolysacchride activated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
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Pregnancy interceptive activity of the roots of Calotropis gigantea Linn. in rats

S. Srivastava, +4 more
- 01 Apr 2007 - 
TL;DR: The findings suggest the potential for developing products of this plant as contraceptives for human use and welfare and characterization of the agents responsible for body weight decrease and evaluation of their mechanism of action and safety profile might have added advantage for the management of obesity.
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Chemopreventive effect of bacoside A on N-nitrosodiethylamine-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in rats

Panneerselvam Janani, +5 more
- 01 May 2010 - 
TL;DR: It is concluded that bacoside A is effective to prevent DEN-induced hepatocellular carcinoma by quenching lipid peroxidation and enhancing antioxidant status through free radical scavenging mechanism and having potential of protecting endogenous enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant activity.