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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: This research detailed the use of 37 medicinal plants to treat ailments in animals such as diarrhea, dysentery, digestive disorders, injury, wound, fever, maternity complications, skin disease, urinary problems, cough and cold, skeleto-muscular disorders, inflammation, scorpion sting, snake and insect bite and weakness.
Abstract: Field work was conducted to document the ethnoveterinary medicine used by members of the indigenous community in Sikkim Himalayas, India, in order to treat ailments of their livestock. This research detailed the use of 37 medicinal plants to treat ailments in animals such as diarrhea, dysentery, digestive disorders, injury, wound, fever, maternity complications, skin disease, urinary problems, cough and cold, skeleto-muscular disorders, inflammation, scorpion sting, snake and insect bite, weakness, parasite, ulcer and bleeding. 12 medicinal plants being used in Sikkim Himalayas have not been documented in ethnoveterinary medicine elsewhere in the world. 15 plant species were found to contain previously unreported medicinal properties.
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...Modern research continues to contribute to this body of knowledge such as, Biswas (1956), Chopra et al. (1956), Kirtikar and Basu (1933) and Jain (1981)....
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TL;DR: This paper deals with the wild medicinal plants used by rural population of south-western part of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra State and gathered data on 34 species of locally available wild plants used in curing common human ailments.
Abstract: This paper deals with the wild medicinal plants used by rural population of south-western part of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra State. The authors gathered data on 34 species of locally available wild plants used in curing common human ailments. The plants are arranged according to the type of ailment. Vernacular name of each species followed by its botanical name, relevant plant family and known use of the plant in local medicine are given.
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...The plants are well confirmed with the help of available literature (Chopra et al 1956; Cooke 1967.)...
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...VI No. 2 October 1986, Pages 119 - 121 OBSERVATIONS ON WILD PLANTS USED IN FOLK MEDICINE IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE KOLHAPUR DISTRICT UPADHYE ANURADHA, M. S. KUMBHOJKAR AND V. D. VARTAK Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science Research Institute, Law College Road, Pune – 411 004, India....
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TL;DR: The latex of Euphorbia nivulia afforded three new ingol diterpenes that were established by means of spectroscopic analysis and evaluated for their cytotoxic activity.
Abstract: The latex of Euphorbia nivulia afforded three new ingol diterpenes, 3-acetyl-8-methoxyl-7-angolyl-12-hydroxylingol (7), 3,12-diacetyl-7-hydroxy-8-methoxylingol (8), and 3,12-diacetyl-7-angolyl-8-hydroxylingol (9) along with five known ingol diterpenes 2-6 and a known triterpene cyclonivulinol (1). Their structures were established by means of spectroscopic analysis. Diterpenes 2-9 were evaluated for their cytotoxic activity.
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TL;DR: Two new flavonoid compounds, 8,8'-bisbaicalein 1 and baicaleins-7-O-caffeate 2 along with six known flavonoids, 8-8'-bi-baicaleen, chrysin, scutellarein, 6-hydroxyluteolin and 6-methoxylutelin, were reported for the first time from Oroxylum indicum (Bignoniaceae) as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Two new flavonoid compounds, 8,8'-bisbaicalein 1 and baicalein-7-O-caffeate 2 along with six known flavonoids, baicalein, chrysin, scutellarein, 6-hydroxyluteolin, 6-methoxyluteolin and baicalein-7-Oglucoside and have been isolated from the stem-bark of Oroxylum indicum (Bignoniaceae) and identified on the basis of spectroscopic and chemical studies. 6-Hydroxyluteolin and 6-methoxyluteolin are reported for the first time from this plant.
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...The stem-bark is useful for tanning and dyeing as well as in bitter tonics, acute rheumatism and as a remedy for scorpion-sting (Deb, 1983; Chopra et al., 1992)....
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TL;DR: In this paper, Reserpine has positively been identified in the crude alkaloid extracts through HPLC-ESI-QToF-MS/MS method by exact mass, isotopic peak pattern, tandem mass fragmen- tation pattern, and with authentic standard match.
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