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Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants

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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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Analgesic activity of Calotropis gigantea flower

TL;DR: The alcoholic extract of the flowers of Calotropis gigantea was administered orally and explored for its analgesic activity in chemical and thermal models in mice and in acetic acid induced writhing test, an inhibition was observed at the doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg.
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Green synthesis of Nerium oleander-conjugated gold nanoparticles and study of its in vitro anticancer activity on MCF-7 cell lines and catalytic activity.

TL;DR: The phytochemicals present in the stem bark extract of Nerium oleander have been utilized for the green synthesis of stable gold-conjugated nanoparticles at room temperature under very mild conditions and the stabilization of the stabilized AuNPs were found to be highly effective for the apoptosis of cancer cells selectively.
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Molecular marker based adulteration detection in traded food and agricultural commodities of plant origin with special reference to spices.

TL;DR: This review lists some of the adulterants in powdered black pepper, chilli and turmeric and their detection with special reference to selected molecular markers (RAPD and SCAR).
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Antioxidant Potential of Crude Extract and Different Fractions of Enhydra fluctuans Lour

TL;DR: It was found that ethyl acetate fraction have maximum amount of polyphenolics compounds and was found more effective than crude extract and other fractions in all the above mentioned assays.
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Heavy metal accumulation in medicinal plants collected from environmentally different sites.

TL;DR: The level of heavy metal content differed in the same medicinal plant collected from environmentally different sites of the same city, reiterating the belief that every medicinal plant sample should be tested for contaminant load before processing it further for medication.