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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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Preliminary studies on local anesthetic and antipyretic activities of Spilanthes acmella Murr. in experimental animal models

TL;DR: The present study shows that SAM has significant local anesthetic and antipyretic activities and is used in the treatment of rheumatism, fever, sore throat, and hemorrhoids.
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Salt tolerance of a cash crop halophyte Suaeda fruticosa : biochemical responses to salt and exogenous chemical treatments

TL;DR: Exogenous application of distilled water and H2O2 improved ROS scavenging mechanisms, although growth was unaffected, and ASA and GB alleviated salt-induced growth inhibition at 600 mM NaCl through enhancing the antioxidant defense system and osmotic and ion homeostasis, respectively.
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Antimicrobial activity of terpenoids from Trichodesma amplexicaule Roth.

TL;DR: The benzene extract was more potent against S. aureus and R. phaseoli and hexacosanoic acid had greater activity against A. flavus and Penicillium chrysogenum in the present study.
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Cigarette smoking induces heat shock protein 70 kDa expression and apoptosis in rat brain: Modulation by bacoside A.

TL;DR: It is speculated that apoptosis may be responsible for the smoking-induced brain damage and bacoside A can protect the brain from the toxic effects of cigarette smoking.
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Determination of Mineral Composition and Heavy Metal Content of Some Nutraceutically Valued Plant Products

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used inductively coupled plasma atomic spectrometry (PASEM) to determine the mineral and heavy metal concentrations of 23 plants (arial parts, leaves, bark, stem, root, rhizome, dried berries, seeds) possessing health-promoting effects and used in indigenous medicines.