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Medicinal plants of India

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The article was published on 1996-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1372 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Medicinal plants.

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Phytochemistry of the genus Piper

TL;DR: The secondary metabolites isolated from Piper species for the period 1907 to June 1996 have been reviewed in this paper, where nearly six hundred chemical constituents belonging to different classes of bioactive compounds are listed together with their source(s) and references.
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Indian Herbs and Herbal Drugs Used for the Treatment of Diabetes

TL;DR: This review focuses on Indian Herbal drugs and plants used in the treatment of diabetes, especially in India, and a list of medicinal plants with proven antidiabetic and related beneficial effects and of herbal drugs used in treatment of Diabetes is compiled.
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Pharmacological actions and potential uses of Momordica charantia: a review

TL;DR: Popularity of Momordica charantia in various systems of traditional medicine for several ailments and its efficacy in various cancers, as antibacterial as well as antiviral agent (including HIV infection), as anthelmintic and abortifacient are authenticated.
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Antimicrobial activity of some ethnomedicinal plants used by Paliyar tribe from Tamil Nadu, India.

TL;DR: It is shown that Toddalia asiatica, Syzygium lineare, Acalypha fruticosa and Peltophorum pterocarpum could be potential sources of new antimicrobial agents.

Antimicrobial Activity of Some Important Medicinal Plant Against Plant and Human Pathogens

TL;DR: The methanol leaf extracts of Acacia nilotica, Sida cordifolia, Tinospora cordsia, Withania somnifer and Ziziphus mauritiana showed significant antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Staphylococcus aureus and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv.