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Screening of Indian plants for biological activity. 3.

Dewan S. Bhakuni, +5 more
- 01 Jan 1971 - 
- Vol. 9, Iss: 1, pp 91-102
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This article is published in Indian Journal of Experimental Biology.The article was published on 1971-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 92 citations till now.

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Plectranthus : A review of ethnobotanical uses

Catherine W. Lukhoba, +2 more
- 03 Jan 2006 - 
TL;DR: The aim of this review is to gather together all ethnobotanical information on Plectranthus and to map the data onto the most up-to-date phylogenetic classification in order to see if there are similar uses among related species and hence provide a framework for the prediction and exploration of new uses of species.
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Medicinal plants with hypoglycemic activity.

Atta-ur-Rahman, +1 more
- 01 Jun 1989 - 
TL;DR: This review summarises the literature on the antidiabetic activity of 343 medicinal plants reputed in the indigenous system of medicine or in which the pharmacological activity has been scientifically demonstrated.
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Cancer—an ayurvedic perspective

Premalatha Balachandran, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2005 - 
TL;DR: Review of literature on anticancer drugs of plant origin revealed identification of newer ayurvedic drugs that are not mentioned in the ancient texts, and details of experimental and clinical studies conducted on single and compound ayuvedic preparations for their anticancer efficacy strongly emphasize ayur Vedic therapy as a scientifically driven one and not simply unconventional.
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Antimicrobial screening of selected medicinal plants from India

R. Valsaraj, +4 more
- 01 Oct 1997 - 
TL;DR: From the Indian traditional medicines 78 plants were selected on the basis of their use in the treatment of infectious diseases and only 13% of the plant extracts were active against at least one fungus in a concentration of 50 mg/ml.
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Medicinal plants of the Russian Pharmacopoeia; their history and applications.

Alexander N. Shikov, +5 more
- 03 Jul 2014 - 
TL;DR: The review highlights the therapeutic potential of these Russian phytopharmaceuticals but also highlights cases where concern has been raised about product safety and tolerability, which would aid in supporting their safe use.