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Screening of Indian plants for biological activity. II.
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This article is published in Indian Journal of Experimental Biology.The article was published on 1969-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 271 citations till now.read more
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The value of plants used in traditional medicine for drug discovery.
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Cancer—an ayurvedic perspective
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In vitro screening of five local medicinal plants for antibacterial activity using disc diffusion method.
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Antimicrobial screening of selected medicinal plants from India
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.