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Medicinal plants

About: Medicinal plants is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3816 publications have been published within this topic receiving 108681 citations. The topic is also known as: medicinal herbs & medicinal plants.


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01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: The present review focused on the some of the herbal plants and their medicinal uses have shown experimental or clinical anti - diabetic activity.
Abstract: The anti - diabetic d rugs from plants in current clinical use and their similar mechanism of action of herbal components are preferred mainly due to lesser side effects and low cost. So many medicinal plants with anti - diabetic activity related beneficial effects and of herbal drugs used in diabetes is pressurized . The present review focused on the some of the herbal plants and their medicinal uses have shown experimental or clinical anti - diabetic activity. The essential values of some plants have long been published, but a larg e number of them have remained unexplored to date. Therefore, there is a necessity to explore their uses and to ascertain their therapeutic properties. These are mainly Allium cepa, Anacardium occidentale, Andrographic paniculata, Momordica charantia, Azad irakta indica, Brassica oleraccia, Cinnamomum tamala and Withania sominifera mainly etiological factor implicated in the development of diabetes and it's complications .

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TL;DR: Phytochemical screening of the plants showed the presence of at least tannins, phenols, flavonoids, and alkaloids, which are known antimicrobial phyto-compounds, which would tend to further validate the medicinal properties of these commonly used endemic medicinal and food plants of Mauritius.
Abstract: The present study was designed to evaluate the antimicrobial activities of 2 endemic medicinal plants; Faujasiopsis flexuosa (Asteraceae) (FF) and Pittosporum senacia (Pittosporaceae) (PS) and 2 exotic medicinal plants, Momordica charantia (Cucurbitaceae) (MC) and Ocimum tenuiflorum (Lamiaceae) (OT) that forms part of local pharmacopoeia of Mauritius and correlate any observed activity with its phytochemical profile. Aqueous and organic fractions of the leaves, fruits, and seeds of these plants were subjected to antimicrobial testing by the disc diffusion method against 8 clinical isolates of bacteria and 2 strains of fungus. It was found that MC, OT, and FF possessed antimicrobial properties against the test organisms. The MIC for MC ranged from 0.5 to 9 mg/mL and that of FF from 2 to 10 mg/mL and the lowest MIC value (0.5 mg/mL) was recorded for the unripe fruits of MC against E. coli. On the other hand, higher concentration of the unripe MC fruit extract of 9 mg/mL was needed to be effective against a resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The antimicrobial effect against MRSA was lost upon ripening of the fruits. The methanolic extract of both MC and FF showed highest MIC values compared to the corresponding aqueous extract, which indicates the low efficacy and the need of higher doses of the plant extract. Phytochemical screening of the plants showed the presence of at least tannins, phenols, flavonoids, and alkaloids, which are known antimicrobial phyto-compounds. In conclusion, the observed antimicrobial properties would tend to further validate the medicinal properties of these commonly used endemic medicinal and food plants of Mauritius.

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TL;DR: The results of the present study support the need of further studies to isolate potential anticancer drug with cancer cell-specific cytotoxicity and support the anticancer property of medicinal plants used in the traditional Indian medicine system.
Abstract: ObjectiveThe goal of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of 10 traditional medicinal plants, Asclepias curassavica, Ophiorrhiza mungos Linn., Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers, Costus speciosus (J. Koenig.) Smith Costaceae, Achyranthes aspera L., Amaranthus tristis Roxb., Blepharis maderaspatensis L., Merremia emerginata Hall.f., Aegle marmelos Corr., and Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall., used in the traditional Indian system of medicine as a cure for cancer. The present study focuses on the anticancer potential of traditional medicinal plants to induce apoptosis in cancer cell lines.MethodsPlants were sequentially extracted with hexane, ethyl acetate, and methanol. The extract was concentrated to yield the crude extract, which was tested for antioxidant activity using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, nitric oxide and 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide assays on four cancer cell lines and a normal cell line. The anticancer potential of cytoto...

43 citations

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30 Nov 2010

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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023617
20221,438
2021239
2020262
2019227
2018252