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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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TL;DR: The present review to highlights the versatile applications of medicinal plants against honey bee pathogen such as fungi, mites, and microsporidia, and promising nonchemical (plant extracts) are innocuous to adult bees.

38 citations

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TL;DR: The present review incorporates the description of M. koenigii, its ethnobotany, phytochemical constituents and various pharmacological activities of crude extracts, fractions and isolated comopounds which could lead to development of viable drugs for the treatment of variety of ailments.
Abstract: Medicinal plants have been used in traditional healthcare system throughout human history and are considered as a source of healthy human life. Different parts of the plants like roots, leaves, stem, bark, fruits and seeds have been used in combating infection and strengthening the immune system. Murraya koenigii is a potential medicinal plant highly valued for its characteristic aroma and bioactive compounds. It belongs to family Rutaceae which represent more than 150 genera and 1600 species. Murraya koenigii has diverse role in traditional medicine and is known for its stomachic properties. The leaves and roots in different forms have great therapeutic potential and is used for the treatment of night blindness, dysentery, diarrhoea, vomiting, bites of poisonous animals, bruises and eruption. Leaves are often used in curries for flavouring and seasoning due to their aromatic nature. They are generally called by the name "curry leaves" and are an important export commodity from India and fetches good foreign revenue. The plant is a rich source of carbazole alkaloids. Phytocompounds like koenimbine, koenine, mahanimbine, murrayazolidine, murrayazoline, murrayacine, girinimbine, mukoeic acid, etc. have also been isolated and characterized. These bioactive compounds possess antioxidant, antimicrobial, anthelmintic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antidiarrheal, hepatoprotective and antitumor properties. The present review incorporates the description of M. koenigii, its ethnobotany, phytochemical constituents and various pharmacological activities of crude extracts, fractions and isolated comopounds which could lead to development of viable drugs for the treatment of variety of ailments.

38 citations

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TL;DR: Both the species are having high medicinal potential in terms of their antioxidant, antibacterial and antidiabetic activities, whereas methanolic root extracts of both species were found to have potential antioxidant activity.
Abstract: Background: Swertia cordata and Swertia chirayita are temperate Himalayan medicinal plants used as potent herbal drugs in Indian traditional systems of medicine (Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha). Objective: Assessment of Antioxidant, antibacterial, and antidiabetic potential of Swertia cordata and Swertia chirayita. Materials and Methods: Phytochemicals of methanolic and aqueous extracts of the two Swertia species were analyzed. The antioxidant potential of all the extracts was assessed by measuring total phenolic content, total flavonoid content and free radical scavenging potential was assessed by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrilhydrazyl (DPPH) assay, antibacterial activity was assessed against various pathogenic and nonpathogenic bacteria in vitro by Kirby-Bauer agar well diffusion method and antidiabetic activity was assessed by α-amylase inhibition. Results: Methanolic leaf extracts of both the species of Swertia contain significant antibacterial as well as anti-diabetic potential, whereas methanolic root extracts of both species were found to have potential antioxidant activity. However, Swertia chirayita showed better activities than Swertia cordata although both species have good reputation in traditional Indian medicine. Conclusion: Both the species are having high medicinal potential in terms of their antioxidant, antibacterial and antidiabetic activities. Studies are required to further elucidate antioxidant, anti-diabetic and antibacterial potentials using various in-vitro, in-vivo biochemical and molecular biology techniques.

37 citations

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TL;DR: In the present review, medicinal plants selected from those that have been investigated for their antidiabetic potential between the year 2000 and 2013 are presented.
Abstract: Diabetes mellitus is a serious endocrine disorder that causes millions of deaths worldwide. The conventional drugs are associated with a number of adverse effects and limitations. In the search for better alternatives, many medicinal plants have been investigated and a variety of compounds have also been isolated. In the present review, medicinal plants selected from those that have been investigated for their antidiabetic potential between the year 2000 and 2013 are presented. The most common families of plants presented are the Asteraceae, Euphorbiaceae and Gentianaecae. The structures of some previously isolated compounds with antidiabetic potential are presented. Most of the isolated antidiabetic principles are alkaloids, flavonoids, amino acid, steroids and organic acids. It was however discovered that most of the investigations are preliminary in nature. More detailed investigations into the efficacy, mode of action and safety profile of these plants and the isolated compounds in preclinical and clinical studies are recommended. Key words: Antidiabetic plants, hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, medicinal plants review.

37 citations

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TL;DR: The present investigation supports the potential role of plants used by tribal healers as the results have shown that these plants exhibit anti-mycobacterial activity in the acceptable range against Mtb.

37 citations


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