Mili, Ajay Das, Subham Nandakumar, Krishnadas Lobo, Richard
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Journal of ethnopharmacology
Sesamum indicum L. (Pedaliaceae) is an annual plant, which has been domesticated for well over 5000 years. It is widely cultivated for its seeds and is one of the oldest known oilseed crops. Traditionally, its seeds, seed oil, and different organs of the plant have been used to treat various diseases or conditions like ulcers, asthma, wound healing...
Bajaj, Sakshi Wakode, Sharad Kaur, Avneet Fuloria, Shivkanya Fuloria, Neeraj
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Natural product research
The present study was intended to evaluate the in vitro (COX-1/COX-2) and in vivo anti-inflammatory and ulcerogenic activity of newer phytoconstituents isolated from the aerial parts of Swertia alata C.B. Clarke (Gentianaceae). For isolation of newer phytoconstituents, the ethanolic extract of aerial parts of S. alata was subjected to column chroma...
Zhang, Xiaorui Zhang, Mingshuo Wang, Zhixin Zhu, Na Zhang, Jinfang Sha, Zijun Li, Zhiyong Huang, Xiulan
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Journal of ethnopharmacology
Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach (syn. Polygonum orientale L.) is a potent medicinal herb widely used in many ethnic groups, such as the Han, Tibetan, Mongolian, Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Yi, Korean, Dong, Hani, Lisu, Naxi and She people in China. Aims of the review: This article aims to present the research progress on P. orientalis, which is helpful to ...
Xu, Wen-Hui Liang, Zong-Suo Su, Xiao-Min He, Run-Xi Liang, Qian
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Journal of ethnopharmacology
The genus Picrasma belongs to the Simaroubaceae family and contains six species which are mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and America. The barks, roots, stems, branches, or leaves of several Picrasma species have been applied as folk medicines to treat fever, sore throat, dysentery, eczema, nausea, loss of appetite, d...
Wu, Jiangping Zhao, Jianping Zhang, Tao Gu, Yucheng Khan, Ikhlas A Zou, Zhongmei Xu, Qiongming
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Phytochemistry
Physalins, including physalins and neophysalins, are a class of highly oxygenated ergostane-type steroids. They are commonly known by the name of 16,24-cyclo-13,14-seco steroids, in which the disconnection of C-13 and C-14 produces an eight or nine-membered ring and the carbocyclization of C-16 and C-24 generates a new six-membered ring. Meanwhile,...
Algradi, Adnan Mohammed Liu, Yan Yang, Bing-You Kuang, Hai-Xue
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Journal of ethnopharmacology
The genus Brugmansia belongs to the Solanaceae family and contains approximately 7-8 species distributed in America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The genus Brugmansia plants are used in the traditional medicine of different parts of the world for the treatment of inflammations, rheumatic arthritis, wounds, skin infections, headache, asthma, colic, ach...
Afewerky, Henok Kessete Ayodeji, Ayeni Emmanuel Tiamiyu, Bashir Bolaji Orege, Joshua Iseoluwa Okeke, Emmanuel Sunday Oyejobi, Aanuoluwapo Opeyemi Bate, Petuel Ndip Ndip Adeyemi, Sherif Babatunde
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Bulletin of the National Research Centre
BackgroundWithania somnifera (L.) Dunal (W. somnifera) is a herb commonly known by its English name as Winter Cherry. Africa is indigenous to many medicinal plants and natural products. However, there is inadequate documentation of medicinal plants, including W. somnifera, in Africa. There is, therefore, a need for a comprehensive compilation of re...
Ullah, Muhammad Asad Gul, Faiza Zareen Khan, Taimoor Bajwa, Muhammad Naeem Drouet, Samantha Tungmunnithum, Duangjai Giglioli-Guivarc’h, Nathalie Liu, Chunzhao Hano, Christophe Abbasi, Bilal Haider
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AMB Express
Ajuga integrifolia Buch. Ham. ex D.Don, a member of Lamiaceae family is pharmaceutically an active perennial herb widely spread in China, Afghanistan and Pakistan Himalayan region. The application of biotic elicitors is a promising approach to cover limitations of in vitro cell technology and challenges faced by pharmaceuticals industry for bulk up...
Haque, Ehfazul Kamal, Mir Shahriar Tahsin, Md Rafat Ahmed, Raju Choudhury, Jakir Ahmed Choudhury, Abu Asad Kabir, Shaila Amran, Md Shah Uddin, Md Sahab
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Current topics in medicinal chemistry
Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr. is a well-known plant used in the folkloric medicine in tropical Asian countries. The plant is prevalently employed by traditional healers in the treatment of diabetes, cancer, hypertension, inflammation, fever and skin disorders. Several scientific studies reported that, Gynura procumbens possesses considerable ther...
Zhang, Le-Le He, Yan Sheng, Feiya Hu, Ying-Fan Song, Yu Li, Wei Chen, Jiarong Zhang, Jinming Zou, Liang
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Chinese Medicine
Fagopyrum dibotrys (F. dibotrys) (D.Don) H.Hara is a well-known edible herbal medicine in Asian countries. It has been widely used for the treatment of lung diseases, swelling, etc., and is also an important part of many Chinese medicine prescriptions. At present, more than 100 compounds have been isolated and identified from F. dibotrys, and these...
