Volume 2, Issue 4

M.B. Patel, S.H. Mishra

pp. 188-205 · 2008

Animal models have been used extensively in diabetes research. Early studies used pancreatectomised dogs to confirm the central role of the pancreas in glucose homeostasis, culminating in the discovery and purification o…

Iliana Ionkova

pp. 206-218 · 2008

Malignant diseases are the second mortality cause within the human population. Due to their complex structure with several chiral centres important anticancer agents are still extracted from plants and not synthesized ch…

Ajay Sharma, Somdev Chhikara, Suhas N. Ghodekar, Rupali Gawande, A. G. Namdeo, K. R. Mahadik, D. P. Fulzele

pp. 219-227 · 2008

Camptothecin (CPT), a monoterpene indole alkaloid, is a promising plant based metabolite known for its anti-tumour activity. CPT is regarded as one of the most promising anticancer drugs of the twenty first century. This…

Shubhini A. Saraf, Rajiv Gupta, Anurag Mishra, Ashish Kumar Sharma, Rajesh Kumar Punia

pp. 229-240 · 2008

From the times immemorial plants have been used by mankind for their relieving and therapeutic abilities and still we rely on their healing properties. Plants having active constituent have a direct pharmacological actio…

Hema Chaudhary, Permender Rathee, Sushila Rathee, Vikash Kumar

pp. 241-248 · 2008

An allergy is an overreaction of the immune system to a substance called an antigen, something that is foreign to the body but otherwise harmless (e.g., pollen from grasses and flowers, etc.). In an allergic individual, …

Permender Rathee, Hema Chaudhary, Sushila Rathee, Dharmender Rathee

pp. 249-256 · 2008

Memory is perhaps the most vital of the aspects that differentiates human beings from other animals. Since ages, drugs and natural remedies have been prescribed to enhance memories in people. The Indian System of Medicin…

Swati Rawat, Akansha Jain, Shubham Jain

pp. 257-265 · 2008

Herbs have been one of the important and unique sources of medicines even since the dawn of human civilization. In spite of tremendous development in the field of allopathy during the 20th century, plants still remain on…

Madhuri Banchhor, Swarnalata Saraf

pp. 266-270 · 2008

Safe proteolytic enzymes in cosmetic formulation can reduce the signs of aging by improving natural defense systems and by protecting the skin from the ravages of time and environmental attack. Cosmetic compositions comp…

S. Bhatia, A. Sharma, K. Sharma, M. Kavale, B. B. Chaugule, K. Dhalwal, Ajay G. Namdeo, K. R. Mahadik

pp. 271-276 · 2008

Porphyran is a sulfated polysaccharide derived from Porphyra sp. It comprises of sulfate ester and 3, 6-anhydrogalactose whose arrangement is similar to agarose. Porphyran has enormous reported activities. It has potenti…

A. Bag, S.K. Bhattacharyya, R.R. Chattopadhyay

pp. 277-284 · 2008

Medicinal plants are part and parcel of human society to combat diseases from the dawn of civilization. According to World Health Organization (WHO), about 80% of the world population rely chiefly on plant based traditio…

Munish Garg, Chanchal Garg

pp. 284-302 · 2008

Several attempts have been made in search of a suitable formulation for diabetes mellitus all over the world. Although, allopathic treatment helps to control the disease to an extent but regular medication and constant m…

Mustafa G, Ansari S.H, Imtiyaz M, Bhat Z.A.

pp. 303-308 · 2008

Radical scavengers have attracted special interest because they can protect the human body from free radicals that may cause many diseases including cancer and lead to the aging process. The compounds isolated from grape…

R.L. Cansian, A.J. Mossi, S.H. Mosele, G. Toniazzo, H. Treichel, N. Paroul, J.V. Oliveira, D. Oliveira, M. Mazutti, S. Echeverrigaray

pp. 326-338 · 2008

This work provides an overview regarding genetic and botanical characteristics as well as chemical profile and potential utilization of mate (Ilex paraguariensis St Hil.) plant. The major components present in parts of m…

S.P. Pattanayak, P. Mitra Mazumder, P. Sunita

pp. 359-368 · 2008

Herbal medicine is used by up to 80% of the population in developing countries. Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f) Ettingsh is a popular hemiparasitic plant and is used in folklore medicine for ailments including ulcers, asthma,…

Ana Claudia F. Amaral, José Luiz P. Ferreira, Dominique F. de Moura, Junior R. Carvalho, Débora T. Ohana, Aurea Echevarria, Virgilio E. do Rosário, Dinora Lopes, Jefferson Rocha de A. Silva

pp. 308-316 · 2008

The Ampelozizyphus genus (Rhamnaceae family) is endemic in the Amazonian region and in Brazil. It occurs in the states of Amazon, Pará and Roraima, and is found in undergrowth vegetation, clayey-sandy to sandy soil, and …

Allan Patrick G. Macabeo, Alicia M. Aguinaldo

pp. 317-325 · 2008

Since the ancient period up to the current time, plants have been utilized by man as medicinal agents on the basis of ethnomedical and folkloric beliefs. Later on, these speculations were transformed into a scientific ba…

Laura De Martino, Vincenzo De Feo

pp. 339-350 · 2008

Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle, [syn. = A. glandulosa Desf.] (Simaroubaceae), is a large tree indigenous to China. It is known as the “Tree of Heaven” and has been the subject of several chemical and biological stud…

S. Hemalatha, Rajesh Kumar, Manish Kumar

pp. 351-358 · 2008

The withania coagulans belonging to family Solonaceae and distributed mainly in East of the Mediterranean region, extending to South Asia. This plant is rich in withanolide. The Withania coagulans possess a number of med…

Rashmi R, A. Rajasekaran, Jagdish Pant

pp. 369-385 · 2008

Berberis Linn. (Family: Berberidaceae), a genus of shrubs or small tress, distributed in the temperate and sub-tropical parts of Asia, Europe and America. The genus consists of species which are commonly used in many tra…

Molmoori Rajkumar, Rodda Harish Chandra, Kaleab Asres, Ciddi Veeresham

pp. 386-397 · 2008

Toddalia asiatica (Lopez root): Rutaceae, a woody liana, is used traditionally in the treatment of malaria, sprains, cough, fever, neuralgia, epilepsy, dyspepsia and other disease conditions. Extracts of the plant have b…