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Mueen Ahmed KK

pp. 119-119 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.91101 · 2011

On behalf of Pharmacognosy Reviews (Phcog. Rev.) and editorial team, I am pleased to announce our recent acceptance for indexing in PubMed—an official database of US National Library of Medicine (NLM) for the scientific …

Sarwar Beg, Suryakanta Swain, Hameed Hasan, M Abul Barkat, Md Sarfaraz Hussain

pp. 120-137 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.91102 · 2011

Many synthetic drugs reported to be used for the treatment of inflammatory disorders are of least interest now a days due to their potential side effects and serious adverse effects and as they are found to be highly uns…

Saurabh bhatia, Arun Garg, K. Sharma, S. Kumar, A. Sharma, A. P. Purohit

pp. 138-146 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.91107 · 2011

Various facts demonstrated that UVB is harmful to organisms. Sunscreen compounds are usually used to prevent the excessive damage caused by UVB. However, certain photosynthetic organisms have evolved mechanisms to counte…

Damiki Laloo, Siva Hemalatha

pp. 147-154 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.91108 · 2011

Environmental status and diarrhea is regarded as a complex and multidimensional topic. Diarrhea is one of the main waterborne diseases considered to be endemic in many regions of the world and brings the major health thr…

Jagmohan S. Negi, Pramod Singh, Geeta Joshi Nee Pant, M. S. M. Rawat

pp. 155-158 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.91109 · 2011

Saponins are widely distributed in plant kingdom. In view of their wide range of biological activities and occurrence as complex mixtures, saponins have been purified and separated by high-performance liquid chromatograp…

Arambewela L. S. R., Arawwawala L. D. A. M., Kumaratunga K. G, Dissanayake D. S, Ratnasooriya W. D., Kumarasingha S. P.

pp. 159-163 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.91111 · 2011

Piper betle is an economically important plant cultivated in Sri Lanka. Although more than 12 cultivars of betel are reported in Sri Lanka, very few scientific investigations have been carried out on them. Studies on the…

Radava R. Korać, Kapil M. Khambholja

pp. 164-173 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.91114 · 2011

Herbs have been used in medicines and cosmetics from centuries. Their potential to treat different skin diseases, to adorn and improve the skin appearance is well-known. As ultraviolet (UV) radiation can cause sunburns, …

Sushil Chandra Sati, Nitin Sati, O. P. Sati

pp. 174-183 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.91115 · 2011

The genus Alnus has been reviewed for its chemical constituents and biological activities including traditional importance of some common species. The plants of this genus contain terpenoids, flavonoids, diarylheptanoids…

Dinesh Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Jyoti Gupta, Renu Arya, Ankit Gupta

pp. 184-188 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.91117 · 2011

Cayratia trifolia Linn. Domin Syn. Vitis trifolia (Family: Vitaceae) is commonly known as Fox grape in English; Amlabel, Ramchana in Hindi and Amlavetash in Sanskrit. It is native to India, Asia and Australia. It is a pe…

Wei Wen, Rongmin Yu

pp. 189-194 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.91118 · 2011

Artemisinin is an endoperoxidized sesquiterpene from the Chinese medicinal plant Artemisia annua, used as an effective anti-malarial drug. Its biosynthesis pathway has been investigated for many years for scientific inte…

Manoj Goyal, Anil Pareek, B. P. Nagori, D. Sasmal

pp. 195-198 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.91120 · 2011

Aerva lanata (L.) A. L. Juss. ex Schultes. (Amaranthaceae) locally known as ‘bui’ is an erect or prostrate undershrub with a long tap-root and many wolly-tomentose branches, found in the wild, throughout India. In tradit…