Pharmacology of medicinal plants and natural products

SA Dahanukar, RA Kulkarni… - Indian journal of …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
The acetone soluble fraction of petroleum ether extract of Lawsonia inermis (Mehendi)
leaves showed significant nootropic effect on the elevated plus maze and passive shock …

A review on phytochemical constituents and pharmacological potential of Calotropis procera

BD Wadhwani, D Mali, P Vyas, R Nair, P Khandelwal - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Calotropis procera is locally known as Aak or Madar in Hindi, milk weed in English and
belongs to the family Apocynaceae and subfamily Asclepiadoideae. Although a wasteland …

Anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects of Trigonella foenum-graecum leaves extract in the rat

A Ahmadiani, M Javan, S Semnanian, E Barat… - Journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects of the Trigonella foenum-graecum (TFG) leaves
extract, an Iranian medicinal plant, were examined. For anti-inflammatory activity, the …

[BOOK][B] Rasayana: Ayurvedic herbs for longevity and rejuvenation

HS Puri - 2002 - taylorfrancis.com
Until relatively recently, much of the information on India's research into their medicinal
plants has remained within India, mainly published within Indian journals. However, today …

An ethnobotanical survey of herbal drugs of Gourma district, Mali

D Diallo, B Hveem, MA Mahmoud, G Berge… - Pharmaceutical …, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
The Gourma population has a vast knowledge of medicinal plants, as demonstrated in this
survey carried out between 1999 to 1991 with herbalists, traditional healers and resource …

Antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects of Sambucus ebulus rhizome extract in rats

A Ahmadiani, M Fereidoni, S Semnanian… - Journal of …, 1998 - Elsevier
In this study we used the chronic (formalin test) and acute (tail flick) pain models of rats for
evaluation of probable analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect of Sambucus ebulus (Se) …

Anthelmintic activity of latex of Calotropis procera

YM Shivkar, VL Kumar - Pharmaceutical biology, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
The crude latex of Calotropis procera was evaluated for anthelmintic activity using adult
earthworms. Both fresh as well as aqueous extracts of dried latex exhibited a dose …

A systematic review on the biological evaluation of Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand

AM Dogara - Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Background Humans have used plants as a safe and effective medicine for a wide range of
ailments ever since the earliest days of civilization. Calotropis procera potential as a …

Ethnomedicinal plants used to treat skin diseases by Tharu community of district Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, India

J Sharma, S Gairola, YP Sharma, RD Gaur - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2014 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Tharu community is the largest primitive indigenous
community of the Uttarakhand, India. In this article we have scientifically enumerated …

Identification of a Novel Cardenolide (2' '-Oxovoruscharin) from Calotropis procera and the Hemisynthesis of Novel Derivatives Displaying Potent in Vitro Antitumor …

E Van Quaquebeke, G Simon, A André… - Journal of medicinal …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Analysis of the methanolic extract of Calotropis procera root barks enabled the identification
of a novel cardenolide (2 ''-oxovoruscharin) to be made. Of the 27 compounds that we …