Pharmacognosy Articles

ABOUT AUTHORS
Junaid Niazi^1*, Yogita Bansal², Narinderpal Kaur^3
1 Asst.Prof., Bahra Institute of Pharmacy, Patiala, India
² Assoc. Prof., Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
³ Asst. Prof., Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology, Baddi, India
* niazi.junaid@yahoo.co.in

ABSTRACT
Aegle marmelos Corr., a deciduous aromatic tree has been recognized in traditional medicine for the treatment of different diseases and ailments of humans like dysentery, fever, diabetes, asthma, heart problems, ophthalmia, haemorrhoids urinary problems etc.  The plant has been reported to contain several phytoconstituents belonging to category of coumarins (like marmenol), alkaloids (like aegeline), glycosides, triterpenoids, anthraquinones, sterols and volatile oils. Several modern scientific studies have authenticated its anti diarrhoeal and gastro protective, anti diabetic, antibacterial, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti thyroid, anti histaminic, anti prolifertive and anti fertility activity. Clinical trials of a formulation Diarex (containing A. marmelos has shown positive results patients suffering from diarrhoea and dysentery. This review gives a bird’s eye view mainly on folkloric uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological actions of the plant.

About Authors:
Miss Tejaswini Sharma ^1*, Mr. Govind Bhandari ^2
1MAHAKAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL STUDIES, UJJAIN (M.P.)  456010
²ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
MAHAKAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL STUDIES, UJJAIN (M.P.)  456010
*Sharma.tejaswini@gmail.com

ABSTRACT:
The psychosomatic disorders are variant in nature and to get rid of this problem, we must understand the basics of its causative factors and their effects on sole body.
Now being herbal drugs are comparatively less toxic and has negligible side effects the use of these drugs on such type of disorders are quite encouraging. So here is the brief study on seldom diseases and their causative factors, and treatment part by herbs accordingly discoursed.

ABOUT AUTHOR:
Dr. Amit Gangwal,
Associate Professor,
Smriti college of pharmaceutical education, Indore
gangwal.amit@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION
Plant remains to be the enviable source of molecules of therapeutic significance. Since antiquity, these bio resources have been in use for variety of diseases in different part of the world. Regardless of the type of plant, targeted ailment or other such parameters, the one step which is one of the most important and common is removal of the molecule or fraction or part there of from the plant biomass. Several new methods besides the usual organic solvent extraction have been developed over the last few years for the extraction of primary and secondary metabolites. These are alcohol extraction with various biocompatible solvents, recovery of carboxylic acids and antibiotics with reactive extraction, dissociation extraction, aqueous two-phase extraction, and supercritical and near critical fluid extraction. Extraction and re-extraction processes are integrated into a single step by emulsion liquid membrane and solid supported liquid membrane extractions.

About Authors:
Prashanta kr. Deb^1*, Tejendra Bhakta^2
1Dept. of Pharmacy, Tripura University; Suryamaninagar –799022, Agartala, Tripura (w).
²Regional Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology, Abhoynagar – 799005, Agartala, Tripura (w).
^*shaandeb2010@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION
Couroupita guianensis, whose common names include Anantasajja and the Cannonball Tree, is an evergreen tree allied to the Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa), and is native to tropical northern South America and to the southern Caribbean. In India it has been growing for the past two or three thousand years at least, as attested by textual records hence it is possible that it is native to India also.

About Auhtor:
Avula Parthasarthi Yadav*,
Krishna Theja Pharmacy College,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Anantapur.
*parthu298@gmail.com

1. Introduction
Currently natural products are gaining popularity to combat various physiological threats including oxidative stress, cardiovascular complexities, cancer insurgence, and immune dysfunction. The use of traditional remedies may be encountered more frequently due to an array of scientific evidence in their favor¹.  It has been well established that nutrition plays an important role in the etiology of hyperlipidimia, atherosclerosis and other coronary heart disease (CHD) complications like myocardial infarction¹.
The etiology and pathogencity of coronary heart diseases lie in the casual relationship between the development of atherosclerosis, elevated plasma lipid percentage cholesterol levels in blood and plasma, genetic makeup, endicrinological aberration, immunologic and autonomic factors, blood flow and coagulation².

ABOUT AUTHORS:
Girendra Kumar Gautam^*1, Chandra Shekhar Singh², S C Dwivedi³ and G Vidyasagar^4
1,3,4 Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, Rajsthan, India
¹ Malhotra College Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
² Shambhunath Insitute of Pharmacy, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
*gk100781@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
From last two or three decay, there is a large growth in the sector of plant medicine means herbal medicine. It is due to increase of awareness and knowledge about plant. In India and China, the ratio of this growth is more than any other country of the world.  Interest the usage of various medicinal plants from traditional system of medicine for the treatment of different ailments is also history of India and China. Abutilon is an Indian medicinal genus which has a number of herbs specie,is noted for their medicinal benefits in traditional system of medicine. Abutilonis a large genus of approximately 150 species of broadleaf evergreens in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus includes annuals, perennials, shrubs, and small trees from 1–10 m tall, and is found in the tropical and subtropical regions of all continents. Some medicinally important attributes have been assigned to the plants of this species. In sort of this, the present work aim is to find out different pharmacological activity done on this Indian medicinal plant.

ABOUT AUTHORS:
Lohithasu Duppala*, Santhosh naidu Matsa, Manikumar Kothakota,
GITAM Institute of Pharmacy, GITAM University, visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India-530045.
lohithasu@gmail.com, +91-9491894432

ABSTRACT:
Generally, almost all communication in higher plants was thought to be mediated by the five classes of classical plant hormones  i.e. auxins, cytokinins,  gibberellins, abscisic acid and ethylene. The plant hormone action thus appeared to be basically different from that in animals. This article discusses the general role for new generation of plant hormones includes Brassinosteriods, Salicylic acid. Peptides,Polyaminesand Jasmonates.

About Authors:
Sharma Monish*, Kumar Bhupender
Seth G.L Bihani S. D. College of Technical Education,
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Drug Research.
Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan (INDIA)
*monish28sharma@gmail.com

Introduction :
The name “Allium sativum” is derived from the Celtic word “all”, meaning burning or stinging, and the Latin “sativum” meaning planted or cultivated. The English word, garlic, is derived from the Anglo-Saxon “gar-leac” or spear plant, referring to its flowering stalk.(Kemper J Kathi.2000)
Garlic (Allium sativum), a member of the Liliaceae family, is a common food for flavour and spice  and it is one of the herbs most commonly used in modernfolkloric medicine. Garlic was an important medicine to theancient Egyptians as listed in the medical text Codex Ebers(ca.1550 BC) especially for the working class involved in heavy labour because it was an effective remedy for many aliments such as heart problems, headache, bites, worms and tumours. In 1858, Pasteur noted garlic’s antibacterial activity, and it was used as an antiseptic to prevent gangrene during World War I and World War II. (Thomson Martha.et.al.2007, Tattelman Ellen.2005)