History, phytochemistry, experimental pharmacology and clinical uses of honey: A comprehensive review with special reference to Unani medicine

2022 ◽  
Vol 282 ◽  
pp. 114614
Author(s):  
Sadia Nikhat ◽  
Mohammad Fazil
2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garima Matela ◽  
Robina Aman

AbstractA comprehensive review, >100 references, on organotin(IV) complexes of the carboxylic acid derivatives are presented with special reference to their methods of synthesis, spectroscopic and structural studies and their biological activities. The structures of these complexes are discussed on the basis of IR, multinuclear (1H-, 13C- and 119Sn-) NMR.


2021 ◽  
Vol 755 ◽  
pp. 142649
Author(s):  
Hafiz Ubaid ur Rahman ◽  
Waqas Asghar ◽  
Wahab Nazir ◽  
Mansur Abdullah Sandhu ◽  
Anwaar Ahmed ◽  
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Author(s):  
Shivakant Shukla ◽  
Anoop Singh

Medicinal herbs are moving from fringe to mainstream use, with a more significant number of people seeking remedies and health approaches free from side effects caused by synthetic chemicals Cassia sophera Linn. (Caesalpinaceae), an important drug in Unani medicine, act as a blood purifier, carminative, purgative, digestive, and diaphoretic. Many compounds have been reported from plants belonging to genus Cassia. This article aims to provide a comprehensive review of the phytochemical and pharmacological aspects of Cassia sophera. It is obtained from deciduous and mixed-monsoon forests throughout greater parts of India, ascending to 1300 m in outer Himalaya. It is widely used in the traditional medicinal system of India has been reported to possess analgesic, anticonvulsant, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective and antiasthmatic activity, etc. India officially recognizes over 3000 plants for their medicinal value. It is generally estimated that over 6000 plants in India are in use in traditional, folk, and herbal medicine.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 73-76
Author(s):  
Afshan Khan ◽  
Aisha Siddiqui ◽  
M.A Jafri ◽  
Mohd Asif

Polypodium vulgare Linn. commonly called as Bisfaij is a medicinal plant which is used in various ailments. It is one of the most archaic and essential plant, belonging to the family Polypodiaceae. It contains organic substances such as resin, tannins, steroids, flavonoids, alkaloids, glycosides, protein, reducing sugar and inorganic substances like calcium, magnesium, potassium, sulphur, iron and chloride. It is used in Unani system of medicine for the treatment of sorethroat, stomach-aches, leprosy, melancholia, spleenomegaly, haemorrhoids, rheumatic swelling of the joints etc. Besides this, it has other pharmacological activities too such as antiepileptic, neuro-psychopharmacological, antipyretic, antibiotic, antiviral etc. This review paper discuses the medicinal values of Polypodium vulgare Linn. in Unani medicine as well as its modern pharmacology and gives a new impetus to utilize Bisfaij in various disorders. Keywords: Bisfaij, Polypodium vulgare Linn, Phytopharmacology, Unani Medicine.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5-s) ◽  
pp. 110-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masihuddin Masihuddin ◽  
MA Jafri ◽  
Aisha Siddiqui ◽  
Shahid Chaudhary

Papaver somniferum commonly known as Khashkhash /Afyon, belongs to family Papaveraceae. It is one of those traditional plants, which have a long history of usage as medicine. The opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) produces some of the most widely used medicinal alkaloids like morphine, codeine, thebain and porphyroxine which are the most important component of this plant. Apart from these alkaloids, opium poppy produces approximately eighty alkaloids belonging to various tetrahydrobenzylisoquinolinederived classes. It has been known for over a century that morphinan alkaloids accumulate in the latex of opium poppy. According to Unani literature, it possesses most important theurapeutic values as modern literature and research studies also prove its therapeutical importance. It is used as analgesic, narcotic, sedative, stimulant as well as nutritive, etc. It is also useful in headache, cough, insomnia, cardiac asthma, and biliary colic. In this paper we have provide a review on habitate, pharmacological actions, phytochemical with special refrence to Unani Medicine. In this review, an attempt is made to explore the complete information of Papaver somniferum including its  phytochemistry and pharmacology. Key words: Khashkhash, Biliary colic, Alkaloid, phytochemistry.


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