Andrographis paniculata(Burm. f.) Wall. ex Nees: A Review of Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology

As aboriginal sources of medications, medicinal plants are used from the ancient times.Andrographis paniculatais one of the highly used potential medicinal plants in the world. This plant is traditionally used for the treatment of common cold, diarrhoea, fever due to several infective cause, jaundice, as a health tonic for the liver and cardiovascular health, and as an antioxidant. It is also used to improve sexual dysfunctions and serve as a contraceptive. All parts of this plant are used to extract the active phytochemicals, but the compositions of phytoconstituents widely differ from one part to another and with place, season, and time of harvest. Our extensive data mining of the phytoconstituents revealed more than 55ent-labdane diterpenoids, 30 flavonoids, 8 quinic acids, 4 xanthones, and 5 rare noriridoids. In this review, we selected only those compounds that pharmacology has already reported. Finally we focused on around 46 compounds for further discussion. We also discussed ethnobotany of this plant briefly. Recommendations addressing extraction process, tissue culture, and adventitious rooting techniques and propagation under abiotic stress conditions for improvement of phytoconstituents are discussed concisely in this paper. Further study areas on pharmacology are also proposed where needed.

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Antioxidative Agents From Medicinal Plants

10.4018/978-1-6684-3546-5.ch010 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 179-194

Author(s):

Sandeep Kumar ◽

Ahmad Hussain ◽

Manish Singh Sansi ◽

Daraksha Iram ◽

Priyanka ◽

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Keyword(s):

Phenolic Compounds ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Pharmacological Properties ◽

The World ◽

Antioxidative Agents ◽

Ancient Times ◽

Antibacterial And Antifungal

The medicinal plants have been used by humans since ancient times, and the great civilizations of the world in ancient times were well aware of the benefits brought by the use of medicinal plants. This chapter provides important information regarding medicinal plants that have a wide variety of antioxidative agents ranging from bitter compounds that stimulate digestion system, phenolic compounds for antioxidant and numerous other pharmacological properties, antibacterial, and antifungal to tannins that act as natural antibiotics, diuretic substances, alkaloids, and so forth.

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A Review on Medicinal Plants Withania somnifera and Nyctanthes arbortristis: Boosting of Immune System During SARS-CoV-2

Letters in Applied NanoBioScience ◽

10.33263/lianbs94.15381546 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 1538-1546

Keyword(s):

Immune System ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Withania Somnifera ◽

Cell Surface Receptor ◽

Human Beings ◽

The World ◽

Surface Receptor ◽

Herbal Plants ◽

Ancient Times ◽

Immune Booster

The worldwide epidemic of SARS-CoV-2 has created a panic situation in human beings. Covid-19 viruses spread infections into the specific human cells through cell-surface receptor ACE2 and start viral replication speedily inside the human body. The action of antibodies can reduce the entry of the virus into the cell by binding with the spike head and prevent to connect with ACE2 receptor. Many types of research are going to find the exact vaccine to control the spread of this virus. But still, now there is no vaccine and specific medicine invented still now, which is a big headache across the world. At this pandemic period, boosting of the immune system is the best way to fight against this virus. From ancient times, Ayurved is known as the best immune booster for animals and mammals. The herbal plants, such as Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L. And Withania somnifera has excellent immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, inhibition of oxidants, carcinopreventive properties with important chemicals like Withaferins, different alkaloids, steroids, amino acids. This review is based on a brief discussion of the pharmacological behaviors, active ingredients, and potential therapeutic applications of these medicinal plants.

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A Comprehensive Study of Medicinal Plants with Antidiabetic Properties

Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International ◽

10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i33b31799 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 81-96

Author(s):

Faruk Alam ◽

Ruhul Amin ◽

Mohidul Islam ◽

Republica Borgohain ◽

Moidul Islam Judder ◽

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Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Chemical Study ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Negative Effects ◽

The World ◽

Ancient Times ◽

Hypoglycemic Action ◽

Developing And Developed Countries ◽

Comprehensive Study

The purpose of this research is to assess the anti-diabetic effects of several medicinal herbs. Herbal medicine has grown in popularity in both developing and developed countries over the last several years, owing to its natural origins and lack of negative effects. Even though medicinal plants have been utilized to treat diabetes mellitus from ancient times, they have been offered as abundant but untapped prospective sources for anti-diabetic medicines. It's a reality that diabetes can't be cured, and no one has ever claimed to be completely free of the disease. Diabetes mellitus is becoming a severe hazard to human health in all regions of the world due to its fast growing occurrence. Furthermore, several novel bioactive compounds derived from plants have demonstrated antidiabetic action with greater efficacy than oral hypoglycemic medicines already utilized in clinical therapy in recent years. Despite the fact that many plants are recommended, further pharmacological and chemical study is needed to fully understand the mechanism of hypoglycemic action.

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Antioxidative Agents From Medicinal Plants

Advanced Pharmacological Uses of Medicinal Plants and Natural Products - Advances in Medical Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-2094-9.ch013 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 249-268

Author(s):

Sandeep Kumar ◽

Ahmad Hussain ◽

Manish Singh Sansi ◽

Daraksha Iram ◽

Priyanka ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Phenolic Compounds ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Pharmacological Properties ◽

The World ◽

Antioxidative Agents ◽

Ancient Times ◽

Antibacterial And Antifungal

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Two ent-labdane diterpenoids from Andrographis paniculata

Planta Medica ◽

10.1055/s-0032-1320949 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 78 (11) ◽

Author(s):

M Issac ◽

S Carmeli

Keyword(s):

Andrographis Paniculata ◽

Labdane Diterpenoids

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Screening and evaluation of Terminalia catappa and its compound application

International Journal of Review in Life Sciences ◽

10.26452/ijrls.v10i4.1363 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 89-92

Author(s):

Sravani G ◽

Linga Naik A ◽

Kranthi A ◽

Priyanka G

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Conventional Therapy ◽

Significant Aspect ◽

Terminalia Catappa ◽

Specific Disease ◽

Common Item ◽

Conventional Medication ◽

The World ◽

Enormous Number

Plant determined medications remains an important source, particularly in creating countries, to look at genuine sicknesses roughly 62-80% of the total populace although everything depends on conventional medication for the therapy of specific disease. Indeed, plants produce a various scope of bioactive atoms creation them an ironic wellspring of an alternate kind of drugs. There are hardly any reports and utilization of plants in conventional mending by either ancestral individuals or indigenous network. Rejuvenating plants are the wellspring of extraordinary monetary estimation of everywhere on over the world. Nature has the best word on us a rich plant riches, and an enormous number of assorted kinds of plants develop in various pieces of the nation. Homegrown medication is as yet a pillar of around 75 to 85% the entire populace and the significant aspect of the conventional therapy the utilization of the plant extricate and the dynamic constituents. Among the 7000 types of rejuvenating plants perceived everywhere on over the world in excess of 9000, valuable medicinal plants are found in India. Unfortunately, just not many of them are utilized for their therapeutic worth. Around 1500 plants systematically utilize the conventional arrangement of Indian medication. Notwithstanding, the ethanopharmacologist, microbiologist, botanist and common item physicist world over today, is continually still looking for therapeutic adequacy of the plants on the phytochemicals. Along these lines, the quest for the new phytochemical is the foremost significant important to research the primer phytochemical examination to Terminalia catappa and Syzygium jumbolanam.

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Natural products from the traditional Moroccan pharmacopoeia: A potential lead for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl1.3619 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽

pp. 1278-1285

Author(s):

Mohamed Yafout ◽

Amine Ousaid ◽

Ibrahim Sbai El Otmani ◽

Youssef Khayati ◽

Amal Ait Haj Said

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Plant Extracts ◽

Molecular Mechanisms ◽

Scientific Literature ◽

Treatment Protocol ◽

World Health ◽

The World ◽

Health Organization ◽

Promising Source

The new SARS-CoV-2 belonging to the coronaviruses family has caused a pandemic affecting millions of people around the world. This pandemic has been declared by the World Health Organization as an international public health emergency. Although several clinical trials involving a large number of drugs are currently underway, no treatment protocol for COVID-19 has been officially approved so far. Here we demonstrate through a search in the scientific literature that the traditional Moroccan pharmacopoeia, which includes more than 500 medicinal plants, is a fascinating and promising source for the research of natural molecules active against SARS-CoV-2. Multiple in-silico and in-vitro studies showed that some of the medicinal plants used by Moroccans for centuries possess inhibitory activity against SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-2. These inhibitory activities are achieved through the different molecular mechanisms of virus penetration and replication, or indirectly through stimulation of immunity. Thus, the potential of plants, plant extracts and molecules derived from plants that are traditionally used in Morocco and have activity against SARS-CoV-2, could be explored in the search for a preventive or curative treatment against COVID-19. Furthermore, safe plants or plant extracts that are proven to stimulate immunity could be officially recommended by governments as nutritional supplements.

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Information Component of Disintegration Processes in Spain and Great Britain: the Comparative Aspects

Mediaforum : Analytics, Forecasts, Information Management ◽

10.31861/mediaforum.2019.7.142-154 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 142-154

Author(s):

Vasyl Karpo ◽

Nataliia Nechaieva-Yuriichuk

Keyword(s):

World War I ◽

Practical Interest ◽

Political Influence ◽

World Politics ◽

The Political ◽

Political Actors ◽

Political Propaganda ◽

Political Processes ◽

The World ◽

Ancient Times

From ancient times till nowadays information plays a key role in the political processes. The beginning of XXI century demonstrated the transformation of global security from military to information, social etc. aspects. The widening of pandemic demonstrated the weaknesses of contemporary authoritarian states and the power of human-oriented states. During the World War I the theoretical and practical interest toward political manipulation and political propaganda grew definitely. After 1918 the situation developed very fast and political propaganda became the part of political influence. XX century entered into the political history as the millennium of propaganda. The collapse of the USSR and socialist system brought power to new political actors. The global architecture of the world has changed. Former Soviet republic got independence and tried to separate from Russia. And Ukraine was between them. The Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine was the start point for a number of processes in world politics. But the most important was the fact that the role and the place of information as the challenge to world security was reevaluated. The further annexation of Crimea, the attempt to legitimize it by the comparing with the referendums in Scotland and Catalonia demonstrated the willingness of Russian Federation to keep its domination in the world. The main difference between the referendums in Scotland and in Catalonia was the way of Russian interference. In 2014 (Scotland) tried to delegitimised the results of Scottish referendum because they were unacceptable for it. But in 2017 we witness the huge interference of Russian powers in Spain internal affairs, first of all in spreading the independence moods in Catalonia. The main conclusion is that the world has to learn some lessons from Scottish and Catalonia cases and to be ready to new challenges in world politics in a format of information threats.

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