Ocimum tenuiflorum – A Medicinal Plants with its versatile uses

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankur Aggarwal ◽  
Rakesh Roshan Mali
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Ocimum Sanctum ◽  
World Population ◽  
Plant Resources ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Ocimum Tenuiflorum ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Times

From Vedic period countries like India and Nepal are using crude plants as medicine. In Developing Countries a major portion of the total population still uses the traditional medicines which are obtained through the plant resources. According to the estimation of WHO that 80% of world population of the rural areas are dependent over the herbal traditional medicines as their primary health care, thus the study on the properties and uses of these natural medicinal plants resources are getting interest for the area of research. These medicinal plants are rich in the secondary metabolites, which are considered as the rich sources of the drugs and essential oils of therapeutic importance. One such plant of interest is Ocium Tenuiflorum also known as Ocimum sanctum, Holi Basil, or Tulasi. Traditionally used since the times of ancient civilization in India and called as the “Queen of Herbs”. It contains 7.0% eugenol, carvacrol (3%) and eugenol-methyl ether (20%). It also contains caryophyllin, ursolic acid, rosmaric acid, thymol, methyl chavicol, citral, carvacrol, β-caryophyllene.

EMERGING TRENDS IN QUALITY CONTROL OF HERBAL MATERIALS

INDIAN DRUGS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (08) ◽  
pp. 5-6
Author(s):  
M. K. Raina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
World Population ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
The World

The therapeutic use of medicinal plants gained considerable momentum in the world during the past few decades. Traditional medicines, which are mostly based on the herbal raw materials growing in their respective regions, were used by over 70 percent of the world population as per WHO. The reason for their popularity was due to non-availability of modern medicines in the rural areas and also due to the unaffordability of modern medicines due to their high cost. Quality control of medicinal plants for use in these Traditional medicines has always been a challenge for the scientists working in this field. In our country, with the awareness growing among the people about the safety of Ayurvedic and Herbal medicines / cosmetics, the quality control testing of both raw herbal ingredients and finished formulations was seriously undertaken both by the academic / research institutions and the herbal drug manufacturers.

Antimicrobial Activity of Medicinal Plants and Urinary Tract Infections

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Imad Hadi Hameed ◽  
Abeer Fauzi Al-Rubaye ◽  
Mohanad Jawad Kadhim
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Urinary Tract Infections ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Population ◽  
Main Stream ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Tract Infections

Medicinal plants are part and parcel of human society to combat diseases from the dawn of civilization. According to World Health Organization (WHO), about 80% of the world population rely chiefly on plant based traditional medicine specially for their primary health care needs and there has been a worldwide move towards the use of traditional medicines due to concerns over the more invasive, expensive and potentially toxic main stream practices. This review gives a bird’s eye view on the updated information on urinary tract infections (UTIs), different categories of urologic herbs, historical use and modern scientific investigations on some important urologic herbs, clinical studies, some isolated chemical compounds and their possible side effects

A Pharmacological Review of Five Widely Used Traditional Medicinal Plants for Sedative-Hypnotic Effects in Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 06 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subir Biswas ◽  
Ananta Sutra Dhar ◽  
Mahbubur Rahman ◽  
Khadija Akhter Poly ◽  
Imonul Kabir
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Herbal Remedies ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Scoparia Dulcis ◽  
Therapeutic Drugs ◽  
Sedative Effects ◽  
Living Organisms ◽  
Scientific Value ◽  
Higher Doses

: Medicinal plants are traditionally familiar to treat various physical abnormalities, diseases and illness throughout the world. A very large number of plant wealth has been offered by the nature for all living organisms, which preserves medicinal excellence. Traditionally in the rural areas folk medicinal practitioners perform a more ordinary manner of medicine, where medicinal plants constitute the foremost and most often only components of formulations. Geographical and cultural factors of Bangladesh create it an abundant source for herbal remedies. Nowadays, several medicinal herbs having their hypnotic and sedative effects are thoroughly used in the treatment of various psychiatric related disorders that include anxiety and insomnia. Sedatives are that types of drugs which diminish the action, inducing a calming and relaxing outcome. Sedatives, in general, produce sleep at higher doses. From recent years the prevalence of psychiatric disorders which include anxiety and insomnia is rising and therefore different researches are going on to reveal better medicine to treat these disorders. In this present review, we have performed a comprehensive literature search to find out the five most frequently used medicinal plants with sedative effects for the treatment various disorders like anxiety and insomnia and their pharmacological activities in scientific researches. The featured plants of this review articles are, Kaempferia galanga, Cleome Rutidosperma, Kalanchoe pinnata, Calotropis gigantea, Scoparia dulcis L. In herbal and traditional medicines, numerous plants are used in the absence of their scientific validation and we intend to carry out a literature review in order to find out the effective scientific value of the featured plants. This study will help to affirm the uses of these plants as traditional medicine and for researchers to detect the efficient therapeutic drugs according to their pharmacological studies.

scholarly journals An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Kelala District, South Wollo Zone of Amhara Region, Northeastern Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mesfin Woldearegay ◽  
Yimer Assen ◽  
Abeba Haile
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Local People ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Amhara Region ◽  
Plant Resources ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Plant Parts

Abstract Background: Plants have a long history of being used for medicinal purposes, and a large proportion of people in the developing world still rely on traditional medicines to meet their primary health care requirements. Medicinal plants are the major components of the traditional health care system. The objective of this study was to record and document the medicinal plants and associated indigenous plant use knowledge of the local people in Kelala District of Amhara Region, Ethiopia.Methods: Ethnobotanical data were collected by conducting pre-prepared semi-structured interview items with 60 informants. Focus group discussion and guided field walk were also used. Data were analyzed using basic analytical tools and descriptive statistics. Determination of Informant Consensus Factor, Fidelity level, and ranking was performed. Results: A total of 82 medicinal plants distributed in 79 genera and 45 families were collected. Of these plants, 43 species were used to treat human ailments, and 33 species were used to treat livestock ailments and the remaining 6 species were used to treat both human and livestock ailments. The majority of medicinal plants were harvested from the wild environments. The family Solanaceae occupied the first rank with seven species followed by Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Cucurbitaceae, Apiaceae, and Euphorbiaceae with four species each. The most frequently used plant parts were leaves (42.2 %) followed by seeds (15.2 %), roots (8.1 %), and fruits (7.6%). Freshly harvested plant parts (72.68 %) were mostly used for remedy preparation than dried forms (24.74 %) whereas crushing, which accounted for (41.12%), and powdering (24.37%) were the most widely used methods of remedy preparation in the study area. Conclusion: Higher number of medicinal plants recorded in the study area indicates the depth of medicinal plant resources and associated indigenous knowledge of the local people. However, the expansion of farmlands by cutting trees heavily threatens medicinal plants and therefore, needs due attention. High ranking medicinal plants are good candidates for further research in drug discovery and development.

scholarly journals Traditional uses of Ethno-medicinal Plants in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs), Bangladesh: A Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 70-79
Author(s):  
Kanchan Chakma ◽  
Md. Morshedul Alam ◽  
Dhusarika Chakma ◽  
Robiul Hasan Bhuiyan
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Indigenous Population ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Rich Source ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Chittagong Hill Tracts ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
The Rich ◽  
New Research ◽  
Research Avenue

Objective: Traditional medicines are of great importance to villagers and also now a day to modern drugs. Scientists are trying to explore new drug resources along with the modern drugs to support drug treatment strategy to be more effective and merely natural. Nature is the rich source of many essential bioactive compounds with more specificity and less side effects and thus, traditional medicines are got attention to the pharmacists. There are lots of medicinal plants with scientific evidences in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) region, but all that information have not yet been compiled as a review. Keeping this in mind, a review attempt has been taken by focusing on traditional medicine used mostly by the indigenous population of Chittagong Hill Tracts region, which is also a rich source of biodiversity of Bangladesh. Methods: Research articles based on various traditional medicines focusing CHTs region were taken in consideration to compile the data sources in this review article. Results and Conclusion: Peoples in CHTs are using various types of medicinal plants obtained from their surroundings and have been using from long since with traditional reputation. In this review, we focused on such medicinal plants along with their scientific evidences, which would attract lots of scientists to work more to unveil a new research avenue in drug development.

scholarly journals Indian Medicinal Plants and Formulations and Their Potential Against COVID-19–Preclinical and Clinical Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayeed Ahmad ◽  
Sultan Zahiruddin ◽  
Bushra Parveen ◽  
Parakh Basist ◽  
Abida Parveen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Inflammatory Reactions ◽  
Immune Effector ◽  
Effector Cells ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Cytokines And Chemokines ◽  
Indian Medicinal Plants

The cases of COVID-19 are still increasing day-by-day worldwide, even after a year of its first occurrence in Wuhan city of China. The spreading of SARS-CoV-2 infection is very fast and different from other SARS-CoV infections possibly due to structural differences in S proteins. The patients with severe diseases may die due to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by systemic inflammatory reactions due to the excessive release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines by the immune effector cells. In India too, it is spreading very rapidly, although the case fatality rate is below 1.50% (https://www.statista.com), which is markedly less than in other countries, despite the dense population and minimal health infrastructure in rural areas. This may be due to the routine use of many immunomodulator medicinal plants and traditional AYUSH formulations by the Indian people. This communication reviews the AYUSH recommended formulations and their ingredients, routinely used medicinal plants and formulations by Indian population as well as other promising Indian medicinal plants, which can be tested against COVID-19. Special emphasis is placed on Indian medicinal plants reported for antiviral, immunomodulatory and anti-allergic/anti-inflammatory activities and they are categorized for prioritization in research on the basis of earlier reports. The traditional AYUSH medicines currently under clinical trials against COVID-19 are also discussed as well as furtherance of pre-clinical and clinical testing of the potential traditional medicines against COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2. The results of the clinical studies on AYUSH drugs will guide the policymakers from the AYUSH systems of medicines to maneuver their policies for public health, provide information to the global scientific community and could form a platform for collaborative studies at national and global levels. It is thereby suggested that promising AYUSH formulations and Indian medicinal plants must be investigated on a priority basis to solve the current crisis.

scholarly journals Various medicinal plants traded in the village market of Karangwangi Village, Southern Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
BUDIAWATI S. ISKANDAR ◽  
JOHAN ISKANDAR ◽  
Ruhyat Partasasmita ◽  
BUDI IRAWAN
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Dual Function ◽  
West Java ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Traditional Medicinal Plants ◽  
The Village

Abstract. Iskandar BS, Iskandar J, Partasasmita R, Irawan B. 2020. Various medicinal plants traded in the village market of Karangwangi Village, Southern Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 4440-4456. In the past traditional village, the market was predominantly found in many villages of West Java. The village markets were usually held once a week. The traders of the village market mainly were from both local villagers or people coming from the nearby towns. Nowadays, the village markets of West Java have dramatically decreased because of the existence of permanent shops (toko) and minimarkets in the rural areas that operate daily. However, in some villages, such as Karangwangi Village, Cidaun Sub-district, Southern Cianjur, West Java, village markets still exist. In the Karangwangi Village market, various plants are commonly traded, such as staple foods, vegetables, fruits, spices, and traditional medicines. The purpose of this study was to discuss the various traditional medicinal plants traded in the village market, some diseases treated by the various herbal plants, various plant parts used for traditional medicines, and original medicinal plants in the village markets of Karangwangi Village. The research method used was qualitative, with data collection carried out by observation, by recording various traditional medicinal plants traded in the village market, and by interviewing informants regarding the use of each medicinal plant species for the treatment of diseases and the origin of plant traded in village markets. The results of the study showed that 35 species representing 23 families of the medicinal plant were documented to be traded in the traditional village markets of Karangwangi Village. These plants are predominantly used to treat 20 kinds of diseases and other disturbance conditions, namely anemia, cough, fever, diabetes, wound, gastritis, malaria, bruised, supplement, toothache, kidney disease, mouth sores, stomachache, high blood pressure, postpartum healing, low back pain, urinary disease, rich breastfeeding produce, dermatitis, and gastroenteritis. Plant parts used for medicinal ingredients in the form of leaf, fruit, bulb, rhizome, root, seed, and shoot. Some medicinal plants have been known to have dual function, such as medicine and vegetables (13 species (36.36%)), medicines and herbs (12 species (34.28 %)), medicines and spices (10 species (28.57 %)), medicines and fruits (8 species (22.85 %)), medicines and staple food (3 species (8.57 %)), medicines, vegetables and spices (1 species (2.85 %)), and medicine and to betel ingredient (1 species (3.03%)). Most of the origin of medicinal plants traded in the village market is from the village with 23 species (65.71%), from cities with 9 species (25.71%), and from both villages and cities with 3 species (8.57 %). On this basis, it can be concluded that the traditional village market has played an important role not only for social-economic interests but also for biodiversity conservation, including biological ingredients for traditional medicines of the rural communities.

NAMING OF BASOTHO MEDICINAL PLANTS: SEMANTIC CONNECTION TO THEIR REMEDIES

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R Possa ◽  
P Khotso
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Speech Community ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Traditional Medicinal Plants ◽  
The Future ◽  
Economic Sphere ◽  
Medical Plants

The indigenous knowledge of the Basotho makes it simple for this speech community to name their traditional medicinal plants in such a way that they are meaningful; this could also be viewed as an empowerment technique, especially in the economic sphere. Their medicinal plants names seem to be idiomatic and to express certain philosophies of the Basotho society. Creativity is observable in this kind of naming, and many names allude to the kind of remedy that is associated with the medicinal plant. It is therefore the interest of this paper to consider the names of medical plants among the Basotho whose names allude to the remedy they provide. The names of Sesotho medicinal plants and the reasoning of the Basotho in general behind the name and the use of each medicinal plant will be discussed in this article. This paper will further preserve and promote the use of Basotho traditional medicines for the future generation.

Influencia de las condiciones de secado solar en la coloración de plantas medicinales

2019 ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Margarita Castillo-Téllez ◽  
Beatriz Castillo-Téllez ◽  
Juan Carlos Ovando-Sierra ◽  
Luz María Hernández-Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Color Change ◽  
Drying Process ◽  
Scientific Medicine ◽  
Drying Time ◽  
Bacterial Proliferation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Very High

For millennia, humans have used hundreds of medicinal plants to treat diseases. Currently, many species with important characteristics are known to alleviate a wide range of health problems, mainly in rural areas, where the use of these resources is very high, even replacing scientific medicine almost completely. This paper presents the dehydration of medicinal plants that are grown in the State of Campeche through direct and indirect solar technologies in order to evaluate the influence of air flow and temperature on the color of the final product through the L* a* scale. b*, analyzing the activity of water and humidity during the drying process. The experimental results showed that the direct solar dryer with forced convection presents a little significant color change in a drying time of 400 min on average, guaranteeing the null bacterial proliferation and reaching a final humidity between 9 % and 11 %.

The Plausible role of Indian Traditional Medicine in combating Corona Virus (SARS-CoV 2): a mini-review

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adithya J ◽  
Bhagyalakshmi Nair ◽  
Aishwarya S ◽  
Lekshmi R. Nath
Keyword(s):  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Ocimum Sanctum ◽  
Drug Candidate ◽  
Asparagus Racemosus ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Contagious Nature ◽  
Community Transmission ◽  
Novel Virus

: SARS-CoV 2 is a novel virus strain of Coronavirus, reported in China in late December 2019. Its highly contagious nature in humans has prompted WHO to designate the ongoing pandemic as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. At this moment, there is no specific treatment and the therapeutic strategies to deal with the infection are only supportive, and prevention aimed at reducing community transmission. A permanent solution for the pandemic, which has brought the world economy to the edge of collapse, is the need of the hour. This situation has brought intense research in traditional systems of medicine. Indian Traditional System, Ayurveda has a clear concept of the cause and treatment of pandemics. Through this review, information on the potential antiviral traditional medicines along with their immunomodulatory pathways is discussed. We have covered the seven most important Indian traditional plants with antiviral properties :Withaniasomnifera (L.) Dunal(family: Solanaceae),Tinosporacordifolia(Thunb.)Miers (family:Menispermaceae),Phyllanthusemblica L.(family:Euphorbiaceae),Asparagus racemosus L.(family:Liliaceae), Glycyrrhizaglabra L.(family:Fabaceae), Ocimum sanctum L.(family:Lamiaceae) and Azadirachta indica A.Juss(family:Meliaceae)in this review. An attempt is also made to bring into limelight the importance of dietary polyphenol, Quercetin which is a potential drug candidate in the making against the SARS-CoV2 virus.

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