Medicinal Plants

2022 ◽  
pp. 43-61
Author(s):  
Aashaq Hussain Bhat ◽  
Himani Goyal Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effect ◽  
Free Radicals ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Medicinal Herbs ◽  
The Body ◽  
Natural Source ◽  
Plant Origin ◽  
Novel Drugs

Medicines of plant origin have been used for treating humans and animals without any adverse effects. New medicinal plants are searched to develop more effective and cheaper drugs in place of synthetics drugs. Plants represent a large natural source of compounds that might serve for the development of novel drugs. Currently medicinal herbs are researched for diuretic properties, and several medicinal herbs are used as diuretics. Currently various synthetic medicines are available for this purpose; however, natural resource medicines are still an important choice because of their higher efficiency and better safety. Further, some herbs are also important sources of antioxidants, which protect the body from the effects of free radicals produced in the body. Antioxidants are required by our body due to increase in the likely exposure of the body to harmful pollutants, radiation, UV lights, etc. These have the ability to delay the oxidation, and plant-derived products are of great interest due to the adverse effect of antibiotics.

Medicinal Plants

2020 ◽  
pp. 67-90
Author(s):  
Aashaq Hussain Bhat ◽  
Himani Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effect ◽  
Free Radicals ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Medicinal Herbs ◽  
The Body ◽  
Natural Source ◽  
Plant Origin ◽  
Novel Drugs

Medicines of plant origin have been used for treating humans and animals without any adverse effects. New medicinal plants are searched to develop more effective and cheaper drugs in place of synthetics drugs. Plants represent a large natural source of compounds that might serve for the development of novel drugs. Currently medicinal herbs are researched for diuretic properties, and several medicinal herbs are used as diuretics. Currently various synthetic medicines are available for this purpose; however, natural resource medicines are still an important choice because of their higher efficiency and better safety. Further, some herbs are also important sources of antioxidants, which protect the body from the effects of free radicals produced in the body. Antioxidants are required by our body due to increase in the likely exposure of the body to harmful pollutants, radiation, UV lights, etc. These have the ability to delay the oxidation, and plant-derived products are of great interest due to the adverse effect of antibiotics.

scholarly journals A Preliminary Up-To-Date Review on Pakistani Medicinal Plants with Potential Antioxidant Activity

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Adil Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Free Radicals ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Natural Antioxidants ◽  
The Body ◽  
New Drugs ◽  
Lung Damage ◽  
Present Review ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Health Related

Background: There exist natural antioxidants in plants that scavenge harmful free radicals from the body. Free radicals are species of chemical origin with an unpaired electron and play a pivotal role in combating against health-related problems like lung damage, inflammation, and cardiovascular ailments etc. Antioxidants halt the development of these free radicals called the reactive oxygen species either by chelating the trace elements or by enzymes inhibition. Objectives: The aim of present review was to collect information about Pakistani medicinally important plants with the exploration of their antioxidant potential. Methodology: Total 206 papers were looked over, which were obtained from numerous sources like; Google Scholar, Medline, PubMed, Research Gate, Science Direct, Scopus and Web of Science. Results: Overall, 93 plants representing 44 families with potential antioxidant activity reported from Pakistan have been presented in this review. Maximum number of species from Asteracea, Poaceae and Rutaceae familes were scrutinized for their potential antioxidant activity from Pakistan. Conclusion: The present review clearly designates that the presence of phytochemicals and antioxidant activity of medicinal plants from Pakistan vary with the species of the plants and material/extracts used. From this review, it is recommended to perform comprehensive experimental investigations based on toxicology and ethnopharmacology on these precious plants from Pakistan. It will be advantageous in the provision of trustworthy information to patients and determine further innovative compounds for safer and new drugs development with fewer side effects.

scholarly journals A Review on Medicinal Plants of North Eastern Region with Potential Antifertility Activity

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-165
Author(s):  
Priyanka Goswami ◽  
Moksood Ahmed Laskar ◽  
Mrinmoy Basak
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effect ◽  
Oral Contraceptive ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Plant Origin ◽  
Indian Literature ◽  
Contraceptive Agents ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Medicinal Properties ◽  
Better Than

The increase in population is becoming a comprehensive problem, causing much pressure on economic, social and natural assets. Oral contraceptive agents have improved the rate of infertility but their unusual side effects limit the use. Current antifertility therapy lacks satisfactory success due to this adverse effect; hence, patients are seeking complementary and alternative medicine for anti-fertility action. Ayurveda and other Indian literature mention the use of plants in various human ailments. India has about more than 45000 plant species and among them several thousand are claimed to possess medicinal properties. Researchers conducted in the last few decades on the plants mentioned in ancient literature or used traditionally for anti-fertility action. This review reveals that some plants and their part used having anti-fertility action, which are helpful for researcher to develop new herbal anti-fertility formulations. In the recent years, interest in drugs of plant origin has been progressively increased. The aim of this review is to highlight the work on anti-fertility of plant origin. For women who can't use modern forms of contraception due to adverse effect or other reasons, therefore herbs can offer alternatives and reducing fertility would be better than other contraceptives. This article may help investigators to identify medicinal plants responsible for anti-fertility activity.  

scholarly journals Worldwide Importance of Medicinal Plants: Current and Historical Perspectives

2016 ◽  
Vol 02 ◽  
pp. 88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Shahzad Aslam ◽  
Muhammad Syarhabil Ahmad ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽  
Plant Origin ◽  
Structural Modifications ◽  
Historical Perspectives ◽  
Structure Activity ◽  
Novel Drugs ◽  
The World ◽  
Historical Importance ◽  
Different Sources

There is no existence of life without plants. Plants are the essential foundation of medicine. Some important drugs that are still in use today are derived from traditional medicinal herbs. The hunt for new medicines has engaged ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology—a new route as an important source of knowledge, which led toward different sources and classes of compounds. Nowadays, studies on structure-activity relationships, and their impact on the design of novel drugs have rendered them one of the utmost valuable and thus significant accomplishments of pharmacochemistry, an advance constituent in the group of pharmaceutical sciences. In this paper, we have discussed the historical importance of medicinal plants, geographical importance throughout the world, some important historical observations of medicinal plants, and leading drugs of plant origin which are still being used to treat various ailments, with or without any structural modifications.

scholarly journals TUMBUHAN SEBAGAI OBAT TRADISONAL PASCA MELAHIRKAN OLEH SUKU ACEH DI KABUPATEN PIDIE

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-163
Author(s):  
Zumaidar Zumaidar ◽  
Saudah Saudah ◽  
Saida Rasnovi ◽  
Essy Harnelly
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Postnatal Care ◽  
Participatory Rural Appraisal ◽  
Medicinal Herbs ◽  
The Body ◽  
Traditional Medicinal Plants ◽  
Post Natal Care ◽  
Modern Treatment ◽  
Rural Appraisal ◽  
Natal Care

AbstrakPemanfaatan tumbuhan sebagai obat tradisional merupakan kearifan lokal yang diturunkan secara turun temurun berdasarkan resep nenek moyang, adat istiadat, kepercayaan atau kebiasaan setempat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi jenis tumbuhan yang digunakan dalam pengobatan pasca melahirkan oleh Suku Aceh di Kabupaten Pidie. Metode yang digunakan dalam pengumpulan data adalah teknik Participatory Rural Appraisal dan observasi. Parameter dalam penelitian ini adalah jenis tumbuhan obat, jenis ramuan obat dan cara penggunaan ramuan dalam pengobatan pasca melahirkan. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diperoleh 25 jenis tumbuhan yang tergolong ke dalam 15 suku yang digunakan dalam pengobatan pasca melahirkan di Kabupaten Pidie. Jenis ramuan dalam pengobatan tradisional pasca melahirkan terdiri dari obat dalam dan obat luar. Obat dalam yang digunakan terdiri obat perut, bedak param, dan pilis. Penggunaan ramuan obat dalam dan obat luar selama pasca melahirkan dilakukan selama 44 hari. Manfaat dari penggunaan obat tersebut diantaranya menambah darah, meningkatkan jumlah air susu ibu, menghangatkan badan, dan menghilangkan lelah serta letih pasca melahirkan. Pemanfaatan tumbuhan obat secara tradisional sampai saat ini masih digunakan oleh masyarakat Aceh pada pengobatan ibu pasca melahirkan, selain pengobatan modern.Abstract Traditional medicine is a drug that is processed in a simple, hereditary based on ancestral recipes, customs, beliefs or local knowledge. This study aims to identify the species of plants used in post-natal care by Acehnese in Pidie District. The method used in data collection is Participatory Rural Appraisal and observation techniques. The parameters in this study are the species of medicinal plants, types of medicinal herbs and how to use the ingredients in postnatal care. The results of the study obtained 25 species plant that is grouped into 15 family used in post-natal care in Pidie District. A Traditional herbs post-natal medicine consists of internal and external medicine. The internal medicine used as stomach medicine, param powder and pilis. The use of medicinal herbs to internal and external medicine after postnatal was carried out for 44 days. The perceived benefits included adding blood, increasing the amount of breast milk, warming the body and eliminating fatigue and fatigue after childbirth. Utilization of traditional medicinal plants in this time are still used by Acehnese in the treatment of postnatal mother, besides modern treatment.

scholarly journals Treatment of human brucellosis with doxycycline and gentamicin.

1997 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Solera ◽  
A Espinosa ◽  
E Martínez-Alfaro ◽  
L Sánchez ◽  
P Geijo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effect ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Brucellosis ◽  
Once Daily ◽  
Safety And Efficacy ◽  
Doxycycline Treatment ◽  
Relapse Rates

The objective of the present prospective, noncomparative, multicenter study was assess the safety and efficacy of gentamicin and doxycycline therapy for human brucellosis. In the first part of the study, a cohort of 17 patients received 100 mg of doxycycline (or 50 mg/kg of body weight per day if the body weight was < 40 kg) orally every 12 h for 45 days (cohort 1). In the second part of the study a subsequent cohort of 35 patients was treated with doxycycline at the same dosage for 30 days (cohort 2). All patients were treated intramuscularly with gentamicin at 240 mg (or 5 mg/kg per day if the body weight was < 50 kg) once daily for the first 7 days. Both cohorts showed a favorable response during therapy, and there were no therapeutic failures. Relapse was noted in 1 (5.9%; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 0.15 to 28.7%) of the 17 patients in cohort 1 and in 8 (22.9%; 95% CI, 10.4 to 40.1%) of the 35 patients in cohort 2. Nineteen patients (36.5%; 95% CI, 23.6 to 51.0%) had adverse effects, with no differences between cohorts, and no patients had a treatment-limiting adverse effect. The study indicates that the combination of doxycycline for 45 days and gentamicin for 7 days is an effective and well-tolerated therapy for human brucellosis. The relapse rates obtained with doxycycline treatment for 30 days appear to be higher than those obtained with doxycycline treatment for 45 days.

scholarly journals Ethnobotanical Note on the Medicinal Plants of the Lower Himachal Pradesh

2021 ◽  
pp. 317-320
Author(s):  
Kritika Thakur ◽  
Nishant Thakur ◽  
Chandan Sharma ◽  
Bhupinder Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
The Body ◽  
Next Generation

Himachal is rich in the natural resource. These plants are hereditary used in various formulation and dietary foods. The plants are widely distributed in the lower Himachal from the altitude of 800mtrs to 2600mtrs. The plants are known by their local names and the ethnic knowledge has been passed from one generations to next generation. These plants are immunomodulatory, anticancer and improves the body functions. Various parts of plants like roots, barks, leaves and fruits are used in the food and medicines by local peoples.

scholarly journals Modern approaches to rehabilitation phytotherapy in oncostomatology

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-80
Author(s):  
E. V. Tsareva ◽  
A. G. Ponomareva ◽  
V. N. Tsarey
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Oral Cavity ◽  
Therapeutic Effect ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
The Body ◽  
Plant Origin ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Maxillofacial Region ◽  
Mouth Rinses ◽  
Further Development

A review of the literature discusses the deterioration of the hygienic state of the oral cavity and denture after the surgical, chemo-radiation and orthopedic stages of treatment for cancer of the maxillofacial region. The purpose of the study is to generalize and analyze modern research in the tield of the complex therapeutic effect of phytocomposites from medicinal plants, including anti-in^ammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and oncoprotective components for use in oncological dentistry.Mouth rinses of plant origin, along with a pronounced local antimicrobial and cleansing effect, improve oral hygiene and have a phytotherapeutic effect on the body as a whole. Mouth rinses based on phytocompositions prevent the effects of chemoradiotherapy and the further development of the oncological process. The antioxidant, oncoprotective, immunomodulating and antimicrobial effects of plant ^avonoids, alkaloids and polysaccharides that systemically inhibit the process of metastasis are described.

In-vivo evaluation of lipid lowering ability of Chloris paraguaiensis extracts

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-24
Author(s):  
Pavani C H
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Chemical Constituents ◽  
The Body ◽  
Lipid Lowering ◽  
Medical Systems ◽  
In Vivo Evaluation ◽  
Standard Drug ◽  
Anti Oxidant ◽  
And Control

Hyperlipidemia is the immediate results of the excessive fat intake in food. This results in the elevated levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. This leads to heart conditions like CAD, hypertension, congestive heart failure as risk factors which can be lethal. There are many drugs to treat and control the lipids levels in the body. These drugs are either designed to prevent LDL accumulation and VLDL synthesis. Some drugs also lower the elevated levels of saturated lipids in the body. But many drugs are known to cause side effects and adverse effects; therefore, alternatives to the drugs are the subjects for current investigations. Herbs and medicinal plants are used as treatment sources for many years. They have been used in the Indian medical systems like Ayurveda, Siddha etc. As the application of herbs in the treatment is growing, there is an urgent need for the establishment of Pharmacological reasoning and standardization of the activity of the medicinal plants. Chloris paraguaiensis Steud. is Poyaceae member that is called locally as Uppugaddi. Traditionally it is used to treat Rheumatism, Diabetes, fever and diarrhoea. The chemical constituents are known to have anti-oxidant properties and most of the anti-oxidants have anti-hyperlipidemic activity too. Since the plant has abundant flavonoid and phenol content, the current research focusses on the investigation of the anti-hyperlipidemic activity of the plant Chloris extracts. Extracts of Chloris at 200mg/kg showed a comparably similar anti hyperlipidemia activity to that of the standard drug. The extracts showed a dose based increase in the activity at 100 and 200mg/kg body weight.

Evaluation of Salivary Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress Markers in Male Smokers

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 496-501
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Ahmadi-Motamayel ◽  
Parisa Falsafi ◽  
Hamidreza Abolsamadi ◽  
Mohammad T. Goodarzi ◽  
Jalal Poorolajal
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Uric Acid ◽  
Free Radicals ◽  
Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Cigarette Smoke ◽  
Total Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Total Antioxidant ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Oxidative Stress

Background: Cigarette smoke free radicals can cause cellular damage and different diseases. All the body fluids have antioxidants which protect against free radicals. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate salivary total antioxidant capacity and peroxidase, uric acid and malondialdehyde levels in smokers and a nonsmoking control group. Methods: Unstimulated saliva was collected from 510 males. A total of 259 subjects were current smokers and 251 were non-smokers. The levels of salivary total antioxidant capacity, uric acid, peroxidase and malondialdehyde were measured using standard procedures. Data were analyzed with t test and ANOVA. Results: The smokers were younger and dental hygiene index was higher than healthy nonsmoking controls. The mean total antioxidant capacity in smokers and nonsmokers was 0.13±0.07 and 0.21±011, respectively (P=0.001). Smokers had significantly lower peroxidase and uric acid levels than healthy controls. In addition, the mean malondialdehyde levels in the smokers and nonsmokers were 4.55 ±2.61 and 2.79 ±2.21, respectively (P=0.001). Conclusion: Cigarette smoke produces free radical and oxidative stress, causing many side effects. Salivary antioxidant levels decreased and malondialdehyde levels increased in smokers, indicating the high oxidative stress among smokers compared to nonsmokers. Cigarette smoke had deleterious effects on main salivary antioxidants levels.

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