scholarly journals ANTI-DIABETIC PHARMACOTHERAPEUTIC POTENTIALS OF SOME INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS: INSIGHTS INTO THE NATURAL ARMAMENTARIUM

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (No 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashima Gakhar

Herbal medication has grown exponentially in popularity in recent years, gaining popularity in both emerging and industrialized countries due to its natural origins and lack of side effects. To compile knowledge regarding medicinal plants used to cure diabetes mellitus, a systematic study was performed. It is a metabolic disease of the endocrine system that affects about 10% of the world’s population, with the number of people afflicted growing by the day. The profiles provide details on the scientific and family names of the plants, plant sections and research models used, hypoglycemic behavior, and active chemical agents. The vast number of plants mentioned in this analysis exemplified the role of herbal plants in diabetes care. These plants’ effects can help to delay the onset of diabetic complications and correct metabolic imbalances. This study encourages researchers to do further studies into the possible usage of medicinal plants with anti-diabetic properties.

2017 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 634-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasandeep Singh ◽  
Sakshi Bhushan ◽  
Rohit Arora ◽  
Harpal Singh Buttar ◽  
Saroj Arora ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1073-1082
Author(s):  
Vishnuvardhini. S, Andamuthu Sivakumar ◽  
Vaiyapuri Ravi ◽  
A. S. Prasad ◽  
J.S. Sivakumar

Plants have been used for health disorders and to prevent diseases including epidemics since times immemorial. Many plants are used as Phytomedicines in dentistry because they possess varying degree of biological and antibacterial effects. In endodontics, plants and their extract can be used as irrigant and intracanal medicament to prevent the potential side effects caused by conventional chemical agents. Such herbal preparations are derived from the roots, leaves, seeds, stems and flowers of medicinal plants. This paper emphasize on the advantages of different herbal plants and their products when used as phytotherapy in endodontics.


Author(s):  
Ram Babu Sharma ◽  
Rajiv Sharma ◽  
Kundan Singh Bora

In today's era, most of the diseases are treated by allopathic drugs. The reliance on allopathic drugs for the treatment of most diseases is gradually increasing day by day due to their rapid effects and the immediate relief to patients. However, these drugs induce some serious side effects in patients, and in some cases, the patient may die. Thus, the interest of researchers is growing day by day towards medicinal plants for the treatment of diseases. It has also been viewed that some herbal plants have great therapeutic and pharmacological effects in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The initial studies, which have been carried out by different researchers, demonstrated very valuable results and enlighten a ray of hope for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease which is associated with CNS disfunction. In this article, the author focused on those plants which are especially used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Shridhar Dwivedi ◽  
Deepti Chopra ◽  
Bharti Bhandari

Author(s):  
Eshita Sharma ◽  
Tapan Behl ◽  
Monika Sachdeva ◽  
Rashita Makkar ◽  
Sandeep Arora

Medicinal plants play a beneficial role in health care and are commonly used in preventing and testing diseases and specific ailments. The advantage associated with herbals plants are numerous and cannot be ignored as they have less adherence issues and are accepted widely by the population due to greater belief in Ayurveda since ancient times. Neuropathic pain has immersed as a serious threat to patient that occurs by damaging the blood vessels leading to morbidity and mortality. The present review paper aims in providing an account of various herbal plants that could be employed in treatment of neuropathic pain.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-133
Author(s):  
Jaydip Jikadara ◽  
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Samresh Pal Roy ◽  

The present review focuses on the overview of the immune system regarding its protection of the human body against COVID-19 virus; illustrates the immunity boosting activity of herbal plants against SARS-CoV-2 infection. This work also provides information regarding virus structure information, immunopathogensis of virus with human body and role of Ayurveda in coronavirus disease. A number of herbal plants based active principles have been isolated and extracted with potential immunostimulant and immunosuppressant activity that can explain their beneficial use in traditional medicine and form the further research base for the future studies. The goal of this review is to foreground the immunity boosting activity of different herbal plants and its beneficial use in COVID-19 disease. Many plants and their phytochemicals, responsible for immunomodulation mechanism in SARS-CoV-2 infection have been explained. This review shall hopefully encourage researchers to undertake further work on herbal or medicinal plants with potential immunity boosting activity in COVID-19 disease.


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