scholarly journals NARDOSTACHYS JATAMANSI: IMPORTANCE OF HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT AND ENDANGERED PLANT IN AYURVEDA

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 124-130
Author(s):  
Shifali Thakur ◽  
Hemlata Kaurav ◽  
Gitika Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Anticonvulsant Activity ◽  
New Drugs ◽  
Endangered Plant ◽  
Pharmacological Properties ◽  
Nardostachys Jatamansi ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Herbal Plant ◽  
Rich History

Medicinal herbs have a rich history of their utilization for a variety of ailments. India is considered among those countries which have produced a vast variety of medicinal plants. Medicinal plants are the source of the discovery of new drugs across the world. Most of the drugs available today have some herbal content of plants in them. Due to this over-utilization of the herbal plant, it becomes endangered. Nardostachys jatamansi is a popular aromatic herbal plant. This plant is also on the verge of extinction due to the overexploitation of the rhizomes part of the herb. It is small, hairy, perennial, rhizomatous species of Valerianacea family. It is cultivated mostly in higher altitude areas. Jatamansi demonstrates various folk, Ayurvedic and pharmacological uses. Jatamansone and nardostachone are the main compounds present in the plant that possesses various activities like antimicrobial, antifungal, hypotensive, antiarrhythmic and anticonvulsant activity, etc. In this review, the phytochemicals pharmacological properties, Ayurvedic properties and folk uses of N. jatamansi are briefly explained.

Cornus mas: a review on traditional uses and pharmacological properties

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Hosseinpour-Jaghdani ◽  
Tahoora Shomali ◽  
Sajedeh Gholipour-Shahraki ◽  
Mohammad Rahimi-Madiseh ◽  
Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Pharmacological Properties ◽  
Traditional Uses ◽  
Cornus Mas ◽  
The World ◽  
Medicinal Properties

AbstractMedicinal plants that are used today have been known by people of ancient cultures around the world and have largely been considered due to their medicinal properties.

Bioactive Natural Medicinal Plants in South Indian Western Ghats and Their Pharmacological Importance

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-69
Author(s):  
M. Tamizharasi ◽  
R. Rajila ◽  
D. Beula Shiny ◽  
J. Vijila Jasmin ◽  
T. Kumaran
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
New Drugs ◽  
World Health ◽  
Plant Resources ◽  
Medical Products ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
South Indian ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Awareness of traditional knowledge and medicinal plants can play a key role in the utilization and discovery of natural plant resources. Plants became the basis of medicine system throughout the world for thousands of years and continue to provide mankind with new remedies. Researchers generally agree that natural products from plants and other organisms have been the most consistently successful source for ideas for new drugs. The world health organization estimates that 80% of the population living in the developing countries relies exclusively on traditional medicine for their primary health care. More than half of the world's population still relies entirely on plants for medicines, and plants supply the active ingredients of most traditional medical products. The review shows the south Indian medicinal plant products has been used by people to treat various health ailments.

Antioxidative Agents From Medicinal Plants

2022 ◽  
pp. 179-194
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

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.

scholarly journals History of Ayurvedic System of Medicines: From Prehistoric to Present

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-s) ◽  
pp. 212-214
Author(s):  
S. B. Tiwari ◽  
S. D. Singh ◽  
Amit Kumar Verma ◽  
Divyank Awasthi ◽  
Arun Kumar Rastogi
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Indus Valley ◽  
The People ◽  
Ayurvedic Drugs ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Vedic Period

Ayurvedic system of medicine is considered the most ancient system of the world. In the prehistoric times medicinal plants were used by the various tribes. Evidence suggests that the people of Indus valley civilization followed this system of medicines. The Vedic and post Vedic period saw the rapid development of Ayurveda supported by the efforts of Charaka, Susrutra and Vagbhata etc. Buddhist monks played important role in the propagation of Ayurveda. However, the invasion of Muslims after 10th century destroyed Ayurveda and Unani system of medicines flourished in the country. Pre independence period again saw the emergence of Ayurveda. After Independence it attains new height with its incorporation into the Drug and Cosmetic Act. The preparation of Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia helps in the standardization of Ayurvedic drugs to compete at global level with allopathic system of medicines. Keywords: ayurvedic system, Vedic and post Vedic period, Charaka, Susrutra and Vagbhata, Ayurvedic drugs

scholarly journals The Contribution of Javanese Pharmacognosy to Suriname’s Traditional Medicinal Pharmacopeia: Part 1

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis R.A. Mans ◽  
Priscilla Friperson ◽  
Meryll Djotaroeno ◽  
Jennifer Pawirodihardjo
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
South America ◽  
Sugar Cane ◽  
Medical Practices ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cultural Expressions ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Many ◽  
Colonial Master

The Republic of Suriname (South America) is among the culturally, ethnically, and religiously most diverse countries in the world. Suriname’s population of about 600,000 consists of peoples from all continents including the Javanese who arrived in the country between 1890 and 1939 as indentured laborers to work on sugar cane plantations. After expiration of their five-year contract, some Javanese returned to Indonesia while others migrated to The Netherlands (the former colonial master of both Suriname and Indonesia), but many settled in Suriname. Today, the Javanese community of about 80,000 has been integrated well in Suriname but has preserved many of their traditions and rituals. This holds true for their language, religion, cultural expressions, and forms of entertainment. The Javanese have also maintained their traditional medical practices that are based on Jamu. Jamu has its origin in the Mataram Kingdom era in ancient Java, some 1300 years ago, and is mostly based on a variety of plant species. The many Jamu products are called jamus. The first part of this chapter presents a brief background of Suriname, addresses the history of the Surinamese Javanese as well as some of the religious and cultural expressions of this group, focuses on Jamu, and comprehensively deals with four medicinal plants that are commonly used by the Javanese. The second part of this chapter continues with an equally extensive narrative of six more such plants and concludes with a few remarks on the contribution of Javanese jamus to Suriname’s traditional medicinal pharmacopeia.

scholarly journals Sufis, Salafis, and Islamists

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 82-86
Author(s):  
Muneeza Rizvi
Keyword(s):  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Islamist Movement ◽  
Traditional Islam ◽  
Rich History ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Islamic Activism

In Sufis, Salafis, and Islamists: The Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism, Sadek Hamid provides a rich history of nearly four decades of Muslim organizing in Britain. Replete with careful typologies and periodizations, the work reflects the author’s intimate grounding in the world of British Islam, and provides a unique insight into the challenges and successes of four trends he describes as the “reformist Islamist Young Muslims UK (YM), the Salafi-oriented JIMAS (Jamiyyah Ihya’ Minhaj as Sunnah)...the radical pan-Islamist movement Hizb ut-Tahrir, and the neo-Sufi Traditional Islam Network”.

History of acute polyradiculoneuropathy (part 2)

Neurology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 94 (19) ◽  
pp. 836-840
Author(s):  
Stéphane Mathis ◽  
Antoine Soulages ◽  
Gwendal Le Masson ◽  
Jean-Michel Vallat
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Entity ◽  
Guillain Barre Syndrome ◽  
Great War ◽  
The World ◽  
Guillain Barré Syndrome ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Guillain Barré ◽  
The Great War ◽  
Rich History

First reported by Guillain, Barré, and Strohl during the Great War, the concept of “Guillain-Barré syndrome” (GBS) progressively emerged as a clinical entity in its own right. Despite many debates about its clinical and pathophysiologic characteristics, GBS is now recognized as a disease throughout the world. We describe here the main steps of the rich history of GBS, from 1916 to the present.

scholarly journals Ethnomedicinal, phytochemical and pharmacological properties of Piper longum (Linn)

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakim Md Osman Gani ◽  
Md Obydul Hoq ◽  
Tahmina Tamanna
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Safety Profile ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Pharmacological Properties ◽  
Pharmacological Profile ◽  
Piper Longum ◽  
Unani Medicine ◽  
Pharmacological Targets ◽  
The World ◽  
Semi Solid

Herbs orchestrate resurgence and vegetal awakening is supervened everywhere in the world. Medicinal plants always played an important role in the health development of mankind. Piper longum provides us new lead molecules for the development of drugs against various pharmacological targets. Plants included in this family are annual and persistent herbs or shrubs, indigenous to northern moderate stretch of the world. Piper longum is well known for its medicinal and pharmaceutical importance. In this review studies we will want to explore the various pharmacological properties of Piper longum in Unani system of medicine. Evidence suggests that various listed of Unani Medicine formulated with the Piper longum among these few are tablet, capsule, syrup and semi-solid etc. The primary constituents isolated from various parts of P. longum are piperine, piperlongumine, sylvatin, sesamin, diaeudesmin piperlonguminine, pipermonaline, and piperundecalidine. It is most commonly used to treat chronic bronchitis, asthma, constipation, gonorrhea, paralysis of the tongue, diarrhea, cholera, chronic malaria, viral hepatitis, respiratory infections, stomachache, bronchitis, diseases of the spleen, cough, and tumors. This study provides detailed information about the P. longum fruit, including phytochemistry, pharmacological profile and safety profile. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. March 2019, 5(1): 1-7

scholarly journals TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL PLANTS AS PROMISING SOURCE OF IMMUNOMODULATOR AGAINST COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (Spl-1-SARS-CoV-2) ◽  
pp. S126-S138
Author(s):  
Shikha Tiwari ◽  
◽  
N. K. Dubey ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
General Feature ◽  
Pharmacological Properties ◽  
Therapeutic Drugs ◽  
Traditional Medicinal Plants ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Major Player ◽  
The World ◽  
Immunomodulatory Properties ◽  
Promising Source

Outbreak of novel corona virus (Covid-19) or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS CoV-2) was noticed in China at the end of 2019 and has now become one of the major global health threat. Although, Covid-19 virus imposes detrimental effects to all groups of persons irrespective of their age, sex, race and body physic. Immuno-compromised people are reported to be severely affected in comparison to immunocompetent persons, suggesting immunity as a major player against SARS CoV-2. Despite of great efforts and intensive researches carried all over the world, so far there are no clinically approved vaccines or specific therapeutic drugs available for Covid-19. In this regard, different traditional medicinal plants, which are vast reservoir of bioactive compounds with broad therapeutic and immunomodulatory properties, have been emerged as boon to combat with Covid-19. Along with pharmacological properties and easily availability, safety paradigm of ethnomedicinal plants makes them highly preferable immediate remedy to enhance immunity and compete with novel corona virus. Use of traditional Indian spices has been also realized as effective and safer strategy in order to boost immunity and deal with highly terrible current Covid-19 situation. Hence, there is need to boost the efficacy of the traditionally used plant based immunomodulators against Covid-19 pandemic incorporating modern biotechnological and pharmacological tools so as to enhance bioavailability and practical applicability. The present article deals with general feature of SARS CoV-2 along with recent reports on efficacy of traditional medicinal plants as well as Indian spices as an effective immunomodulator for Covid-19.

scholarly journals The Contribution of Javanese Pharmacognosy to Suriname’s Traditional Medicinal Pharmacopeia: Part 2

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis R.A. Mans ◽  
Priscilla Friperson ◽  
Meryll Djotaroeno ◽  
Jennifer Pawirodihardjo
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
South America ◽  
Sugar Cane ◽  
Medical Practices ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cultural Expressions ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Many ◽  
Colonial Master

The Republic of Suriname (South America) is among the culturally, ethnically, and religiously most diverse countries in the world. Suriname’s population of about 600,000 consists of peoples from all continents including the Javanese who arrived in the country between 1890 and 1939 as indentured laborers to work on sugar cane plantations. After expiration of their five-year contract, some Javanese returned to Indonesia while others migrated to The Netherlands (the former colonial master of both Suriname and Indonesia), but many settled in Suriname. Today, the Javanese community of about 80,000 has been integrated well in Suriname but has preserved many of their traditions and rituals. This holds true for their language, religion, cultural expressions, and forms of entertainment. The Javanese have also maintained their traditional medical practices that are based on Jamu. Jamu has its origin in the Mataram Kingdom era in ancient Java, some 1300 years ago, and is mostly based on a variety of plant species. The many Jamu products are called jamus. The first part of this chapter presented a brief background of Suriname, addressed the history of the Surinamese Javanese as well as some of the religious and cultural expressions of this group, focused on Jamu, and comprehensively dealt with four medicinal plants that are commonly used by the Javanese. This second part of the chapter continues with an equally extensive narrative of six more such plants and concludes with a few remarks on the contribution of Javanese jamus to Suriname’s traditional medicinal pharmacopeia.

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