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Pharmacognostical characterization of some selected medicinal plants.

Pharmacognostical characterization of some selected medicinal plants. History of Pharmacognosy: ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 5 2009 - 5:01am

Pharmacognosy of Calotropis procera

Pharmacognosy of Calotropis procera Botanical Origin: Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br. Family: Asclepiadaceae Arka, an important drug of Ayurveda is known in this country from the earliest time. It is mentioned by the earliest Hindu writers and the ancient ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 5 2009 - 5:04am

Pharmacognosy of Chlorophytum tuberosum

Pharmacognosy of Chlorophytum tuberosum Family Liliaceae This is a genus of two hundred species and twelve are native to India. These are rhizomatous herbs and roots fascicled, often thick fleshy and tuber like. It is a rhizomatous herb. Leaves are suberec ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 5 2009 - 5:07am

The use of natural products with therapeutic properties is as ancient as human civilization

The use of natural products with therapeutic properties is as ancient as human civilization and these natural products are the foundation of preventing and curing diseases. Numerous present day medicines of the western world have been developed based on t ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 5 2009 - 5:51am

Nature has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands of years, and an impressive number of modern drugs have been isolated from natural sources

“Nature has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands of years, and an impressive number of modern drugs have been isolated from natural sources, many based on their use in traditional medicine.” These plant-based traditional medicine systems contin ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 6 2009 - 6:43pm

Pharmacognostical studies on Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br.

Pharmacognostical studies on Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br. Ashwani Kumar Calotropis procera (Asclepiadaceae) is a wild shrub, which grows upto a height of 1-3 m and its leaves are 10-13 cm wide by 17-19 cm long. Calotropis procera commonly known as Akra ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 7 2009 - 9:05pm

S containing bioactive cancer preventive compounds in almost all major genera and in every class of primary and secondary metabolites of Euphorbiaceae.

S containing bioactive cancer preventive compounds in almost all major genera and in every class of primary and secondary metabolites of Euphorbiaceae. The glucosinolates are especially abundant among families of the order Capparales: Tovariaceae, Resedace ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 7 2009 - 9:12pm

Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. f. giant milkweed

Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. f. giant milkweed ASCLEPIADACEAE Synonym: Asclepias procera Ait. General Description.—Giant milkweed is also known as sodom apple, calotrope, French cotton, small crown flower (English), algodón de seda, bomba (Spanish), cott ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 8 2009 - 8:14am

Amomum subulatum Roxb. has has medicinal potential

Scientific Name Amomum subulatum Roxb. Family Zingiberaceae Used Part Fruit Distribution Area A tall, perennial herb, with leafy stems, up to 2.5 m in height, found in the eastern Himalayas and cultivated in Nepal, northern West Bengal, Sikkim, and Assam h ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 9 2009 - 1:43am

Withania somnifera Dunal Ashwagandha is used in several Ayurvedic preparations alongwith