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“AGATHIYAR KUZHAMBU”- NOT ONLY A PURGATIVE- AN OVERVIEW
The Siddha System of Medicine is one of the most ancient traditional medical systems was popular in the ancient Southern part of India. In this system, the herbals, metals, minerals and animal products have been used to prepare the medicines for treating diverse illness. Siddha medicines are divided into inner drug treatments and external drug treatments. Agathiyar Kuzhambu is one among the 32 int...
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A REVIEW OF CLASSICAL, PROPRIETARY AND PATENTED AYURVED PRODUCTS AND THEIR INGREDIENTS IN LIVER / SPLEEN DISEASES
Liver disease is the tenth most common cause of death in India as per the World Health Organization and may affect every one in Five Indians. In spite of consistent human effort and drug discovery, modern drug has very little to offer. Nonetheless, Ayurved classical proprietary and patented formulations have shown promising results. The present study provides a general review of the Ayurved produc...
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DETECTION OF SILDENAFIL CITRATE FROM APHRODISIAC HERBAL FORMULATIONS
Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra (Pfizer), is a prescription medicine used for erectile dysfunction. Sildenafil were isolated and purified during the analysis of some herbal products marketed for treatment of erectile dysfunction. There is no standardization technique for herbal formulations hence the addition of adulterants in herbal is very difficult to get hold of. Most of the adulte...
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PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF GENUS URTICA – A REVIEW
Genus Urtica belongs to family Urticaceae and commonly known by name of nettles. The plant Urtica has been used as a folk medicine and as a food source from a long time. It has been used frequently for its medicinal properties since the Bronze age (3000 - 2000 B.C.) as a traditional herbal remedy in treatment of variety of diseases as rheumatism gouts, nephritis, haematuria, jaundice, menorrhagia,...
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A BRIEF REVIEW ON RECENT SYNTHESIS OF 2-AZETIDINONE DERIVATIVES
The chemistry of β-lactams has taken an prestigious place in organic and medicinal chemistry so the review on recent methods in the synthesis of 2-Azetidinone derivatives rendered as a lead molecule for designing potential bioactive agents and it accompanying additional various synthetic information and its orientations would encompass great deal of help to researchers, chemists and pharmacologis...
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THERAPEUTIC POTENTIALS OF COW DERIVED PRODUCTS- A REVIEW
Kamdhenu or Indian cow (Bos indicus) is worshipped as sacred animal by Hindus. The reason for worshipping is the tremendous therapeutic values of cow derived products like cow milk, cow milk curd, cow butter (ghee), cow urine, cow dung and a combination formulation Panchgavya. The use of these products has been well defined in ancient Ayurvedic texts like Charak samhita, Shushruta samhita, Brahad-...
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MICROBIOLOGICAL STUDY OF INDIAN PANEER – A CASE STUDY OF DELHI CITY
Paneer has great value in diet because it is a rich source of high quality proteins, fat, and minerals. Paneer has a short life span of 2-3 days of refrigeration storage, but freshness of the product is lost after one day. So, the present study was carried out to know the quality of different brands of paneer sold in Delhi City. A total of 80 packets of eight different brands were analyzed for the...
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QUINOLINE: A DIVERSE THERAPEUTIC AGENT
Quinoline and its derivatives are diverse pharmacological agents. They play a vital role in the development of new therapeutic agents. Many new therapeutic agents have been developed by using quinoline nucleus. Hence quinoline and its derivatives constitute an important class of heterocyclic compounds for the new drug development. Quinoline is also known as 1-azanapthalene and many researchers hav...
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ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF MIXTURE OF LEAF EXTRACTS OF NEEM (AZADIRACHTA INDICA LINN.) AND TANTANI (LANTANA CAMARA)
Screening of medicinal plants for their antimicrobial activity leads to development of less expensive formulations with better safety and efficacy. A. indica and L. camara shows antibacterial activity. A. indica is multipurpose tree with wide range of uses. Also the L. camara has steroidal content showing cardiotonic, antispasmodic activity along with antibacterial activity. In the present study w...
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SYZYGIUM CUMINI (LINN.) – AN OVERVIEW ON MORPHOLOGY, CULTIVATION, TRADITIONAL USES AND PHARMACOLOGY
Syzygium cumini (L.) is a widely used medicinal plant for the management of various diseases. Syzygium cumini posses various chemical constituent which are responsible for pharmacological activity. This plant reported to possess many pharmacological activities like anti- diabetic activity, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-diarrhoeal activity, antiviral, antifertility activity, gastroprotectiv...
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