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Turmeric is a spice derived from the rhizomes of Curcuma longa, which is a member of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae). Turmeric constituents include the three curcuminoids: Curcumin (diferuloylmethane; the primary constituent and responsible for its vibrant yellow color), demethoxycurcumin, and bisdemethoxycurcumin, as well as volatile oils (tumerone, atlantone, and zingiberone), sugars, proteins, and resins. In the Ayurvedic tradition, turmeric, or “haldi” as it is known in Hindi. Turmeric is considered to be one of the most important herbs in the ayurvedictradition and used historically as a component of Indian Ayurvedic medicine since 1900 BCE to treat a wide variety of ailments including those of the skin, pulmonary, and gastrointestinal systems, aches, pains, wounds, sprains, and liver disorders. Extensive research in the latter half of the 20th century has identified curcumin as responsible for most of the biological activity of turmeric. Curcumin has been shown to exhibit anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-cancer hyperlipidemic, woundhealing and hepato- protective activities and thus has a potential against various malignant diseases, diabetes, allergies,...
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In the last few years there has been an exponential growth in the field of herbal medicine and these drugs are obtaining popularity both in developing and developed countries because of their natural origin and lesser side effects. Many traditional medicines in use and they are derived from medicinal plants, minerals and some organic matter. The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed 21,000 plants, which are useful for medicinal purposes around the world. Among these 2500 species are in India, out of which 150 species are used commercially on a fairly large scale. India is the largest producer of medicinal herbs and is called as botanical garden of the world .This review focuses on herbal drug preparations of nanoformulation used in the treatment of different chronic diseases conditions in the world. This paper will discuss the benefits with use of herbal nanoformulation as Anti-cancerous activity. The application of nanotechnology is enhancement for the bioavailability and nanomization of herbal drugs like-nanocurcumin from Curcuma longa, nanovincristine from Vinca rosea, Podophylotoxin from...
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Ensuring patient safety during and after clinical trials is the sole priority of the drug-development process. In both clinical trials and clinical practice, each patient must be treated according to his or her illness and needs. For this purpose, monitoring of patient safety at all levels of drug-development is given utmost importance. Such monitoring is a dynamic process having motive of protecting trial volunteers and patients from preventable harm during and after clinical trials respectively. For this purpose, knowledge of the basics of drug safety at all levels is essential especially for the healthcare professionals. Many literatures have been published on drug safety and clinical trials but a systemic document focusing strictly on all the dimensions is lacking. In this article, we have discussed upon all aspects of drug safety in clinical trials including the basics of drug safety, patient suitability for safety in trials, regulatory aspects of drug safety, causality, risk assessment and post marketing safety of the drug...
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The broad and potent activity of piperazine has established it as one of the biologically important scaffolds. This article is an effort to highlight the importance of the piperazine in the present context and promise they hold for the future. This review mainly focused the updated information on the most active piperazine derivatives that have been reported to show significant biological actions for instance anti-microbial, anti-depressant, anticonvulsant, anti-parkinson, anti-inflammatory, antipsychotic, antioxidant, antidiabetic, antiarrhythmic, antiproliferative, anxiolytic, antialzheimer, antimalarial, antihypertensive, antiplatelet aggression and anti-histaminic activity. This review would take on benzylpiperazine (BZP) and trifluoromethylpiperazine (TFMPP), benzhydryl piperazine, diphenylalkyl piperazine, phenyl piperazine as the most popular member of the piperazines, focusing the discussion on their origins, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and their effects on the human body. From these outcomes, information for future molecular modifications leading to compounds with greater positive pharmacological properties may be...
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Pyrazoline, among the various 5-membered heterocyclic compound derivatives has drawn attention towards it because of its various pharmacologically activities associated with it. Pyrazolines are a five membered heterocyclic having two adjacent nitrogen atoms within the ring with only one endocyclic double bond and is basic in nature. A lot of research work has been done on synthesis and biological activities of various pyrazoline derivatives over the years. Pyrazolines derivatives display tremendous biological activities such as antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic, antidepressant, antitubercular, antiamoebic, anthelmintic, anticonvulsant, antihypertensive, antidiabetic, antitumor, anti-HIV, local anaesthetic, antioxidant, insecticidal, tranquilizing and receptor selective biological activity. The history of pyrazoline shows that it attracted many chemists to explore pyrazoline as a biologically active molecule. The study of biological evaluation of pyrazoline derivatives has been an interesting field of pharmaceutical chemistry. This review article focuses on the pharmacological profile of pyrazoline with various activities and examples in form of...
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