Phytomedicines, complex chemical mixtures prepared from plants, have been used for health maintenance since ancient times. But many phytomedicines are limited in their effectiveness because they are poorly absorbed when taken orally. The term "phyto" means plant while "some" means cell-like. Phytosomes are little cell like structure. This is advanced forms of herbal formulations which contains the bioactive phytoconsituents of herb extract surrounds and bound by a lipid. Most of the bioactive constituents of phytomedicines are water-soluble compounds like flavonoids, glycosides; terpenoids in which flavonoids are a major class of bioactive compounds possesses broad therapeutic activities. Because of water soluble herbal extract and lipophilic outer layer phytosomes shows better absorption and as a result produce better bioavailability and actions than the conventional herbal extracts containing dosage form. Phytosomes are produced by a process where by the standardized plant extract or its constituents are bound to phospholipids, mainly phosphatidylcholine producing a lipidcompatible molecular complex. This study reveals that phytosome exhibit better pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics profile than conventional herbal extracts.
Cuscuta reflexa is a golden yellow leafless perennial and parasitic herb of the family Convolvulaceae family Cuscutaceae commonly called giant dodder is a perennial parasitic leafless plant species commonly found in tropical Asia. It has been used as an important constituent of various medical compositions in ayurvedic Unani and folk medicines in the Indian subcontinent including India Bangladesh China Thailand etc. since the ancient times. Various parts of the plant such as the seeds stem fruit and even the entire plant have been used in traditional medicine to cure a broad spectrum of ailments. It is rich in a broad spectrum of bioactive components such as flavonoids alkaloids saponins steroids lignans polysaccharides etc. Its wide array of therapeutic properties such as antitumor antioxidative anti-inflammatory anticonvulsant hepatoprotective neuroprotective etc. have been to cure several ailments such as skin diseases asthma jaundice body pain gout depression etc. This review article presents a detailed survey of the literature on pharmacognosy phytochemistry ethnomedicinal and pharmacological uses of C. reflexa. Keywords Cuscuta reflexa Ethnomedicinal uses Pharmacological uses
Standardization is the need of the hour in Ayurvedic system of medicine. The traditional systems of medicine are really effective but the problem with them is they lack in quality assurance. This enables us to recognise the quality of the formulation. The Central Council of Research in Ayurveda and Siddha has prescribed the preliminary guidelines for testing the quality of these formulations. It is essential to derive a protocol or develop methods for evaluation of herbal formulation to maintain uniformity between batches during production. The present work aims to review to standardize a polyherbal churnas available in the market.
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