Cinnamomum zeylanicum, popularly known as cinnamon or ceylon cinnamon refers to the tropical evergreen tree as well as the bark that is extracted from the plant. Cinnamon are recognized for its sweet flavour and aroma and used as an important spice in India in almost every delicious dishes .The spice has gained more importance due to its well uses as remedy for the treatment of various types of disorders in the Ayurvedic and folklore system of medicine in India from the era of " Charaka samhita ". The herb is used for the treatment of dyspeptic conditions, flatulence, loss of appetite, abdominal pain with diarrhoea, inflammation of the eye, leukorrhoea, vaginitis, rheumatism, neuralgia, wounds, and toothache. The oil isolated from the different parts of the plant containing cinnamaldehyde and eugenol as major constituents are considered as active principle of cinnamon. Over the past two decades many scientific journals are describing its nutritional and medicinal properties. This review has tried to include an up to date phytochemical and biological research on cinnamon. The ethnobotanical uses have also been discussed.
Plants are among the richest sources of bioactive compounds throughout the world for thousands of years and continue to provide new remedies to mankind. Roots of Hemidesmus indicus R. Br. is an important plant drug which is used to cure leprosy, leucoderma, itching, skin disease, asthma, bronchitis, leucorrhoea, dysentery, piles, syphilis, paralysis, urinary disorders and diabetics. The present study focused on the pharmacognostical, phytochemical investigation as well as HPTLC study on Hemidesmus indicus root. Organoleptic, macroscopic, microscopic, phytochemical features along with the HPTLC study were performed by taking different solvent extracts of Hemidesmus indicus root. This study highlights the first detailed HPTLC study on Hemidesmus indicus root by taking different solvent extracts with their increasing polarity which is a referential information for identification parameters and improves our confidence level of acceptability of herbal drugs.
Piper species are reported to have great medicinal values in Indian system medicines. The present study was therefore carried out to provide the requisite pharmacognostic, phytochemical and HPTLC study of the four piper species namely Piper longum, Piper nigrum, Piper cubeba and Piper retrofractum. The marker compound present in all these four species is Piperine, an alkaloid found naturally in plants belonging to the pyridine group of Piperaceae family. This study will be the ready reference for the correct identification of the four crude drugs.
Vitex peduncularis Wall. ex Schauer (family:Lamiaceae) is commonly known as 'Charaigorh' by the several ethnic groups of Odisha. The plant used by traditional healers in Malaria, Jaundice and menstrual disorders. The preliminary phytochemical analysis, HPTLC fingerprinting, and details pharmacognistical studies of its leaves revealed presence of distinctive characteristic, which help in identifying the specimen.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.