Medicinal Uses of Common Indian Vegetables

Vohora, S. B.; Rizwan, Mohammad; Khan, Jehanzeb

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“…However, segmented neutrophils count was the only measure that was significantly affected by onion supplementation in a dose dependent manner, which is in agreement with our previous study [4]. The reduction in segmented neutrophil number in pigs fed onions could be due to the anti-microbial and antifungal activities of substances present in onions [1,21]. Given that neutrophils are the first line of defence against invading bacteria, this response is expected.…”

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Dietary Onion Intake as Part of a Typical High Fat Diet Improves Indices of Cardiovascular Health Using The Mixed Sex Pig Model

Gabler¹,

Osrowska²,

Imsic³

et al. 2006

Plant Foods Hum Nutr

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential health benefits of onions consumed at two levels of intake, using the pig model. The dietary fat content was set at a level typical of a "western" diet (25% w/w). Fifteen female and fifteen male pigs (Large White x Landrace) were allocated to one of three dietary treatments in a randomised block design. Treatments consisted of control diet (no onion) and onion supplementation at either 8.6 or 21.4 g of onion/MJ DE fed for six weeks. Onion consumption reduced plasma triglyceride levels by 15% (P=0.030) regardless of sex and onion dose. Total plasma cholesterol and cholesterol fractions were unaffected by onion supplementation (P>0.050). The bioactivity of onion was evident in haematocrit measures, where red blood cell and haemoglobin were significantly reduced in a dose dependant manner (P<0.001 and P=0.011, respectively), while other cell counts, with exception of segmented neutrophils (-18%, P=0.012), were largely unaffected. Serum oxidative status was improved (P=0.007) in pigs consuming onions. These data demonstrate that consumption of onions can have positive health effects in both male and female pigs consuming a high fat diet.

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Dietary Onion Intake as Part of a Typical High Fat Diet Improves Indices of Cardiovascular Health Using The Mixed Sex Pig Model

Gabler¹,

Osrowska²,

Imsic³

et al. 2006

Plant Foods Hum Nutr

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“…Raphanus sativus, Lagenaria siceraria, Cucumis sativus, Lycopersicon esculentum, Solanum melongena, Momordica charantia, M. charantia var abbreviata, Carica papaya, Emblica offi cinalis, Punica granatum, Annona squamosa, Morus alba, Syzygium cumini, and Aegle marmelos were the common vegetables and seasonal fruits taken in diabetes along with household spices. Common spices and herbs from the kitchen garden are a part of diabetic diet in Britain (Vohora et al, 1973). Studies have documented diabetes ameliorating components such as eugenol, curcumin etc.…”

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Plant-Based Remedies for the Management of Diabetes

Gupta¹,

Sidhu

Ahluwalia

2017

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The knowledge related to medicinal plants have been described in Indian Ayurveda System and survived till today through the prevalent sociocultural practices. The present study is an attempt to document anti-diabetic plants from Una district of Himachal Pradesh. A thorough survey was conducted from 500 respondents using a semistructured questionnaire and informal discussions. A total of 84 anti-diabetic plant species have been recorded. These plants include wild (32) or cultivated (41) species. Fabaceae was the dominant family with 10 species. The phytoremedies were prepared using different plant parts or sometimes even the whole plant or in combination with other species. There are only few reports on anti-diabetic use of some wild species from the study area. Further studies of bioactive compounds in these species can depict their hypoglycemic potential. The present study has suggested a strong link between traditional herbal medicines, their documentation and proper chemical characterization to harness their therapeutic potential to the maximum level.

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“…Its pungency is due to the presence of the volatile oil (allyl propyl disulphide) (Yawalkar 1985). As medicinal properties (Vohora et al 1974) onion reduces the cholesterol content in blood serum and thus is of valued against heart trouble. The effects of onion consumption in protection against cancer, coronary heart disease, diabetes as well as ageing, have been mainly attributed to organosulphur compounds, flavonoids, vitamins and some minerals (Kumari et al, 1995;Goldman et al, 1996;Teyssier et al, 2001).…”

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A Comparative Study of Technical Efficiency of Onion Producing Farms in Bangladesh

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This paper considers the comparative study to find out the farm-specific technical efficiency of the different categories of onion producing farms in Bangladesh. Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production function was used to estimate the parameters by using farm-level data. Some socio-economic factors like age, education, experience and plot size were taken into account in technical inefficiency effects model. The elasticity of output with respect to land and labour were 0.2077 and 0.0809 for small farm, 0.1076 and 0.0006 for medium farm and 0.0032 and 0.2406 for large farm respectively and with respect to seed, it was -0.0089, 0.0015 and -0.0008 for small, medium and large farms respectively and with respect to irrigation, it was -0.0062, 0.3014 and 0.0721 for small, medium and large farms respectively and with respect to capital cost, it was 0.2089, -0.0072 and 0.1376 for small, medium and large farms respectively. The coefficients of age were found to be expected negative sign in small and medium farms and it was positive sign for large farm. The coefficients of experience were significant with negative sign in small and medium farms. The coefficients of education were negative in small and medium farms and it was positive for large farm. The coefficients of plot size were insignificant with positive sign in small farm. The coefficients of plot size were found to be significant with negative value in medium and large farms. The farm-specific technical efficiencies of onion producing small, medium and large farms varied from 55 per cent to 99 per cent, 57 per cent to 99 per cent and 56 per cent to 99 per cent with a mean technical efficiency of 77 per cent, 87 per cent and 84 per cent respectively, which meant that without incurring any additional costs there was a scope to increase output per hectare of onion by 23 per cent, 13 per cent and 16 per cent for small, medium and large farms respectively through the efficient use of existing production technology.

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Medicinal Uses of Common Indian Vegetables

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Dietary Onion Intake as Part of a Typical High Fat Diet Improves Indices of Cardiovascular Health Using The Mixed Sex Pig Model

Dietary Onion Intake as Part of a Typical High Fat Diet Improves Indices of Cardiovascular Health Using The Mixed Sex Pig Model

Plant-Based Remedies for the Management of Diabetes

A Comparative Study of Technical Efficiency of Onion Producing Farms in Bangladesh

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