The Effectiveness ofViola odoratain the Prevention and Treatment of Formalin-Induced Lung Damage in the Rat

Antibacterial activity of some Indian medicinal plants

“…A number of plants have been documented for their biological [3,4] and antimicrobial properties [5][6][7][8]. Anethum graveolens (Dill), Foeniculum vulgare (Fennel), Trachyspermum ammi (Omum) and Elettaria cardamomum-queen of spices (Chotti elaichi)-have been commonly used to treat gastrointestinal disorders [9]; Viola odorata has been in use to treat respiratory diseases and as an anti-inflammatory agent [10], while Syzygium aromaticum (clove) is used for toothache due to its local anaesthetic activity [11]. Biological as well as antimicrobial activities of essential/ volatile oils of these plants have been reported [12][13][14].…”

Viola odorata

“…Viola odorata aqueous extract given prophylactically was partially effective in preventing formalininduced lung damage in rats and was comparable to that of hydrocortisone (Koochek et al 2003 ).…”

Antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities of Viola odorata in the search of potential inhibitor of tobaccos free radicals

“…The pharmacological exploration have shown that this plant also has diuretic, laxative (Vishal et al, 2009), antihypertensive and antidyslipidemic (Siddiqi et al, 2012), antibacterial (Pränting et al, 2010), anticancer (Gerlach et al, 2010), hepatoprotective (Qadir et al, 2014), lung-protective (Koochek et al, 2003) and excellent antioxidant activities (Ebrahimzadeh et al, 2010). The plethora of therapeutic applications of V. odorata, fortified the authors to evaluate the free radical scavenging activity of the plant extract over the tobacco extract in continuation of their endeavor in the field of natural product chemistry (Khan et al, 2016).…”