Plant profile, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Avartani (Helicteres isora Linn.): A review
Plants are used as medicine since ancient time, in organized (Ayurveda, Unani & Siddha) and unorganized (folk, native & tribal) form. In these systems, drugs are described either in Sanskrit or vernacular languages. Avartani (Helicteres isora Linn.) is a medicinal plant which is used in seve...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b747ea06267a43a2a6233e6186523018 2023-05-15T15:01:38+02:00 Plant profile, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Avartani (Helicteres isora Linn.): A review Nirmal Kumar Anil Kumar Singh 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C872 https://doaj.org/article/b747ea06267a43a2a6233e6186523018 EN eng Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169115302331 https://doaj.org/toc/2221-1691 2221-1691 doi:10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C872 https://doaj.org/article/b747ea06267a43a2a6233e6186523018 Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, Vol 4, Iss S1, Pp S22-S26 (2014) Avartani Ayurveda Helicteres isora Linn Marodphali Anti-diarrheal Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C872 2022-12-31T15:59:39Z Plants are used as medicine since ancient time, in organized (Ayurveda, Unani & Siddha) and unorganized (folk, native & tribal) form. In these systems, drugs are described either in Sanskrit or vernacular languages. Avartani (Helicteres isora Linn.) is a medicinal plant which is used in several diseases. It is commonly known as Marodphali, Marorphali, Enthani etc. due to screw like appearance of its fruit. Avartani is used as a folk medicine to treat snake bite, diarrhoea and constipation of new born baby. In the research, antioxidant, hypolipidaemic, antibacterial and antiplasmid activities, cardiac antioxidant, antiperoxidative potency, brain-antioxidation potency, anticancer activity, antinociceptive activity, hepatoprotective activity, anti-diarrheal activity and wormicidal activity in this plant were reviewed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 4 S22 S26 |
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Plants are used as medicine since ancient time, in organized (Ayurveda, Unani & Siddha) and unorganized (folk, native & tribal) form. In these systems, drugs are described either in Sanskrit or vernacular languages. Avartani (Helicteres isora Linn.) is a medicinal plant which is used in several diseases. It is commonly known as Marodphali, Marorphali, Enthani etc. due to screw like appearance of its fruit. Avartani is used as a folk medicine to treat snake bite, diarrhoea and constipation of new born baby. In the research, antioxidant, hypolipidaemic, antibacterial and antiplasmid activities, cardiac antioxidant, antiperoxidative potency, brain-antioxidation potency, anticancer activity, antinociceptive activity, hepatoprotective activity, anti-diarrheal activity and wormicidal activity in this plant were reviewed. |
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Plant profile, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Avartani (Helicteres isora Linn.): A review |
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Plant profile, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Avartani (Helicteres isora Linn.): A review |
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Plant profile, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Avartani (Helicteres isora Linn.): A review |
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Plant profile, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Avartani (Helicteres isora Linn.): A review |
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Plant profile, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Avartani (Helicteres isora Linn.): A review |
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plant profile, phytochemistry and pharmacology of avartani (helicteres isora linn.): a review |
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