March 2011

A review of plants of genus Leucas

Plants of genus Leucas (Lamiacae) are widely used in traditional medicine to cure many diseases such as cough, cold, diarrhoea and inflammatory skin disorder. A variety of phytoconstituents has been isolated from the Leucas species which include lignans, flavonoids, coumarins, steroids, terpenes, fatty acids and aliphatic long chain compounds. Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antidiarrhoeal,...

Author(s): Hemendra S. Chouhan and Sushil K. Singh

March 2011

Phytomedicine: An ancient approach turning into future potential source of therapeutics

Phytomedicine obtained from herbal sources are in great demand in the developed world as they are able to cure many infectious diseases. These plant based drugs provide outstanding contribution to modern therapeutics. The natural medicine are attracting renewed attention from both practical and scientific view points, but the mode of action of folk herbal medicines and related products from nature is even more complex...

Author(s): Mukeshwar Pandey, Mousumi Debnath, Shobit Gupta and Surender K. Chikara