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Sahajna [Moringa oleifera Lam.] is a plant drug used in Unani System of Medicine since long. It is useful in the treatment of various diseases like paralysis, epilepsy, rheumatism, gout, pain, hepatitis, asthma, bronchitis, headache, and inflammatory conditions etc. The present paper is aimed to discuss the pharmacology and phytochemistry of the plant
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Plants, Medicinal , Medicine, Traditional , Medicine, Unani , Paralysis/therapy , Epilepsy/therapy , Rheumatic Diseases/therapy , Gout/therapy , Pain/therapy , Hepatitis/therapy , Asthma/therapy , Bronchitis/therapy , Headache/therapyABSTRACT
Moringa oleifera Lam., is a common plant found throughout India and its different parts are used for various medicinal purposes by local people. It has also been mentioned briefly in literature of traditional medicine but it has not been investigated scientifically for its pharmacological effects. In the present study, it was investigated for analgesic effect against thermal stimuli using Eddy's hot plate test and Analgesiometer test and for antipyretic effect in DPT induced pyrexia in experimental animals. It was found that M. oleifera leaf produced analgesic effect, which started at 20 minutes and persisted up to 120 minutes. The peak effect was found at 60 minutes. Similarly, it also produced significant antipyretic effect, which started at 30 minutes of drug administration and continued till 150 minutes. It was concluded that M. oleifera leaf possess significant analgesic and antipyretic effect
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Cassia sophera Linn. var. purpurea Roxb., commonly known as Kasondi is an important drug of Unani Medicine. It has been described to be hepatoprotective and widely used by the physicians of Unani medicine in the treatment of various liver disorders. In this paper studies carried out to determine the macroscopic, microscopic, ash values, extractive values, fluorescence analysis and thin layer chromatographic parameters are reported, which were performed to standardise the leaf and seed of the plant for its purity
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The shade dried roots of Moringa oleifera were extracted with distilled water. The extract was subjected to pharmacological studies in albino rats. The aqueous extract of Moringa oleifera root was found to possess significant analgesic, anticonvulsam and sedative activity
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Moringa oleifera Lam. has got high reputation in Unani and Ayurvedic Systems of Medicine for its remarkable medicinal properties. The leaves and roots are recognised as valuable drugs and frequently used by many Unani physicians. The pharmacognostical and phytochemical details of root and leaf of Moringa oleifera Lam. are presented in the paper for quality control
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Plant Extracts , Medicine, Unani , Medicine, Ayurvedic , Plant Leaves , Plant Roots , Quality Control , Rheumatic Diseases/therapy , Paralysis/therapy , Asthma/therapy , Hepatitis/therapy , Splenomegaly/therapyABSTRACT
Jawarish Zarooni Sada [JZS] is one of the most popular polyherbal Unani preparations, which is extensively used in renal diseases, but such an important drug has not yet been standardized for quality control. An attempt has been made in the present paper to determine various physico-chemical characteristics like extractive values, ash values, moisture contents, water and alcohol soluble contents, bulk density, pH and Rf values. These parameters would be helpful in proper identification as well as checking adulteration of the drug