Pharmacognosy of the fruits of pimpinella anisum l.

The fruits of Priminella anisum Linn. are claimed to possess expectorant, stimulant, carminative, diuretic and diaphoretic properties. They are also used in flatulent colic and in some pharmaceutical preparations for asthma. The paper deals with the organic analysis, fluorescence studies, water and alcohol soluble matter, ash values, other physical parameters and T.L.C. behaviour of the fruit [commercially known as seed]. Keeping in view its medicinal as well as economic importance, pharmacognostical and phytochemical standards are presented as an aid in the identification of genuine sample

Treatise on botanical, animal and mineral drugs for cancer

The knowledge of Sartan [cancer] in the Unani [Greco-Arab] system of medicine can be traced to ancient times [131-200 A.D.]. The knowledge of Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Zakariya al-Razi for curing of cancer is worth mentioning. Unani simples-plants, animals and minerals and formulations used for the treatment of the disease as mentioned by him have been presented scientifically. Numerous plant drugs have been tabulated with their correct botanical names, English names, part used and families. The claims have been reviewed in the light of research work conducted in India during the last three decades