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Convolvulus microphyllus Sieb., is an important medicinal plant commonly known as Shankhapushpi. The plant is a medhya rasayana drug reported in Ayurvedic literature and has been used since long for various mental disorders, as a brain tonic and is also an important component of various herbal formulations. The present article comprises information on the phytochemical investigations and biological activity of the plant. The plant tissue culture work and analytical work with respect to secondary metabolites of the plant have also been discussed
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Plantas Medicinais , Materia MedicaRESUMO
Morus alba Linn. [Moraceae], commonly known as mulberry, is monoecious, occasionally dioecious shrub or a moderate sized tree and is valued for its foliage which constitute the chief feed for mulberry silkworms [Anonymous, 1962]. The contents of Cu, Zn, B and Mn in stem were 9, 8, 13 and 29 ppm respectively [Shiha and Kodaira, 1952]. Betulinic acid, and four new flavone derivatives - mulberrin, mulberrochromene, cyclomulberrin and cyclornulberrochromene have been isolated from root and stem bark [Deshpande et al., 1968]. Till date there is no report on the stem callus of M. alba. The present study on Morus alba stem callus was undertaken in order to investigate the possibility of production of phytochemicals in the callus
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A comprehensive review of the medicinally important plant Commiphora mukul [Hook. ex Stocks] Engl., comprising taxonomic, pharmacognostic, physicochemical, phytochemical and pharmacological attributes is presented in this article supported by published references