Apr-Jun 2018 Volume 6 | Issue 2
Page Nos. 13-42
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Review Article
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Complementary alternative medicinal systems: An overview |
p. 13-17 |
S. Patil Minal, B. Patil Shailesh, P. Chittam Kailaspati, P. Joshi Umesh
Traditional systems of medicines are playing an important role in providing health care to a large
section of population, especially in the developing countries. Indian systems of medicine are among
the well-known global traditional systems of medicine. In this review, an attempt has been made to
provide general information pertaining to different aspects of these systems. The aspects covered
include information about historical background, conceptual basis; different disciplines studied in
the systems, research and development aspects. Unani System of medicine is based on established
knowledge and practices relating to the promotion of positive health and prevention of diseases.
Homeopathy is a system of medicine, which believes in a specialized method of treatment of curing
diseases by administration of potency drugs, which have been experimentally proved to possess the
power of producing similar artificial systems on human beings.
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DOI: 10.31555/jpbs/2018/6/2/13-17
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Review Article
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Contribution of poisonous plants in herbal remedies |
p. 18-35 |
Surekha D. Salgar, Md. Rageeb Md. Usman, Gautam P. Vadnere, Santram Lodhi, Kranti D. Patil
The aim of this study concludes that toxic medicinal plants have some medicinal values. Certain
precautions about those plants are enough to use these toxic plants as medication purpose. Since
plant toxins show many useful effects, they can be used in treating respective diseases. They can
be modified to show better affinity and efficacy. Poisonous, medicinal plants are used for various
ailments. This study reveals that wide numbers of phytochemical constituents have been reported
from various medicinal plants which possess pharmacological activities, herbal remedies, and other
important medicinal properties. This information is the most important for pharmaceutical companies
could formulate drug.
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DOI: 10.31555/jpbs/2018/6/2/18-35
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Original Article
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To study the antidandruff activity of rosemary oil, basil oil, coleus oil over selenium sulfide |
p. 36-39 |
Patil Trupti K, S. S Gadekar
Dandruff is caused by Malassezia (Pityrosporum) species. Dandruff is controlled by fungistatic ingredients
in Antidandruff shampoos. Comparative study on the effectiveness of chemical and herbal antidandruff
ingredients and their performance in shampoos was done in vitro against Malassezia furfur. Selenium
Sulfide has a good antidandruff activity along with the chemical ingredients. Herbal ingredients such as
rosemary oil, basil oil, and coleus oil also have an antidandruff activity, but their minimum inhibitory
concentration (MIC) values are much more than the synthetic ingredients. Essential oils can be great
allies in the fight against fungi/dandruff. Most of the essential oils are excellent antibacterial and
antifungal treatment making an excellent fighter against dandruff. The antifungal activities of essential
oils and synthetic chemical, i.e., selenium sulfide were analyzed towards M. furfur. The data obtained
indicated that rosemary essential oil exhibited the strongest inhibitory activities. MIC of rosemary oil
against M. furfur was at 0.5%. Basil oil is also possessed considerable antifungal activity, and MIC of
Basil oil against M. furfur was at 0.7%. Coleus essential oil exhibited the minimum inhibitory activity
at 0.9% while that of selenium sulfide possessed considerably lower antifungal activity than these
essential oils and was measured at 2.5%.The results of MICs revealed that the rosemary, basil, and
coleus essential oils exhibited the best antifungal activities toward M. furfur than that of selenium sulfide.
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DOI: 10.31555/jpbs/2018/6/2/36-39
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Antibacterial activity of Momordica dioica Roxb. fruit pericarp and leaves in bacterial species |
p. 40-42 |
Monika T. Pingle, Snehal S. Gadekar, Snehal K. Bhavsar, S. J. Surana
During the present study, the antibacterial activity of Momordica dioica Roxb. (Cucurbitaceae) fruit
pericarp and leaves was done. The methanolic extracts of M. dioica were evaluated for antibacterial
activity by disc diffusion method. The minimum inhibitory concentration was determined by tube
dilution method. The diameter of the zone of inhibition against various Gram-positive and Gramnegative
bacteria was measured. The concentration of stock solution was prepared as 1000 μg/ml.
Ampicillin was used as positive control. The results indicate weakly active inhibition on the growth
of Gram-positive bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus followed by Bacillus subtilis, among Gram-negative
bacteria Shigella followed by Salmonella typhi in fruit pericarp. In leaf, Gram-positive bacteria like
B. subtilis followed by S. aureus, among Gram-negative bacteria Shigella followed by S. typhi.
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DOI: 10.31555/jpbs/2018/6/2/40-42
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