Plants synthesize phytochemicals for many reasons, including to protect. Biophytum sensitivum dc oxalidaceae is used as a traditional folk medicine in ailments such as inflammation, arthritis, wounds, tumors and burns, gonorrhea, stomach ache, asthma, cough, degenerative joint disease, urinary calculi, diabetes, snake bite, amenorrhea and. Anti bacterial activity of root extract of biophytum. Semiquantitative rtpcr analysis revealed that the highest chs gene expression was.
Books title, author s, publisher, year of publication 1. Anti bacterial activity of root extract of biophytum sensitivum l. Oxidative stress and antioxidant potential of one hundred medicinal plants volume. Suppression of radium uptake in barite crystals by. Traditional medicines still remain the main resource for a large majority of people treating health problems. Phytochemical characteristics, free radical scavenging. The ethanol extract of dried flowers osmanthus fragrans ofe was assessed for free radical scavenging effects measured by the bleaching of the 1,1diphenyl2picrylhydrazyl dpph radical, scavenging of the hydroxyl anion, investigation of the ferric reducingantioxidant power frap and lipidperoxidation inhibition in rat tissues. This little tree plant is known for its interesting characteristic similar to the touchmenot plant. Combined phytochemicals from gongronema latifoliumand ocimum gratissimumleaves doi. Medicinal plants are widely being used by the traditional medical practitioners for curing various diseases in their daytoday practice. Plantderived compounds as antioxidants for health are. Biophytum sensitivum dc oxalidaceae is a small, sensitive annual herb, growing throughout the tropical regions of south asia, africa and madagascar. It is advisable to refer to the publishers version if you intend to cite from this work. Phytochemical screening of some sudanese medicinal plants.
Those studying phytochemistry strive to describe the structures of the large number of secondary metabolic compounds found in plants, the functions of these compounds in human and plant biology, and the biosynthesis of these compounds. Phytochemistry, pharmacology and agronomy of medicinal plants. The objective of this study was to determine phytochemical characteristics, chemiluminescence antioxidant capacities, and neuroprotective effects on pc12 cells for methanol extracts of spatholobus suberectus, uncaria rhynchophylla, alpinia officinarum, drynaria fortunei, and crataegus pinnatifida. While there is a surge of information published in recent years on herbal medicine and their pharmacologic effects and books are available on each subject, researches who wish to keep a pace with the rapidly developing field of. A brown ring of the interface indicates a deoxy sugar characteristic of cardenolides. Thus, the identification of natural compounds such as plant polyphenols able to increase the. They are further divided into three classes, musci mosses 14,000 species, hepaticae liverworts 6,000 species and anthocerotae hornworts 300 species. Neuroprotection and free radical scavenging effects of. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading structural and functional aspects of phytochemistry. Material and methods provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Medicinal plants are very interesting have the ability to produce remarkable chemical structures with diverse biological activities.
Little tree plant biophytum sensitivum has leaves that move. Sri sai college of pharmacy 1, manawala, amritsar, punjab, india department of pharmaceutical sciences 2, guru nanak dev university, amritsar, punjab143005. Marine chemistry department, faculty of marine sciences, king abdulaziz university, jeddah 21589, pharmacognosy. Functional plant science and biotechnology 3 special issue 1, 112 2009 global science books molecular signals for the control of redox balance and can initiate many of the adaptive cellular responses required for homeostasis droge 2002. Issn phytochemical analysis and free radical scavenging. A violet ring may appear below the brown ring, while in the acetic acid layer, a. Resembling a miniature palm tree, its pinnate leaves fold at night. Biophytum sensitivum south pacific palm 9 cm of sound. Even though the biophytum sensitivum is having good antioxidant and free radical scavenging capacity, this plant is available only for around three to. Juss chapter pdf available january 20 with 516 reads how we measure reads. Purchase cell culture in phytochemistry 1st edition.
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Biological synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles from leaf extract of curcuma neilgherrensis wight. Oxalidaceae is a medicinal plant widely used in the treatment of various health aliments throughout the world. Phytochemical analysis and free radical scavenging. Ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacology of biophytum. This is based on the assumption that related plants have a similar chemistry.
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Little tree plant biophytum sensitivum a small growing pinkflowered 4 plant from tropical s. Qualitative phytochemical screening and gcms analysis of. Ebscohost serves thousands of libraries with premium essays, articles and other content including chemistry and biological activities of tanacetum chiliophyllum var. The first part examines the pungent compounds and essential oil in 17. Polygonum cuspidatum with a wide spectrum of pharmacological effects has been used for treatment of inflammation, favus, jaundice, scald, and hyperlipemia, etc. Journal of pharmacognosy and phytochemistry drop of ferric chloride solution. Guide for authors phytochemistry issn 00319422 elsevier.
Kenraiz, wikimedia commons kenraiz, wikimedia commons less well known is the little tree plant biophytum sensitivum, a small herbaceous houseplant in the oxalidaceae that looks like a tiny palm tree and is sometimes used as a tree substitute in terrariums and fairy gardens. This was underlayed with 1 ml of concentrated h2so4. Institute of chemical sciences, university of peshawar, peshawar 25120, khyber pakhtunkhwa, institute of chemical sciences. Antioxidant polyphenolrich extracts from the medicinal. Phytochemical screening of methanolic extracts of four herbs ocimum sanctum, mentha spicata, trigonella foenumgraecum, spinacia oleracea and one medicinally important tree gmelina arborea had revealed the presence flavonoids, tannins, terpenoids, saponins, steroids, alkaloids by positive reaction with the respective test reagent. Research department of botany, scott christian college, nagercoil, k. Department of pharmacognosy and phytochemistry 1, sgt college of pharmacy, sgt university, gurugram 122505, haryana, india department of pharmaceutical sciences and drug research 2, punjabi university, patiala 147002, punjab, india. A new pseudoguaianetype sesquiterpene and potential. Most of the plants are used traditionally to treat different illnesses in sudan. Role of phytochemistry in systematic botany taxonomy. A novel method to characterize silica bodies in grasses. Phytochemical analysis have shown that the plant parts are rich in various beneficial compounds. Structural and functional aspects of phytochemistry.
The plant extract showed the presence of flavonoids, saponins, tannins, terpenes, steroids, amino acids, essential oil, polysaccharides and pectin. Biophytum sensitivum is used as traditional medicine to cure variety of diseases. Biological activities, phytochemistry and industrial potentials of khaya senegalansis meliaceae a. Phytochemistry, botany and metabolism of alkaloids, phenolics and terpenes 5 volume set. This thesis reports on a series of investigations into the phytochemistry and pharmacology of plants belonging to the ginger family, zingiberaceae incl. Dc is a medicinal plant having a traditional use, among others, as a wound healing remedy in mali and other countries. For example, in lichens chemical methods are used for identification of genera and species. The genus spilanthes ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry. Chs genes were cloned from genomic dna and cdna from the petals of buntharik white lotus and sattabangkacha pink lotus by the pcr technique using a specific primer of the chs gene designed from the genbank database. Citescore values are based on citation counts in a given year e. The bryophytes are placed taxonomically between algae and pteridophytes. The deposition of silicon into epidermal cells of grass species is thought to be an important mechanism that plants use as a defense against pests and environmental stresses. Phytochemistry is the study of phytochemicals, which are chemicals derived from plants.
Pdf biological activities, phytochemistry and industrial. Phytochemical analysis and hydroxyl radical scavenging potential of murraya exotica l. Biophytum plants have a low light need as a rain forestground inhabitant. Ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacology submit manuscript. Eventhogh many plants are having reported to be good antioxidants the availability of plants is still a big question. Transformation of antisense chalcone synthase chs gene. Results obtained in this investigation indicate that mentha. Ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacology of biophytum sensitivum dc. The meeting was held in bend, oregon, july 2025, 1998, with the objective of promoting collaboration between chemists and biologists to improve our. Polygonum cuspidatum, also known as reynoutria japonica houtt and huzhang in china, is a traditional and popular chinese medicinal herb. They are also suited well for dark places in terraria. There are a number of techniques available to study the size, density and distribution pattern of silica bodies in grass leaves.