Culinary herbs and spices in Nepal: A review of their traditional uses, chemical constituents, and pharmacological activities

A Khanal, HP Devkota… - Ethnobotany …, 2021 - ethnobotanyjournal.org
Background: Herbs and spices have long been used for both food and medicinal purposes
in different world civilizations. In Nepal, various herbs and spices are used for culinary …

Medicinal plants of the flora of Kazakhstan used in the treatment of skin diseases

G Berganayeva, B Kudaibergenova, Y Litvinenko… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The skin shows the physiological condition of the body's organs and systems that prevent
infections and physical damage. Throughout the ages, in folk medicine, phytotherapy was …

[PDF][PDF] A comparative study of the in vitro antioxidant property of different extracts of Acorus calamus Linn

CC Barua, S Sen, AS Das, A Talukdar… - Journal of Natural …, 2014 - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT Acorus calamus Linn.(Acoraceae) is a medicinal plant widely distributed in India
and other eastern countries. The root, rhizome extracts and aromatic oil from the plant has …

Chemical composition, cytotoxicity and insecticidal activities of Acorus calamus accessions from the western Himalayas

R Kumar, S Sharma, S Sharma, A Kumari… - Industrial Crops and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Twenty one accessions of Acorus calamus were evaluated for essential oil composition and
biological activities during 2009–2014. Essential oil from fresh rhizomes of A. calamus was …

Identification and characterization of three nearly identical linalool/nerolidol synthase from Acorus calamus

M Ibdah, S Hino, B Nawade, M Yahyaa, TC Bosamia… - Phytochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Acorus calamus is a perennial aromatic medicinal plant from the Acorusaceae family, known
for its pharmaceutical and medicinal value. A combined chemical, biochemical, and …

Bioprospecting plant growth promoting rhizobacteria isolated from pharmacologically important medicinal plant Acorus calamus in Mid-Hill Himalayas

S Bhardwaj, N Sharma, S Negi - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023 - Elsevier
Acorus calamus popularly known as “sweet flag” is among the highly valuable medicinal
plants which is extensively dispersed over the northern hemisphere, primarily in temperate …

To explore the putative molecular targets of diabetic nephropathy and their inhibition utilizing potential phytocompounds

B Bhattacharjee, A Chakrovorty… - Current Medicinal …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: This review critically addresses the putative molecular targets of Diabetic
Nephropathy (DN) and screens effective phytocompounds that can be therapeutically …

Acorus calamus Linn.: A novel neuroprotective approach for traumatic brain injury in Drosophila melanogaster

S Kalra, H Sachdeva, AB Pant, G Singh - Brain Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes substantial mortality and morbidity globally.
Current treatments only alleviate symptoms and do not halt secondary injury progression …

A new anti-diabetic sesquiterpenoid from Acorus calamus

CX Zhou, D Qiao, YY Yan, HS Wu, JX Mo… - Chinese Chemical …, 2012 - Elsevier
A new sesquiterpenoid, 1β, 5α-guaiane-4β, 10α-diol-6-one (1), was isolated from 70% EtOH
extract of the rhizomes of Acorus calamus. The structure was determined on spectroscopic …

Nitro Derivatives of Naturally Occurring β‐Asarone and Their Anticancer Activity

S Shenvi, L Diwakar, GC Reddy - International journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
β‐Asarone (2, 4, 5‐trimethoxy‐(Z)‐1‐propenylbenzene) was obtained from Acorus calamus.
Nitration of β‐asarone with AgNO2/I2 in ether yielded 1‐(2, 4, 5‐trimethoxy phenyl)‐2 …