The quest for a food secure and safe world has led to continuous effort toward improvements
of global food and health systems. While the developed countries seem to have these …

A number of wild crops remain unexplored in this world and among them some have
excellent medicinal and nutritional properties. India is a harbor of biodiversity in general and …

Objective To evaluate antidiabetic and antioxidant potential of Hybanthus enneaspermus in
different models. Methods The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and normoglycemic effect …

The saying goes as “Necessity is the mother of invention” reflects on the exploration of ethno-
medicaments for diarrhoea diseases in Orissa against the prevalence of the disease in this …

The present study was carried out to characterize the bioactive constituents present in
ethanolic extracts of Hybanthus enneaspermus using UV, FTIR and GC-MS. The crude …

The root of Hemidesmus indicus R. Br., commonly known as Indian Sarsaparilla, is used
traditionally to treat a wide variety of illnesses including rheumatism, leprosy, impotence …

Objective To evaluate the aldose reductase inhibitory (ARI) activity of different fractions of
Hybanthus enneaspermus for potential use in diabetic cataract Methods Total phenol and …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Information about ethnomedicinal plants used by
traditional healers in Tripura, India is very much limited. As there is rapid erosion of …

Objective To record ethnobotanical information from a hill-dwelling aboriginal tribe of
Odisha. Methods Gathering information on medicinal uses of plants by moving door to door …

In traditional Indian medicine, the crude drug Hemidesmus indicus root—commonly known
as Indian sarsaparilla—is used alone or in poly-herbal preparations for the treatment of a …