This book is intended to serve as a reference work for pharmacists, doctors, nurses, and
other healthcare professionals. The introductory section discusses the legal aspects of …

Helleborus (family Ranunculaceae) are well-known as ornamental plants, but less known for
their therapeutic benefits. Over the past few years, Helleborus sp. has become a subject of …

The current nanomedicinal approach combines medicinal plants and nanotechnology to
create new scaffolds with enhanced bioavailability, biodistribution and controlled release. In …

A wide variety of active phytochemicals such as flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, etc., have
been isolated and identified in different plants. Pharmacological and chemical investigations …

BACKGROUND: Melanin is the pigment responsible for skin color. Melanin synthesis occurs
with the participation of the tyrosinase (TYR) family of proteins including TYR, tyrosinase …

Ranunculus sceleratus is a widespread species with unique toxicological and
pharmacological activities. The present study seeks to assess this species' ability, both in …

The concentration levels and stability of protoanemonin, a characteristic constituent of
Ranunculaceae species with antimicrobial and fungicidal properties, were studied for the …

Background Medicinal plants represent alternative means for the treatment of several
chronic diseases, including inflammation. The genus Ranunculus, a representative of the …

Sawfly species of the genus Monophadnus are specialised on Ranunculaceae plants from
which the larvae can sequester furostanol saponins into the haemolymph, mainly (25 R)-26 …

Bioactivity guided phytochemical study of the petroleum ether and butanol extracts of
Clematis hirsuta resulted in the isolation of 12 compounds. Rat paw edema as a model of …