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Plant profile, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Avartani (Helicteres isora Linn.): A review

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Author	Singh, Anil Kumar Kumar, Nirmal
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Plants are used as medicine since ancient time, in organized (Ayurveda, Unani & Siddha) and unorganized (folk, native & tribal) form. In these systems, drugs are described either in Sanskrit or vernacular languages. Avartani (Helicteres isora Linn.) is a medicinal plant which is used in several diseases. It is commonly known as Marodphali, Marorphali, Enthani etc. due to screw like appearance of its fruit. Avartani is used as a folk medicine to treat snake bite, diarrhoea and constipation of new born baby. In the research, antioxidant, hypolipidaemic, antibacterial and antiplasmid activities, cardiac antioxidant, antiperoxidative potency, brain-antioxidation potency, anticancer activity, antinociceptive activity, hepatoprotective activity, anti-diarrheal activity and wormicidal activity in this plant were reviewed.
Related Links	https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/81936592.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4025269/pdf
Ending Page	S26
Page Count	5
Starting Page	S22
File Format	XHTML
ISSN	22211691
DOI	10.12980/apjtb.4.2014c872
Journal	Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
Volume Number	4
Language	English
Publisher	Medknow
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Integrative and Complementary Medicine Anti-diarrheal Avartani Ayurveda Helicteres Isora Linn. Marodphali Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, Volume 4
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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