Paeonia Officinalis : A Hepatoprotective Herbal Drug

ISBN-13: 9783659234859 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 136 str.

Feroz Ahmad

Opis

Paeonia officinalis, commonly known as European peony (family: Paeoniaceae) native to south-eastern Europe, has been widely introduced elsewhere (including Kashmir) as a garden plant. Roots of Paeonia officinalis have been reported to possess abortifacient, anti-hypertensive and anti-ulcer activity. It has been used to treat liver disorders in traditional Unani, Homeopathic and Chinese system of medicines for curing bladder stones and jaundice, besides being used in stomach ache, diarrhoea, labour pains, nightmares, epilepsy, and lunacy. In our study we evaluated the hepatoprotective activity of the roots of Paeonia Officinalis.

O autorze

Feroz Ahmad did his Bachelor of Pharmacy from Jamia Hamdard University and received his Master of Pharmacy degree in Pharmacology from the University of Kashmir in 2012. He is currently working as Senior Research Fellow at CSIR-IGIB, New Delhi.