Mulberry, Morus alba L., as a non-toxic natural therapeutic agent, belongs to the family of Moraceae, and has been cultivated in many Asian countries such as China, India, Korea, Japan and Thailand where the leaves were used as food for silkworms. It is a natural food additive having carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, fibres, sugars, vitamins, mineral etc. in appropriate proportion. It is a potent food antioxidant commonly used as a dietary supplement. Researchers suggested that it can be used as a good pharmaceutical food. It has been used since ancient times in folk medicine for its many...

Lantana camara L. is regarded both as a notorious weed and a popular ornamental garden plant and posseses various uses in folk medicine in many parts of the world. The phytochemical investigation of the methanolic extract of leaves resulted in isolation terpenoidal glycosides namely urosolic acid glycosidic oleiate (NEW), ursolic acid glycosidic stearate (NEW) and oleanolic acid glucoside. Some esters like undecanyl Oleioate, dodecanyl oleioate and carboxylic acids like ursolic acid and oleanolic acid were successfully isolated. HPTLC fingerprint of the methanolic extracts of L. camara...

Acute and chronic administration of Oxalis corniculata L. has anti-epileptic activity against MES and INH induced convulsions by reducing tonic hind limb extension phase and delaying onset of convulsion. It also observed that plant extract possess anti-psychotic activity against apomorphine induced stereotyped behavior and haloperidol induced catalepsy by reducing the stereotyped behavior as well as potentiated the cataleptic score. Anti-epileptic activity of Oxalis corniculata L. may be attributed to the involvement of either by blocking the Na+ channels or enhancing the GABAergic...