Phytochemicals, also known as phytonutrients, are naturally occurring protective chemicals that are found in foods of plant origin (phyto is derived from the Greek word for plant).Phytochemicals are non-nutritive plant chemicals that have protective or disease preventive properties. They are nonessential nutrients, meaning that they are not required by the human body for sustaining life. It is well-known that plant produce these chemicals to protect themselves but recent research demonstrate that they can also protect humans against diseases. There are more than thousand known...

Piles or a hemorrhoid is one of the most common ailments today. It is a varicose and often inflamed condition of the veins, inside or just outside the rectum. Hemorrhoids are swollen dilated or bulging inflamed veins that develop in the lower rectum caused by increased pressure in the rectal veins. Here are things you can do that usually stop the hemorrhoids from bothering you: Eat foods high in fiber. Good sources of fiber are: Fresh fruit. Raw or cooked vegetables. Asparagus, cabbage, carrots, corn, and broccoli are especially high in fiber. Whole-grain cereals with bran. Try shredded wheat...

In Indian Himalayan region there are vast number of herbal healers on which variety of work has been done. But still today these are not very much popular. One of tham, is Berginia species. So this book is compilation of work done on the species to explore the complete study of Himalayan Herb, Brginia in its all aspects. Book include the extract prepared, chemical compounds isolated and their pharmacological activity studied till today. In this way this book give novel idea to the readers to orient their research viwes regarding this plant towards new direction. The Pharmacological activity...