Recent progress in medicinal plants: Phytopharmacology and therapeutic values V / V.K. Singh, J.N. Govil

Includes author index and subject index.

1. Known Herbal Drugs Re-visited 1
K. PUNDARIKAKSHUDU, MUNIRA M. MomINAND AnIL KuMAR
Sharma (India)
2. Melia azedarach Extracts: A Potential Tool for 17
Insect Pest Management
M.T.DEFAG<i, A. Mangeaud, V. Benesovskv, C.Trillo, C. Carpinella,
S. Palacios and G. Valladares (Argentina)
3. Therapeutic Efficacy ofBidenspilosa L. var. radiata and 35
Galinsoga parviflora Cav. in Experimentally Induced
Diarrhoea in Mice
Arun K. Yadav and Vareisiiang Tangpu (Indl\)
4. New Antioxidant Flavonoids from Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) 47
S. Wats
A-MANI S. Awaad, D.J. Maitland, A.M. Donl\, A.I. Hashem
AND G.A. SOLIMAN (EgYPT, UK)
5. H3T)0uricaemic and Antioxidant Activities of the Fractions of 59
Vitex negundo L. Leaf Extract
M. UmAMAHESWARI, K.AsOKKUMAR, M.SUDALArVELm RUGIAH,
A.T. SiVASHNMUGAM AND V. SUBIIADRADEV] (InDIA)
6. Biological Activity of Chenopodium murale L. and 71
It's Flavonoidal Contents
Nabiiw\ a. Al-Jaber (KSA)
7. Chemical Characters and Utilty of Some
Rubiaceous Medicinal Plants from Nigeria
H.O, Edeoga, G.G.E. Osuagwu, G.Omosun, B.O. Mbaebie and
A.S, ONTwxTtA (Nigeru)
8. Ethnopharmacological Uses, Chemical Constituents and
Biological Activities ofSesame: AReview
Kausik CH.mop-vDin'AY, Tuhin Ghosh, Paramita Karmaiovr,
PiNAKI MaN-DAL, P,\RTiU GHOSH AND BiMALENDC RaY (InDIA)
9. Medicinal uses of Coriandrum sativum Linnaeus
Manoj G. Tyagi and Bh/\gwat K. Gl^nale (India)
10. Healthy Benefits and Bioactive Phenolic Compounds in
the Fruit ofViburnum dilatatum Thunb
KuNn-iiSA IWAi (Japan)
11. Potential Activities ofBoerhaavia diffusa: ASystematic Review
Ml^kesh Nanda\'e and Dipali N/\ndave (India)
12. The Antioxidant and Radical ScavengingActivitiesof
Covi'slip (Primula veris)
Nazan Demir, R\yrl-nnisa Nadaroglu and Yasar Demir (Turkey)
13. Liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra Inhibits Angiotensin-converting
Enzyme Activity and Increases Nitric Oxide Production in
Human Endothelial Cells
INGRID A-L FeRSSON AND KaRIN PeRSSON (SWEDEN)
14. Pharmacological Studies inAsparagus racemosus Willd. -
A Review
Nishritiia Boi'ana and Sanjay Saxena (India)
15. Andrographispaniculata (Burm. f.) Nees -An Important
Medicinal Plant
SlLXN Jl'N-JIK AND ZltAOYl-MIN (CHINA)
16. AReview on the Phytochemical and Pharmacological Profiles
ofSolanum xanthocarpum
M- Skidkvi and K.V. Pit.ai.endi (India)
17. Protective Effect of a Polyphenol-rich Extract from Geranium
sanguineum L. in the Murine Experimental Influenza Virus
Infection: Mode of Action
JUI.IA SeRKKDJTEVA (Bn.(iARIA)
18. Investigation on Median Lethal Dose(LD^^) and Hypoglycemic
Effect of Thymus fallax F. Leaves Essential Oil
HaNEFI OzISKK, Mi s IAKA ()ZTrRK AND FkVZI OzGOCE (Ti'RKEY)

19. Phthalides, Instead ofFerulic Acid and Tetramethylpyrazine, 263
Are the Appropriate Bioactive Chemical Markers for the
Quality Assessment and Pharmacological Evaluation of
Angelica sinensis and Ligusticum chuanxiong
Sunny Sun-Kin Chan, Yan Jiang, Zhi Hong Jiang and
Ge Lin (Hong Kong)
20. Analysis ofPolyphenols with Potential Antioxidant 277
Properties in Wines from Croatia
Marica Medic-Saric and Vesna Rastija (Croatia)
21. Classification ofHerbal Antiasthmatics Based on Mechginism 281
ofAction and Chemical Constituents
Anita A. Mehta, Shailaja G. Mahajan, Bhoomika R. Goyal and
Ramesh K. Goyal (India)
22. Isolation, Chemical Characterization and Seasonal Variation 315
of Some Primary and Secondary Biochemicals ofOestrum
nocturnum (Solanaceae)
Goutam Chandra, Roli Shukla, AnupamGhosh, Indranil Bhattacharjee,
Nandita Chowdhury, Soroj Kumar Chatterjee, Arup Kumar Ghosh and
Soumendranath Chatterjee (India)
23. Identification of a Cysteine Protease (Melain N) from 325
TasbihAgaji
Nazan Demir, Hayrunnisa Nadaroglu and Yasar Demir (Turkey)
24. Characterization of Streptomyces sp. SUCl, an Endophyte of 337
Ficus benjamina L., and the Isolation of the Secondary
Metabolites, Lansai A -D
Thongchai Taechowisan, AsawinWanbanjob, Pittaya Tuntiwachwuttikul,
Somkiat Thadaniti and Walter C. Taylor (Thailand, Australu)
25. Control of Tuber Rots of Co/ocasia escuZenia L. Using Plant Ash 345
ViTus I. Obi and Nancy N. Ugwunze (Nigerl\)
26. Isolation and Synergistic Activities of 4-Arylcoumarins 357
against Phytopathogenic Fungi
Thongchai Taechowisan, Preeda Sansri, Asawin Wanbanjob,
Yukmao Shen and Saisamorn Lumyong (Thailand, China)
27. Protection against the Doxorubicin-induced Genotoxicity by 369
Bael {Aegle marmelos L. Correa) in Mice Bone Marrow
Ganesh Chandra Jagetia (India)
Index 389