Pharmacological Action of Medicinal Plants: Health and Diseases
View Published Articles →01About This Special Issue
The Special Issue of Pharmacological action of medicinal plants: Health and Diseases is dedicated to the exchange of information and understandings about people's use of medicinal plants, their biological and pharmacological effects based on the principles established through international conventions. This includes clinical, pharmacological, pharmacokinetic, and toxicological studies of specified herbal medicinal products, herbal preparations and purified compounds which have a defined and consistent quality assuring reproducible pharmacological activity on health and diseases.Aim and Scope
1. Endocrine pharmacology
2. Neuropharmacology
3. Immunopharmacology and inflammation
4. Molecular and cellular pharmacology
5. Metabolic syndrome and obesity
6. Cancer
02Meet the Guest Editors
Our distinguished editors bring deep subject-matter expertise to curate high-quality research and ensure a rigorous peer-review process.
Lead Guest Editor
A. Rathinam
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India
Guest Editor
R. Ramakrishnan
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India
Guest Editor
Ragunath Muthu
Department of Biochemistry, Periyar University, Chennai, India
Guest Editor
S. Nadansabapathy M.Sc.
Department of Biochemistry, Periyar University, Salem, India
Guest Editor
Manigandan Venkatesan
Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, hettinad Academy of Research and Education, Chennai, India
Guest Editor
S. Saravanan
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India
Guest Editor
A. Karthikeyan
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India
Guest Editor
Chandra Ojha
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Haridwar, India
Guest Editor
M. Nackeeran M.Sc.
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India
03Published Articles
The following articles have been published in this special issue.
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Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1-1, February 2016Pages: 11-16Received: 14 August 2015Accepted: 1 September 2015Published: 23 February 2016Abstract: The aim of present study was to evaluate the effect of myrtenal, a monoterpene on plasma and tissues glycoprotein components in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Diabetes was induced in overnight fasted experimental rats by a single intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ; 40 mg/kg body weight) dissolved in 0.1 M citrate buffer at pH 4... Show More -
Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1-1, February 2016Pages: 1-10Received: 5 January 2016Accepted: 20 January 2016Published: 23 February 2016Abstract: To evaluate the hepatoprotective activity of aqueous extract of Ziziphus jujuba leaves against paracetamol-induced liver injury in experimental rats. Ziziphus jujuba has been traditionally used in the Ayurvedic system of medicine as a chief ingredient in many polyherbal formulations as antioxidant. To evaluate the antioxidant and hepatoprotective a... Show More
