ABSTRACT: Medicinal plants are potential sources of new drugs to improve the treatment of diseases whose treatment is associated to anti-oxidative agents. In the current study‚ we carried out a comparative analysis of the antioxidant activities of extracts of the selected leaves of 6 common medicinal plants. Total Ascorbic Acid Content‚ Total Carotenoid Content‚ Antioxidant potential using FRAP assay and Total Phenol Content was quantitatively estimated from leaves of Rauvolfia serpentina‚ Cymbopogon
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STUDY ON FEASIBILITY OF GROWING MEDICINAL PLANT CROP IN INDIA Introduction 1. There is a global resurgence in the traditional and alternative health care system. We in India are fortunate to have a system of medicines which date back to more than 3000 years and have deep rooted societal acceptance to it. 2. Medicinal Plants form the major resource base of our indigenous health care traditions. Ayurveda‚ Unani‚ Sidha and Homeopathy System of medicines offer health care solutions to a large segment
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growing edible food crops like vegetables‚ fruits‚ cereals and pulses‚ the farmers also grow various types of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) which constitute an integral part of traditional home remedies. India is a land to about 17‚000 species of higher plants‚ out of which 7500 are known for their therapeutic uses. Ayurveda‚ has alone reported approximately 2000 medicinal plant species‚ followed by Siddha and Unani. The Charak Samhita‚ an ancient written document with rich literature regarding
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Brett Alfrey Andrew Blade English Comp 121-007 June 24th‚ 2013 Medical Marijuana Cannabis‚ better know as Marijuana‚ has been around since 2900 B.C. A Chinese Emperor Fu His‚ referenced the plant as being‚ “a popular medicine that possessed both yin and yang.”(ProCon.org) In America‚ the use of Marijuana and the concept of it has been kicked around and jumbled for hundreds of years. It has been generalized and put in a box. Beginning with George Washington‚ he grew Marijuana on his private
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sides of the debate to legalize marijuana‚ focusing on the issue of legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes. The first part of the paper evaluates the arguments of those who favor keeping marijuana illegal‚ focusing on arguments of the gateway drug concept and the health dangers of marijuana use. The second part of the paper looks at the arguments for legalizing marijuana‚ especially for medicinal purposes. The paper gives special attention to the ethical and legal arguments of both sides
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Medicinal Marijuana Jerel Hughes GE 100 Majorie Bonds Imagine having an illness that couldn’t be cured. All the drugs administered never eased the symptoms‚ all except for one marijuana. This was the case for an eight year old boy named Sam diagnosed with Autism. Medical marijuana has many benefits and should be legalized in NC. The earliest accounts of marijuana being used for medicinal purposes dates back to the third millennium in China where is was used to treat rheumatic pain. Recent
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-Research Paper- “Marijuana should be legalized in all states for medicinal purposes” Medicinal marijuana has be known to have its positive and negative effects in people but they also have effected one’s opinion. But for those who truly do need cannabis‚ they don’t use it like other people just to get high. They actually use cannabis for medicinal purposes because they have a serious condition or illness. Patients need the cannabis for their treatment for diseases or major condition with
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MEDICINAL LEECHES Over the years‚ people have been more and more conscious about the expensive prices of farmaceutical drugs. Either is it for a simple cough‚ headache or blood pressure problems‚ all we hear is how much everything costs. Starting to think about it and talking to elderly people‚ we found out that majority of them would still like to get their hands on Russian drugs‚ which they say have more effect and are cheaper‚ because they are made in Russia. Let us also draw our attention to
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. Culture and Its Preservation This section briefly identifies some of the major views of culture and its physical manifestations related to tourism‚ as well as the means that have been used to protect heritage environments. The UNESCO World Commission on Culture and Development report Our Creative Diversity looks at culture as “ways of living together.” With this as a point of departure‚ the World Bank defines culture as the whole complex of distinctive spiritual‚ material‚ intellectual and emotional
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