Ayurveda is the ancient (before 2500 bc) Indian system of health care and longevity. It
involves a holistic view of man, his health, and illness. Ayurvedic treatment of a disease …

Discovery and development of new therapeutic agents is a continuing process. In spite of
the fact that, at present, we have at our command a formidable array of modern drugs1, the …

Wood properties result from the combination of (i) macroscopic morphology–presence,
extent and distribution of different types of wood tissue, eg reaction wood, heartwood, knots …

The phenolic and lipophilic extractives in the heartwood of knots from seven Scots pine trees
were analysed by GC, GC-MS and HPSEC. The knots contained large amounts of phenolic …

The processed leaves and stems of Cyclopia intermedia contain 4-hydroxycinnamic acid,
the isoflavones formononetin, afrormosin, calycosin, pseudobaptigen, and fujikinetin, the …

Cyclopia species are used to manufacture a herbal infusion called honeybush tea. The
pleasant sweet, honey-like flavour and anecdotal evidence of the beneficial qualities of …

Several plants of the Rubiaceae family possess potential pharmacological properties, such
as antioxidant activity, for subsequent drug development. We investigated the methanolic …

Abstract 'Bioprospecting'accepts the significance of natural product discovery based on
traditional knowledge for the development of new nutraceuticals, bioactive principles and …

The stem barks of Fraxinus rhynchophylla was extracted with 95% EtOH, and the
concentrated extract was successively partitioned with $ CH_2Cl_2 $, n-BuOH, and $ H_2O …

Abstract ENGLISH SUMMARY: Polyphenols have a range of health promoting effects
against chronic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Previous research in …