Salt-tolerant plants grow in a wide variety of saline habitats, from coastal regions, salt
marshes and mudflats to inland deserts, salt flats and steppes. Halophytes living in these …

Tribulus terrestris is a valuable herb known for its application in the folk medicine in many
parts of the world. Furostanol and spirostanol saponins of tigogenin, neotigogenin …

Abstract Asparagus (A. officinalis L.) is a highly nutrition vegetable crop. Here, three purple
asparagus cultivars, namely, Jing Zi-2, Purple Passion and Pacific Purple, and one green …

Asparagus species (family Liliaceae) are medicinal plants of temperate Himalayas. They
possess a variety of biological properties, such as being antioxidants, immunostimulants …

Asparagus racemosus (Shatavari) is recommended in Ayurvedic texts for prevention and
treatment of gastric ulcers, dyspepsia and as a galactogogue. A. racemosus has also been …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: From the 16th up into the 18th century
botanical and medicinal knowledge in Europe was documented and spread in magnificently …

Asparanin A (AA), a steroidal saponin from Asparagus officinalis L., has anticancer activity:
however, its detailed molecular mechanisms in endometrial cancer (EC) have not been …

Bridging the gap between the ancient art of herbalism and the emerging sciences of
ethnopharmocology and phytopharmacotherapy, this book highlights the major …

Five flavonol glycosides characterised as kaempferide 3-O-(2 ″, 3 ″-diacetylglucoside),
kaempferide 3-O-(2 ″-O-galloylrhamnoside), kaempferide 3-O-(2 ″-O-galloylrutinoside)-7 …

Viagra has had a profound influence on the search for natural products with erectile-
dysfunction activity. To date the “natural” equivalent is not in existence but several pure …