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Ethno botanical and Phytophrmacological potential of Abrus precatorius L.: A review [PDF]
Medicinal plants are being widely used, either as a single drug or in combination in health care delivery system. Medicinal plants can be important source of previously unknown chemical substances with potential therapeutic effects.
Narendra Garaniya, Atul Bapodra
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Objective: Seeds of Gunja (Abrus precatorius Linn.) are being used by the Ayurvedic physicians for the management of different diseases only after proper shodhana (processing) with some specific media like godugdha (cow's milk), kanji (sour gruel) and nimbu swarasa (lemon juice). The impact of shodhana on gunja seed through microscopical and analytical
Vinaya J Shukla +2 more
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Abrus precatoriusL. (Gunja) is popular in Ayurveda system of medicine for its seeds, which are toxic because of the presence of Abrine–an alkaloid. It is used for the management of skin disease (Kustha), itching (kandu), cough (kasa), wound (vrana), and alopecia (indralupta).
R Ilavarasan, N Srikanth
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'Indralupta’ or 'Alopecia areata' is mainly a cosmetic condition where we find a patchy loss of previously existing body hairs. When we go through different Ayurvedic texts lot of references are found indicating the use of poisonous drugs as an external application for various types of diseases & alopecia areata is a disease which requires a ...
Patil Sachin +2 more
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Gunja (Abrus precatorius Linn.), known as Indian liquorice, is reputed as one of the world's most deadly but most beautiful seed belonging to the family Fabaceae, characterised under the Upavisha (semi-poisonous drugs) and used extensively in various Ayurvedic formulations with great therapeutic significance.
Roy, Sudipta +2 more
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Background: Abrus precatorius seeds traditionally used for the treatment of sciatica and alopecia contains the toxic protein, abrin, a Type II Ribosome Inactivating Protein.
Sagar B Dhoble, Anuradha S Majumdar
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Effective detoxification of Abrus precatorius Linn. seeds by Shodhana
Ayurveda, which is one of the traditional systems of medicine of India, reports the seeds of Abrus precatorius (family: Fabaceae) can be used therapeutically after shodhana process, which removes the toxin.
Kalyani H Barve, Neha Ojha
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Background: Abrus precatorius L. is a noxious vein native to south east asia and popularly called as Gunja in Ayurveda. The seeds of this plant are considered as a potent raw drug used in various herbal formulations such as Gunjadi tailam, Gunjagarbha ...
Vikram E N T +6 more
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PREDICTING THE EMERGENCE OF CORN ROOTWORM (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) IN ESTERN SLAVONIA [PDF]
Corn (Zea mays L.) is one of the most important field crops in Croatia, country as well as in the world. It is subjected to many pests, among which is corn rootworm.
Dražen Đoić
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Detoxification of Gunja Seeds with Ex Vivo Study [PDF]
Nikita Kale +4 more
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