Amit Gajanan Nerkar

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This editorial article provides a comprehensive overview of the medicinal use of plants in traditional medicinal practices with a focus on ethnopharmacology. The article begins with an introduction about the importance of researching traditional medicines and the challenges of researching these medicines. The authors also emphasize the importance of respecting indigenous knowledge and cultural diversity. Overall, this review demonstrates the potential of Ayurvedic, Homeopathy, Nutraceuticals, Allopathy and herbal medicines as a source of valuable health information and emphasizes the importance of further research in this area. Keywords: Ethanopharmacology, Ayurvedic, Homeopathy, Herbal, Allopathy

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Cancer is deadliest disease ever known. Vinca extract has the potential and beneficial in treating various cancer conditions. However, till date no known syrup of Vinca plant or its extract has been formulated. Cancer is a debilitated condition and formulation and evaluation of herbal syrup of alcoholic vinca extract may serve the patient compliance in debilitated condition and ease of administration of the syrup by oral route. The Vinca extract syrup was formulated using alcoholic extract of Vinca. The Vinca extract Syrups are easy to formulate and help overcome many disease states and are patient compliant. This paper deals with the formulation of laboratory scale vinca syrup. Various parameters were evaluated such as PH, viscosity, Density, stability testing. The syrup was found to be stable and ready for technology transfer. Keywords: Herbal syrup, Decoction extraction, Evaluation, Formulation, Ethnopharmacology, Pharmacognosy

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Cancer is an unprecedented deadly disease. Several studies have indicated a possible role of natural products in the treatment of several disorders with different applications being used as antiviral, antifungal, antibacterial and anticancer agent. Podophyllum or May apple extract syrup is prepared from the alcoholic extract of May apple. Podophyllum or apple extract syrup is easy to prepare and helps with many conditions and is suitable for the patient. This article deals with the preparation of apple syrup on a laboratory scale. Various parameters were evaluated such as PH, viscosity, density, stability test. The syrup was determined to be stable and ready for technology transfer. Keywords: Plant syrup, Extract, Evaluation, Preparation, Ethnopharmacology, Pharmaceutics

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Arjuna 's anti-inflammatory properties may be directly related to its anti-cancer properties. Terminalia arjuna bark is commonly known as Arjuna or Arjun bark and is abundant throughout India. This plant contains 15% tannins, triterpenoid saponins, flavonoids, calcium, aluminum and magnesium salts as well as dyes and sugars which are other components of Arjuna. The plant has many therapeutic properties and can treat many ailments, including diseases of the heart and circulatory system. This plant is an excellent hypoglycemic, anticoagulant, hypotensive, antiviral, antithrombotic, antifungal and antibacterial means. The plant's therapeutic properties related to heart health are due to the triterpenoids found in the arjuna plant. Likewise, the flavonoids and tannins naturally present in this herb have anti-cancer properties. This review provides important insight into the therapeutic profile, traditional uses, plant chemistry, and different parts of the plant. Lab-scale formulation was made with herbal syrup and evaluated for several parameters such as pH, viscosity, density, stability testing during formulation evaluation. is a stable and ready-to-know formula. F1, F2, F3 and F4 have been prepared with different amounts of ingredients such as alcohol, sugar and a final amount of syrup. Results show that Herbal Syrup Formula 4 (F4) is more stable than other forms. Keywords: Herbal Syrup, Arjuna, Formulation, Evaluation

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