Medicinal Chemistry

Balu A Chopade

Publications

• Commentary
  Commentary on Therapeutic Potential of Gnidia glauca: A Novel Medicinal Plant
  Author(s): Sougata Ghosh, Vijay Singh Parihar, Dilip D Dhavale and Balu A ChopadeSougata Ghosh, Vijay Singh Parihar, Dilip D Dhavale and Balu A Chopade
  
  Search of complementary and alternative medicine has gained a thrust in the recent decade due to the pronounced side effects and health hazards of the chemically synthesized drugs. Hereby, a comprehensive knowledge about the traditionally used medicinal plants is indispensable for exploration of its novel bioactive components. One of such comparatively less explored medicinal plant is Gnidia glauca. Although, it has folkloric, traditional phytomedicinal and agrochemical applications in various parts of the world, still there are no available scientific validations or evidences to support the fact. In African medicine it is used for treatment of abdominal pain, cancers, wounds, snake bites, sore throat and burns. It is also well known for its piscicidal, insecticidal, molluscicidal and even homicidal activity for its use as arrow poisons. Similarly, it.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0444.1000285

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