Seema Chaitanya Chippada, Meena Vangalapati

Invitro Studies on Medicinal Herb Centella asiatica

Extraction, Anti-inflammatory, Anti-arthritic, Anti-oxidant and Anti-cancer Activities

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Produktbeschreibung

Centella asiatica is a perennial creeper, faintly aromatic and a valuable medicinal herb of both Old World and the New World. Traditionally, Centella asiatica has been valued for centuries in ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of leprosy, ulcer, asthma, bronchitis, eczemas, anxiety, urethritis, cataract, eye troubles, diarrhoea among children, skin diseases, wound healing and for revitalizing the nerves and brain cells, hence primarily known as a "Brain food" or Memory enchancer in India. Centella asiatica plant material was processed to the powder from and then by using the solvent methanol continuous soxlet extraction was done. Phytochemical analysis of Centella asiatica plant extracts revealed the presence of various biochemical compounds such as flavonoids, phenolic compounds, tannins etc. Since these phytoconstituents principles plays an important role in the pharmacognostic and pharmacological activities. In vitro studies on pharmacological activities of Centella asiaticasupports the isolation and the use of phytoconstituents in the pharmacological research in treating the inflammations, arthritis, cancer and oxidative stress related degenerative diseases.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 269g
• ISBN-13: 9783659216428
• ISBN-10: 3659216429
• Artikelnr.: 36285715

Autorenporträt

Seema Chaitanya Chippada is M.Tech student published 10 more research papers under the guidance of Dr. Meena Vangalapati M.Tech., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deptartment of Chemical Engineering, AUCE(A), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, having more than 11yrs teaching experience and published 35 more research papers and 2 monographs.