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Table 1 Indian medicinal plants used in the present study and their ethnomedicinal uses

From: Phytochemical profiling and in vitro screening for anticholinesterase, antioxidant, antiglucosidase and neuroprotective effect of three traditional medicinal plants for Alzheimer’s Disease and Diabetes Mellitus dual therapy

Plant name

Local name

Voucher number

Traditional uses

Reported activities

B.axillaris

Sara pappu

YVU 15 AGD

Leaves useful in hyperdipsia, burning sensation, cough, braonchitis, dyspepsia, leprosy and constipation [32]

Leaf juice is used as expectorant, aphrodisiac, purgative, depurative, blood purifier, thirst-quencher and cures digestive disorders [33]

Gum is antidiarhoeal used for treating rheumatism, diarrhea and intercostals [34]

Kernels as a brain tonic

Aerial parts to cure itch and to remove blemishes [35]

anti-inflammatory [36], cardioprotective [37] and antioxidant activities [38].

H.indicus

Suganda pala

YVU 45 AGD

Root used against asthma, loss of appetite, bleeding piles, bronchitis, diabetes, diarrhea, epileptic fits in children, eye diseases, leucorrhoea, leprosy, leucoderma, indigestion, jaundice, chronic rheumatism, respiratory disorders, skin diseases, syphilis, and urinary diseases [39, 40]

Plant used as antipyretic, antidiarrhoeal, anti-rheumatic, antidote in snakebite aphrodisiac, blood purifier, cardio tonic, demulcent, diaphoretic, diuretic, and immunosuppressant, purgative and refrigerant [41,42,43]

To improve quality and quantity of sperms [44].

as antimicrobial, antioxidant, antiinflammatory, antipyretic, antioxidant, wound healing, antithrombotic, antiulcerogenic, hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, renoprotective, hepatoprotective and antidiabetic activities [45]

R.mysorensis

Sitha Sundari

YVU 79 AGD

Fruits to treat dysentery

Leaves decoction as remedy for itching

Whole plant used in the treatment of diabetes [46]

hepatoprotective and antimicrobial activities [47,48,49].