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Table 1 Ethnomedicinal usages of selected plant materials

From: In vitro anti-HIV activity of some Indian medicinal plant extracts

Sr No

Botanical name

Common name

Family

Conventional use and published reports

1

Albizzia lebbeck

Shirisha

Mimosaceae

Bark: Anti-oxidant, anti-fertility, anti- microbial activity

Seeds: Anti-inflammatory activity [4, 5].

2

Tridax procumbens

Ghamra

Asteraceae

Whole plant: Anti-microbial

Flowers, Leaves: Anti septic, insecticidal, parasiticidal, anti-Cancer Activity

Aerial parts: Hepatoprotective

Leaves: Hypotensive, anti- diabetic, immunomodulating activity [6,7,8,9,10,11,12].

3

Achyranthes aspera

Apaamaarga

Amaranthaceae

Whole plant: Nephroprotective, hypolepidemic activity.

Roots: anti-oxidant, spermicidal, activity

Leaves: anti-oxidant, anti-fertility, anti-depressant, anti-cancer, anti- microbial activity

Aerial parts: Hepatoprotective activity

Seeds: Anti- microbial activity [13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22].

4

Ficus benghalensis

Vad

Moraceae

Whole plant: anthelmentic, anti-bacterial activity.

Bark: Anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial activity.

Aerial roots: anti-oxidant, anti-diabetic, immunomodulatory activity [23,24,25,26,27].

5

Ficus infectoria

Pilkhan

Bark and Leaves: anti-oxidant, anti-hyperlipidemic, hypoglycemic activity [28].

6

Mallotus philippinensis

Kamala

Euphorbiaceae

Seeds: Anti-fertility activity.

Stembark: anti-oxidant, anti-tumor activity,anti- bacterial.

Fruits: anti-inflammatory, immunoregulatory, anti-proliferative activity.

Leaves: Hepatoprotective activity

Roots: Anti-leukaemic activity [29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36].

7

Rosa centifolia

Gulab

Rosaceae

Leaves: treating wounds, ophthalmia, hepatopathy, hemorrhoids and anti-microbial,

Flowers: cardio tonic, anti-inflammatory, anti-asthmatic, anti-bronchitic, anti-diarrheal, dysmenorrheal, urinary tract infections, anti-tussive activity [37, 38].

8

Strychnos potatorum

Nirmali

Loganiaceae

Plant: Anti-diabetic, anti- microbial activity

Seeds: Contraceptive, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, antioxidant, antiarthritic activity [39,40,41,42,43,44,45].

9

Annona reticulate

Ramphal

Annonaceae

Leaves: Anti-oxidant, anti- inflammatory, anti-helmentic activity.

Seeds: Anti-cancer [46,47,48].

10

Annona squamosa

Sitafal

Bark: Anti-malarial activity

Seeds: Anti-tumor activity

Twigs: Anti-ulcer activity

Leaves: anti- oxidant,hepatoprotective, anti- bacterial activity

Fruit pulp: Anti-HIV activity [49,50,51,52,53,54,55].

  1. Legend: Details of plants selected and their reported conventional use