A wide range of technologies is available for the extraction of active components and essential
oils from medicinal and aromatic plants. The choice depends on the economic feasibility …

A literature review. About 160 phytoconstituents representing a variety of chemical
structures isolated from 101 plants belonging to 52 families have been reported to have liver …

A reversed phase high performance liquid chromatographic procedure for standardizing a
popular hepatoprotective Indian herb “Bhumyamlaki” (Phyllanthus amarus) on the basis of …

Andrographolide, a diterpenoid lactone, was isolated (yield 0.78% w/w) from A. paniculata (whole
plant). Its LD50 in male mice was 11.46 g/kg, ip. Antihepatotoxic activity of …

… and Handa, SS (1991a) Antihepatotoxic activity of some plants used in herbal formulations.
Fitoterapia 62, 131-138. Sharma, A., Chakraborti, KK and Handa, SS (1991b) Anti…

… the chloroform extract (Deepak and Handa, 1998) and verbenalin, hastatoside, verbascoside
and b-sitosterol-D-glucoside from the methanol extract (Deepak and Handa, 1999) of the …

Hepatoprotective effect of andrographolide (the major active diterpenoid lactone of the plant
Andrographis paniculata) was studied on acute hepatitis induced in rats by single dose of …

Silymarin, a mixture of flavonolignans, comprised mainly of three isomers, silybin, silydianin
and silychristin isolated from the fruits of Silybum marianum, is currently in therapeutic use …

The CHC13 extract of the defatted seeds of Vitex negundo exhibited anti-in-flammatory
activity and yielded four tri terpenoids: 3 ß-acetoxyolean-12-en-27-oic acid [1], 2ot, 3ot-…

The methanol extract of Swertia chirata was evaluated for antihepatotoxic activity against
carbon tetrachloride induced liver toxicity in experimental rats. The extract was found to be …