Current Traditional Medicine - Volume 7, Issue 1, 2021

Heterocyclic compounds constitute one of the largest and most versatile families of organic compounds. There are many heterocyclic compounds that are being isolated from natural sources and day by day the number is increasing rapidly due to their enormous utility. Nitrogen containing heterocyclic compounds have a prominent role in medicinal chemistry, biochemistry and other streams of science. In this review, we ha Read More

Natural products provide cornucopia of heterocyclic systems. The nucleus of 2- phenyl chromane is one of the important and well-known heterocycles found in the natural products. Naringenin, a plant-derived flavanone (2-phenyl chroman-4-one) belongs to the family of flavanoids. It possesses diverse biologic activities such as antidiabetic, antiatherogenic, antidepressant, antiandrogenic, antiestrogenic, immunomodul Read More

Natural products are well known for their therapeutic properties. The primary reason for their therapeutic effectiveness is the presence of secondary plant metabolites like alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids etc. All these metabolites are generally classified as per their chemical structures. Similarly, diversified alkaloids are classified as per the chemical moieties like indole, quinoline, Isoquinoline, indolizine etc. Alkaloids havin Read More

The continuous attempt of drug discovery and search for a potential drug molecules with promising pharmacological activities is always of immense interest. Most of those chemical compounds having active pharmacological effects contain heterocyclic nucleus or compounds. Heterocyclic compounds clutch a particular place among pharmaceutically active natural and synthetic compounds. The ability to serve Read More

Quinoline and isoquinoline motifs are commonly encountered in natural products of diverse origins. These moderately basic fused-heterocyclic rings containing natural products are adorned with remarkable biological activities with clinical use in various diseases demonstrating nature elegance and creativity. Therefore, these privileged rings have attracted profound interest from the scientific community. In this perspec Read More

The deep Sea has several herbal sources such as marine organisms. These marine sources possibly have effective anticancer properties. The fused heterocyclic ring with marine source has special characteristics with minimum toxicity and with maximum anticancer effects. The review focused on and classified the prospective lead compounds which have shown a promising therapeutic range as anticancer agents in clinical and Read More

Humans experience different kinds of stress as a part of the day to day activity. The manifestation of stress will aggravate based on the physical conditions of individuals and due to their socio-economic situation of living. Herbal extracts have long been used in the traditional systems of medicine for the treatment of various ailments because of their potent antioxidant activity and lesser or no side-effects. Recently, there Read More

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Lannea microcarpa is an African herbal medicinal plant by pan-African distribution and has huge native medicinal and non-medicinal applications. The plant is being used traditionally as a medicine for many diseases such as mouth blisters, rheumatism, dysentery, sore throat, as a dressing on boils, as a cathartic, livestock feed, diarrhoea, gastroenteritis, malaria, dysentery, infection fro Read More

Background: Vitex negundo Linn. commonly known as five leave chase tree is an ethnobotanically important drug in traditional system of medicine. The plant is widely distributed in India, China and other Asian and American countries. Objective: The review aims at presenting comprehensive information with respect to ethnopharmacological relevance and recent findings on phytochemical and biological activities of Vitex negu Read More