Nitin Swamy

• Professor (Assistant) at St. Aloysius College, Jabalpur

Berberine, an isoquinoline alkaloid derived from various medicinal plants, emerges as a potential therapeutic agent against diverse human diseases. It has particularly shown notable anticancer efficacy against breast, colorectal, lung, prostate, and liver cancer. Berberine results in inhibition of cancer cell proliferation, induction of apoptosis,...

Leaves of Stevia rebaudiana are rich source of sweet glycosides of steviol. The major glycoside, stevioside, diterpenoid glycoside-is used in India and various countries as a food sweetener for diabetic patients. Its medical use is also reported in various ailments like heart, liver, pancrease etc. Besides this it is also being used against obesity...

Leaves of Stevia rebaudiana are rich source of sweet glycosides of steviol. The major glycoside, stevioside, diterpenoid glycoside--is used in India and various countries as a food sweetener for diabetic patients. Its medical use is also reported in various ailments like heart, liver, pancrease etc. Besides this it is also being used against obesit...

The globe is currently confronting a global fight against the deadliest cancer sickness. Chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, surgery, and radiation therapy are among cancer treatment options. Still, these treatments can induce patient side effects, including recurrence, multidrug resistance, fever, and weakness. As a result, the scientific community is...

The world is currently facing a global challenge against neoplastic diseases. Chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, surgery, and radiation therapy are some approaches used to treat cancer. However, these treatments are frequently causing side effects in patients, such as multidrug resistance, fever, weakness, and allergy, among others side effects. As a...

In the natural ecosystem, plants and fungal endophytes exhibit a vivacious symbiotic relationship. Fungal endophytes constitute an extraordinarily diverse collection of fungi persistent in plants for at least a part of their life cycle. Till now this diverse group of fungal endophytes has not been explored much. Irrespective of its enormous diversi...

There is an increasing international market for medicinal plants, which are used both for herbal medicine and for pharmaceutical products. For rapid and accurate identification of plants DNA barcoding is most authentic tool. The aim of this study is first optimize a method for the genomic DNA isolation from non-identified, carbohydrate rich, plant...