Shaista Tabassum

• Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University

Desert plants contain important phytochemicals which are cheap source of medicine for local communities. These phytochemicals are much better than synthetic medicine due to their harmless effect. Alhagi maurorum, belonging to family Leguminosae, is an highly branched spiny shrub which reaches up to 1.5 to 4 feets in height. Roots may reach up to th...

Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. and Sheriff. (B. biternata) belonging to family Asteraceae, is a common easy to grow, widespread, pestiferous crop weed and a wasteland plant species. It is a wild edible plant rich in macronutrients and micronutrients. B. biternata is extensively used in traditional medicine against inflammation, infections, diabetes...

Helianthus annuus commonly known as “Sunflower” is a well-known plant in India and Pakistan. It is native to North America. It is use in ethnomedicine for treating a number of disease conditions which include heart disease, bronchial, laryngeal and pulmonary affections, coughs and colds and in whooping cough. Helianthus annuus contains various bioa...

Centella asiatica belongs to family Apiaceae is a traditionally important plant with wide range of therapeutic potential. Plant is traditionally used to treat a broad range of diseases such as diarrhea, hepatitis, measles, toothache, syphilis, leucorrhoea etc. Madecassic acid, asiatic acid,α-terpinene,α-copaene,β-caryophyllene are some of the impor...

There are 300 known Saussurea species. Among them, Saussurea lappa (S. lappa) is a representative perennial herb, globally distributed across Himalaya region. S. lappa has been traditionally used in medicines without obvious adverse effects. Despite significant progress in phytochemical and biological analyses of S. lappa over the past few years, i...

Tea tree oil is obtained from different Melaleuca species (Melaleuca quinquenervian, M. alterniolia, M. leucadendra) which accounts for 99% of commercial oil production. Melaleuca plant is indigenous to Australia. It is cultivated because of its great medicinal and economical properties. Oil is extracted mostly from leaves of Melaleuca plants by st...