Mulberry, Morus alba L., as a non-toxic natural therapeutic agent, belongs to the family of Moraceae, and has been cultivated in many Asian countries such as China, India, Korea, Japan and Thailand where the leaves were used as food for silkworms. It is a natural food additive having carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, fibres, sugars, vitamins, mineral etc. in appropriate proportion. It is a potent food antioxidant commonly used as a dietary supplement. Researchers suggested that it can be used as a good pharmaceutical food. It has been used since ancient times in folk medicine for its many medicinal properties. The plant has been used in Indian tradition as a nervine tonic. This widely grown plant has been in use by tribals of this country for ailments such as asthma, cough, bronchitis, edema, insomnia, wound healing, diabetes, influenza, eye infections and nose bleeds. The plant extract has been demonstrated to posses free radical scavenging activity. It has been extensively studied for its antidiabetic, antibacterial, antianaphylactic, neuroprotective, hypolipidemic, hypotensive, antiatherosclerotic, anticancer, antidepressant effects.

Acute and chronic administration of Oxalis corniculata L. has anti-epileptic activity against MES and INH induced convulsions by reducing tonic hind limb extension phase and delaying onset of convulsion. It also observed that plant extract possess anti-psychotic activity against apomorphine induced stereotyped behavior and haloperidol induced catalepsy by reducing the stereotyped behavior as well as potentiated the cataleptic score. Anti-epileptic activity of Oxalis corniculata L. may be attributed to the involvement of either by blocking the Na+ channels or enhancing the GABAergic system in the neuronal of the brain. Furthermore, anti-psychotic activity of Oxalis corniculata may be due to involvement of dopaminergic pathway. The identification of active constituents with anti-epileptic and anti-psychotic activity from this plant may provide new directions for identification of active neuropharmacological agents, which could be given concomitantly during epilepsy and psychosis. These results suggest that the Oxalis corniculata L. have potential clinical application in the management of epilepsy and psychiatric disorders.

Lantana camara L. is regarded both as a notorious weed and a popular ornamental garden plant and posseses various uses in folk medicine in many parts of the world. The phytochemical investigation of the methanolic extract of leaves resulted in isolation terpenoidal glycosides namely urosolic acid glycosidic oleiate (NEW), ursolic acid glycosidic stearate (NEW) and oleanolic acid glucoside. Some esters like undecanyl Oleioate, dodecanyl oleioate and carboxylic acids like ursolic acid and oleanolic acid were successfully isolated. HPTLC fingerprint of the methanolic extracts of L. camara leaves were performed. The solvent systems were chloroform: methanol (99:1). Antidiabetic activities of the Lantana camara were performed on streptozotocin induced diabetic rats and the aqueous extracts of both the drugs showed significant reduction in blood glucose level.

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