Dhanalakshmi, S (2011) Studies on Leaves and its Volatile Oil of Citrus Aurantium L - A Promising Anti Infective with Antiplasmid, Innate Immunity Stimulation Agent. Masters thesis, College of Pharmacy, Madurai Medical College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India..
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Abstract
Plants have been the source of most of the active ingredients of medicines which is widely accepted to be true when applied to drug discovery in olden times before the advent of high-throughput screening and the post genomic era. Above 80% of drug substance were natural products or inspired by a natural compound. Comparisons of the information presented on sources of novel drugs from 1981 to 2007 indicate that 50% of the drugs approved since 1994 are based on plant source. Thirteen herbal-products-related drugs were approved from 2005 to 2007 which is pointed out by Butler. Five of which represented by first members of new classes of drugs; the peptides exenatide, ziconotide and the small molecules. Ixabepilone, retapamulin and trabectedin the pharmacognostical, phytochemical and potential antimicrobial action against pathogenic drug resistance MRSA infection with innate immunity stimulation, more effective therapeutically than the synthetic counterpart, without toxicity of the VO of the leaves of Citrus aurnatium L a widely, easily available plant. Ethnomedical information revealed that it was used in various ailments for long time all over the world. The tremendous economic potentiality of this cash crop remains neglected by the scientists, technologists, physician, traders, administrators, policy makers, farmers etc. The morphological evaluation showed the adherence of general character to the family. Detailed microscopical characters of the leaves showed the presence of secretary cells, crystal idioblasts specifically under the upper epidermis,three layers of well defined palisade cells, big air chambers in the spongy mesophyll, double stranded vascular bundles in the midrib region and calcium oxalate druses in the petiole.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Leaves; Volatile Oil; Citrus Aurantium; Anti Infective; Antiplasmid; , Innate Immunity Stimulation Agent |
| Subjects: | PHARMACY > Pharmacognosy |
| Depositing User: | Ravindran C |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2017 09:05 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2017 09:05 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/1902 |
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