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India is rich in biodiversity and considered to be a storehouse of medicinal plants. The diversity of indigenous
and endemic medicinal plants has contributed a lot to the practice of herbal/traditional medicines by local tribal
communities. It has been observed that valuable information about the diverse ethno medicinal plant species located
at the...
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... Many floristic studies were done in Pune hills and surrounding area (Ezekiel 1917, Bhinde et al. 1920, Phadnis 1925, Razi 1951, Vartak 1962, 1964, Varadpande 1974, Ghate and Vartak 1981, Kulkarni et al. 1989, Joshi et al. 1992, Kulkarni and Kumbhojkar 1995, Joshi and Kumbhojkar 1997, Patwardhan 2000, 2001, Datar 2006, Punalekar et al. 2010, Pande et al. 2013, Nerlekar and Kulkarni 2015, Shinde and Mahajan 2021, Samudra and Shinde 2021. However, the ecology of the area is not studied adequately. ...
... They remain a source of effective bioactive compounds that can be utilized directly as medications. According to current estimates, the plant kingdom has about 250,000 species, applications [6]. The worth of such plants or herbs lies in their secondary metabolites, which are nonnutritive but can exert certain physiological actions in humans against different types of infectious diseases and metabolic disorders [7]. ...
... The extensive use of plants with therapeutic properties does not lead to intoxication, whereas overutilization of allopathic medicines has been associated with adverse effects. Drug residues may lead to the growth of drugresistant microorganisms that are difficult to treat; hence, the globe is looking for safer alternatives [6]. ...
... There are almost 18,000 flowering plant species that account for nearly 11% of all plants in the world [6]. Caralluma is among such beneficial medicinal flowering plants that 4 Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity belong to the family Apocynaceae and is found throughout Asia (Afghanistan, India, Iran, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Canary Islands, and Southeast Europe. ...
Metabolic syndrome (MS), commonly known as syndrome X or insulin resistance syndrome, is a collection of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and type II diabetes. MS is believed to impact over a billion individuals worldwide. It is a medical condition defined by visceral obesity, insulin resistance, high blood pressure, and abnormal cholesterol levels, according to the World Health Organization. The current dietary trends are more focused on the use of functional foods and nutraceuticals that are well known for their preventive and curative role against such pathological disorders. Caralluma fimbriata is one such medicinal plant that is gaining popularity. It is a wild, edible, succulent roadside shrub with cactus-like leaves. Besides its main nutrient contents, various bioactive constituents have been identified and linked with positive health outcomes of appetite-suppressing, hypolipidemic, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, and anticancer potentials. Hence, such properties make C. fimbriata an invaluable plant against MS. The current review compiles recent available literature on C. fimbriata’s nutritional composition, safety parameters, and therapeutic potential for MS. Summarized data in this review reveals that C. fimbriata remains a neglected plant with limited food and therapeutic applications. Yet various studies explored here do prove its positive health-ameliorating outcomes.
