Kaempferia parviflora Wall. ex Baker-Rejuvenation and sex enhancement

Kaempferia parviflora Wall. ex Baker Local name: Kalahalood (Chakma), Cepaimba (Marma), Black Ginger Latin name: Kaempferia parviflora Wall. ex Baker; Family (Zingiberaceae) Synonym: Kaempferia rubromarginata (S.Q.Tong) R.J.Searle; Stahlianthus rubromarginatus S.Q.Tong Description: A...

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Botany macro Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn

Common Names: Kapok, Ceiba, Silk-cotton tree Botanic name: Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. Synonyms: Eriodendron anfractuosum DC. (1824). Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. Uses Ceiba pentandra has two main uses, being an important source of fibre and of timber. Historically...

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Botany macro-Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene, Family - Verbenaceae

Common Name: Texas frogfruit, Turkey tangle fogfruit, FrogfruitBotanical Name: Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene, Family - Verbenaceae.Local name: Lức dây, Lức lan, Dây lưỡi, Sài đất giả, Chè rừngPhyla nodiflora (L.) Greene, Family - Verbenaceae.enpharma.blogspot.c...

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Tetracyclines antibiotics

3.9 TetracyclinesThe tetracyclines are a conglomerate of broad spectrum orally active actinomycete antibiotics produced by cultures of Streptomyces species, and possessing appreciable therapeutic value. Chlortetracycline was the first bonafide member of this group isolated from Streptomycesaureofaciens and discovered...

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Ageratum conyzoides L.; Family Asteraceae

Ageratum conyzoides L.; Family AsteraceaeLatin name: Ageratum conyzoides L.; Family AsteraceaeLocal names: Cây cứt lợn, Cây ngũ sắc, Cây ngũ vị, Cỏ hôi.English names: White weed, appa grass, conyzoid floss-flower, bastard agrimony.Description:Herbs, annual, 50-100 cm tall, sometimes less than 10 cm, with inconspicuous...

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Adenosma indianum (Lour.) Merr.; Family Scrophulariaceae-Therapeutic uses

Adenosma indianum (Lour.) Merr.Botanical name: Adenosma indianum (Lour.) Merr.; Family ScrophulariaceaeSynonyms: Adenosma capitatum (Benth.) Benth. ex Hance; Manulea indiana Lour.; Pterostigma capitatum Benth.; Pterostigma spicatum Benth.; Stoechadomentha capitata KuntzeLocal names: Bồ bồ, Chè đồng, chè nội,...

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Botany macro-Vitex negundo L. var. cannabifolia (Sieb. et Zucc.) Hand. -Mazz. Family (Verbenaceae)

NGU TRAOLatin Name: Vitex negundo L. var. cannabifolia (Sieb. et Zucc.) Hand. -Mazz. Family (Verbenaceae)English Name: Hempleaf Negundo Chastetree, Chastetree.Description: Machaka or dungarunga; branchlet 4 angled. Leaf opposite, palmately compound leaf, leaflets 5, rarely 3; aphlebia lanceolate or elliptical...

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Polypeptide Antibiotics

3.8 Polypeptide AntibioticsInterestingly, a plethora of polypeptides of bacterial origin that are found to comprise of D- and L-amino acids, do exert a marked and pronounced antibiotic activity. It is, however, pertinent to mention here that these specific antibiotics have two inherent major anomalies, namely:...

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