2 publications

• Published Subscription 1 May 2018

  Paeonia emodi: An Ethnopharmacological and Phytochemical Review

  By Ubaid Yaqoob, Sumeera Nazir, Irshad Ahmad Nawchoo, Fayaz Ahmad Lone, Ali Abbas Rather, Afrozah Hassan, Asma Ashraf

  Abstract: This review is an attempt to evaluate the phytochemical potential of the Paeonia emodi and covers the pharmacological and ethnopharmacological activities of its chemical constituents, newly isolated chemical compounds and their medicinal importance. P. emodi is used in several traditional medicinal systems in China, Korea, Pakistan, India and Thailand. Different isolated natural products like anthraquinones, terpenoids, tannins, carbohydrates, phenolics and tannins, glycosides, paeoniflorin, lactiflorin, oxypaeoniflorin, cycloartenol, cholesterol, sitosterol, campesterol, emodinol, …

  Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Herbal Science · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 11–20 Read article →

• Published Subscription 1 May 2018

  Cytological Studies on Paeonia emodi Wall. ex Royle: An Important Medicinal and Ornamental Plant of Kashmir Himalaya

  By Ubaid Yaqoob, Sumeera Nazir, Irshad A Nawchoo, Asma Ashraf, Afrozah Hassan

  Abstract: Paeonia emodi, an endangered species, was examined for pollen mother cell (PMC) meiosis from both wild and transplanted populations. Buds of suitable size were collected from all the three study sites and fixed in ethanol:acetic acid (1:3) for 24 h and stored in 70% alcohol under refrigeration. For slide preparation, the anthers were squashed in 2% acetocarmine. The results revealed the mean meiotic chromo­some configurations of the species as 2n …

  Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Herbal Science · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 1–4 Read article →