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Cowhage
Mucuna pruriens, also known as Velvet beans and Cowhage plant (English name), is a medicinal plant. It’s a twining, climbing, annual herbaceous leguminous plant originally from southern China and eastern India. I...
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Coleus
Coleus is known as rapidly-growing plant with a trailing or spreading ability. It is widely present in various parts of world, such as, South Africa, Indian Subcontinent, China, Nepal, Sri Lanka etc. A number ...
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Cinchona
Cinchona belongs to the Rubiaceae family and is a large shrub or small tree. It is located in many countries of Africa and Asia. Cinchona alkaloids have been reported as the most significant natural products from...
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Costus
The Costus plant species are found in Africa, Asia, and America. Costus genus consists of 175 species. Costus is a medicinal plant and is commonly used to treat a variety of maladies, including diabetes and it...
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Stability of Carotenoids
Carotenoids are natural products having a broad spectrum of biological applications, such as, anti-cancer, anti-oxidants, anti-inflammatory and anti-ageing etc. Chemically, they contain long chains of carbon a...
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Effect of Processing on Foods Containing Carotenoids
Carotenoids are the natural ingredients in the plant based food which are useful for maintaining healthy life. They have various biological applications such as, antioxidants, anticancer and anti-ageing etc. F...
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Plant-Based Natural Products: Potential Anti-COVID-19 Agents
Viral infections are a continued threat for the human existence on globe. The danger is recently highlighted in the form of novel COVID-19 epidemic that has infected more than 35 million population across the ...
