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Evaluation and Characterization of Bioactive Molecules (Immunomodulators and Adjuvants) from Plants in the Himalayan Region, S.S. Kanwar.

Medicinal plants and herbs are one of the crucial components as far as the contribution of biodiversity to society is concerned. Medicinal plants provide meaningful inputs for drugs. In this study, an effort has been made to find the bioactivity of some selected medicinal plants. For this purpose Cantharanthus roseus, Asparagus racemosus, Taxus brevifolia, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Berberis aristata, Withania somnifera, Bolehrrivea diffusia, Andographis penniculate asnd Ariaema sp. were selected and screened to identify presence of immuno-modulating/adjuvant activities. The crude extracts of these plants were prepared in an appropriate buffered medium and then screened for bioactivity and their interaction with human RBCs. The report includes methodology followed to screen the bioactive components of selected plants, purification, characterization and identification of the associated properties of the biological active fractions of the plants. The report encourages the reader to further explore the biological fractions of the identified bioactive preparations of two plants namely Asparagus racemosus and Arisaema sp.

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