Ian Edwin Cock1,2,*
1Environmental Futures Research Institute, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA.
2School of Natural Sciences, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, Kessels Rd, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA.
Pharmacognosy Communications,2020,10,2,62.
DOI:10.5530/pc.2020.2.12
Published: April 2020
Type: Editorial
Dear Readers and Authors,
I am pleased to bring you volume 9, issue 2 of Pharmacognosy Communications. In this issue we present new research reports examining the pharmacognosy of several important medicinal plants, including studies examining the antimicrobial activity of the Indian medicinal plants Shorea robusta Geartn f and Dipterocarpus turbinatus Gaertn f, the South American plant Tabebuia impetiginosa (Mart. Ex. DC. Mattos), the Australian species Alphitonia excela (Fenzl) Benth. Acronychia acidula F. Muell. and Pouteria australis (R.Br.) Baehni, as well as several Dominican Republic plants used in traditional medicine. We also present a study on the protective effects of hesperidin on humoral and cell-mediated immunity. This issue also features a review on the pharmacological potential of galantamine. Read More….