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ECLIPTA ALBA: AN APPROACH TO OVERVIEW ITS MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTER, PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS, AND PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES

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Kavita Patle, Nitish Kumar, Sumit Sahu, Urvashee Sahu, Priya Komre, Rashmi Sahu, Alisha Banafar, Praveen Kumar Dewangan,Puja nayak, Priya Patel ,Kushagra Nagori, Mukesh Sharma
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si5.197

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There are around 2000 natural medications, of which 400 are produced from minerals and 400 are derived from animals. The Ayurvedic, Siddha, and Unani medical systems account for the remaining 600–700 medicinal plant species. People have relied on the plant’s medicinal properties known as Eclipta alba for millennia. In the form of powder, juice, or oil, the plant's leaves, seeds, and even the entire plant itself are used to treat a wide variety of illnesses. The leaves are sessile, whole, oblong, and lanceolate in shape, and they are 3.5 centimeters in length. They have a surface that is rough due to the presence of white trichomes, which also give them a greenish and occasionally brownish coloration. Above ground, the herbaceous stem is cylindrical, branches out at the nodes, and does not have a permanent wooden stem. There are several different types of chemical components found in Eclipta alba. consists of more than one component altogether. Numerous studies have found a connection between E. alba and the initiation of and promotion of hair development. E. alba has been traditionally regarded as a hair tonic. On nude mouse skin with inherited hair follicular abnormalities, petroleum ether extract (PEE) created a large increase in hair covering area and density by encouraging follicular keratinocyte proliferation and delaying terminal differential from day 8. This suggests that it may be helpful. Beneficial in the treatment of certain types of alopecia

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