Biological Properties of Thuja Orientalis Linn

@article{Srivastava2012BiologicalPO,
  title={Biological Properties of Thuja Orientalis Linn},
  author={Priya Srivastava and Pradeep Kumar and Dhyan Singh and Vishram Singh},
  journal={Advances in life sciences},
  year={2012},
  volume={2},
  pages={17-20}
}
Thuja orientalis (Commonly- Morpankhi, Family- Cupressaceae) is an evergreen, monoecious trees or shrubs used in various forms of traditional medicines and homeopathy in various ways. In traditional practices Thuja is used for treatment of bronchial catarrh, enuresis, cystitis, psoriasis, uterine carcinomas, amenorrhea and rheumatism. Recent re- searches in different parts of the world have shown that T. orientalis and its active component thujone have the great poten- tial against a various… 
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Pharmacognostic, phytochemical, and pharmacological investigation on bark of Thuja Orientalis Linn (Cupressaceae)
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Results obtained in this study revealed that there is some quantitative differences of the chemical composition and antibacterial activity were noted between wild and planted T. orientalis.
Antifeedant activity of Descurainia sophia and Thuja orientalis extracts against Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
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Results indicated that nutritional indices were significantly affected as extract concentrations increased, and both of plant extracts increased FDI as the extract concentrations were increased, showing high feeding deterrence activity against T. castaneum.
Antibacterial Activity of Ethyl Acetate Extract of Platycladus orientalis against Staphylococcus saprophyticus
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The fruits of Platycladus orientalis could be used in the formulation of antibacterial drugs against Staphylococcus saprophyticus associated with serious urinary tract infections (UTI) and cystitis in young human females.
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