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THE FOLK MEDICINES USED IN THE PROVINCE OF SINDH, Pakistan.

Cressa cretica

Unn

T-2

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Original Data:
1	Filed Survey No.	110D06
2	Date of survey	10/12/2000
3	Survey conducted by	Dr.Ahmed Abbas
4	District/ Talka	Thatta
5	Village	Pir Nisar shah
About The Plant:
1	Local name	Unn
2	Vernacular name	Unn
3	Botanical name	Cressa critica
4	Plant code	T-2
5	Part used	Whole
6	Born place	In all Sindh
7	Disorder treatment	Constipation
Recipe Preparation: Grind the fresh plant and add some misree and then add a glass of water and then filter that.
1	Additives	Misree 2g
2	Water	1 glass
3	Part of plant:	5-8 g
Method: Drink one glass in fasting.
Other:
1	Treatment duration		1 day
2	Storage condition		Fresh plant only
3	Health recovery		3-4 hours
4	Age group affected		Above ten year
5	Dosage set		1 glass only

RESULTS FROM BIOLOGICAL STUDIES

Code	Plant	Fraction	Anti Bacterial	Anti Fungal	Anti Maleria	Anti Leshmania
T - 2	Cressa cretica	Hexane	Insignificant against Bacillus subtitlis= =19 Salmonella typhi =9	Sample showed no activity at all	Moderate anti malarial activity 9.09 +/- 0.01
		Water	Sample showed no activity at all	Insignificant againstMicrosporum.canis = 50	Sample showed no activity at all
		Butanol	Sample showed no activity at all	Sample showed no activity at all	Samle showed no activity at all	Moderate leishmanial activity 5.97 +/- 2.5
		Methanol	Insignificant Shigella flexenari= 10	Insignificant against Microsporum.canis = 90	Moderateanti malarial activity 8.55 +/- 2.01	Sample showed no activity at all

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