The result of human interface and assortment of the most desirable, influential, and successful plant species found in the immediate environment at a precise circumstance is attributable to indigenous knowledge of plant species. India has a rich variety of medicinal plants growing under different geographical and ecological conditions; 1500 out of 15,000 privileged plant species have been reported to have medicinal uses. Snakebite is a severe medical, social, and economic problem in many parts of the world, chiefly in tropical and subtropical nations where majority of the world’s dangerous snakes are found and where access to treatment is limited. In India, a range of medicinal plants are used as antidotes for snakebites, used either singly or in combination with other agents. The present study makes an effort to assemble information on medicinal plants that are grown and used for snakebite treatment in India. From a range of literature sources, data have been compiled with emphasis on the plants, family, parts used, etc., depending on the availability of information. This paper enumerates 523 plant species belonging to 122 families that act as antidotes against snakebites. We believe this study of herbal antidotes against snake venom is of substantial significance to society.

Snakes have fascinated humankind for millennia. Snakebites are a serious medical, social, and economic problem that are experienced worldwide; however, they are most serious in tropical and subtropical countries. The reasons for this are 1) the presence of more species of the most dangerous snakes, 2) the inaccessibility of immediate medical treatment, and 3) poor health care. The goal of this study was to collect information concerning rare, less utilized, and less studied medicinal plants. More than 100 plants were found to have potential to be utilized as anti-snake venom across India. Data accumulated from a variety of literature sources revealed useful plant families, the parts of plants used, and how to utilize them. In India, there are over 520 plant species, belonging to approximately 122 families, which could be useful in the management of snakebites. This study was conducted to encourage researchers to create herbal antidotes, which will counteract snake venom. These may prove to be an inexpensive and easily assessable alternative, which would be of immense importance to society. Plants from families such as Acanthaceae, Arecaceae, Apocynaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Asteraceae, Cucurbitaceae, Fabaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Lamiaceae, Rubiaceae, and Zingiberaceae are the most useful. In India, experts of folklore are using herbs either single or in combination with others.

The study of drug metabolism is significant to establish the drug pro-file. The pharmacokinetics of the drug determines the concentrationof the drug in enumerable parts of the human body. In this paper, we develop a relationship between such processes of Pharmacokinetics with mathematical formulations using the tools from fractional calculus. As per the literature, for treating a type-II diabetes mellitus, Metformin is being used extensively. The Metformin metabolism encom-passes a large variety of metabolic processes in different parts of thebody. In the present study, we formulate and analyze a model of the Metformin kinetics taking into account a homogenous dimensionalityin Caputo sense. The Banach and Schauder fixed point theorems are employed to explore the uniqueness and existence results. The equilibrium point, asymptotic stability for the given parameters, and Lyapunov stable solutions are also discussed. Further, the Ulam’s type stabilityis explored for generalized model. Finally, the Adam-Bashful-Mouton(A-B-M) method in generalized form is used to validate the conclusions.

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