Herbal Remedies in Plant Management Their Evidences and Challenges with A Focus On “White Willow Bark”

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@article{1715134,
      author = {Janhavi Sawant, Poonam Chougule, Chandraprabhu Jangme},
      title = {Herbal Remedies in Plant Management Their Evidences and Challenges with A Focus On “White Willow Bark”},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2026},
      volume = {9},
      number = {9},
      pages = {1316-1323},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1715134.pdf},
      abstract = {Pain has been recognized as important in the primary care of patients with chronic conditions. Pain as a global public health priority, is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage. Willow bark extract has been used for thousands of years as an anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic also used as in pain management. Salix alba (SA), commonly known as white willow, is a plant used in folk medicine. The phytochemical characteristics of the bark extract of this plant indicated that its main component is salicin, which is precursor of the anti-inflammatory agent acetylsalicylic acid. White willow bark has the property of showing gram-negative intestinal bacteria. White willow bark medicinal plants genotoxic effect in human white blood cells. an observational study with a single  extract of willow bark (Assalix®) under conditions of daily practice in Switzerland. . A small number of clinical studies have been conducted that support the use of willow bark extracts in chronic lower back and joint pain and osteoarthritis. Willow bark extracts also are widely used in sports performance and weight loss products doubtless because of anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities, although no human studies have been published that specifically and directly document beneficial effects. Various grades of the white willow bark extract are commercially available and contain, for example, 15%, 25%, or 50% salicin. Historically, willow bark has been used for over 2000 years.},
      keywords = {Salicin, Antipyretic, Genotoxic, Historically, Joint pain},
      month = {March},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I9-1715134}
  }