Volume 9, Issue 2

Alexander Victor Anand David, Subramani Parasuraman

pp. 52–57 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2019.2.10 · 2019

Cognitive decline is a part of a natural phenomenon that eventually happens to almost every one as they age. It results from a combination of lifestyle habits, genetic factors, trauma or just gradual wearing-out of one’s…

Chibuzo Carole Nweze, Emeka John Dingwoke, Fatima Amin Adamude, Nwobodo Ndubuisi Nwobodo

pp. 58–65 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2019.2.11

Objectives: The therapeutic and nutritional values of plants and plant produce for aliment management and as food supplements are evolving. Free radical scavenging activities of n-haxane extracts of indigenousCurcuma lon…

Bawa Yusuf Muhammad, Nadia Zaky Shaban, Fatima Hassan Elrashidy, Doaa Ahmed Ghareeb

pp. 66–72 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2019.2.12 · 2019

Objectives: Plants represent a diverse template that could be tapped as sources of novel drugs. This study highlights antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative and as well antimicrobial activities ofCombretum gl…

Ashutosh Kumar Verma

pp. 73–77 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2019.2.13 · 2019

Objectives: Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don is an important plant documented for variety of medicinal uses and salt tolerant potential. During genetic improvement programme an attempt of induced mutagenesis was made for …

Gallo Giuseppe, Martino Guglielmo

pp. 78–82 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2019.2.14 · 2019

Objectives: The aim of the present research is to correlate creatininemia and uricemia to HNE and MDA levels of Red Blood Cell purified membranes in comparison to those of normal subjects to characterize the effects of o…

Evangelos Giannakopoulos, Georgios Salachas, Angelos Papasavvas, Dimitra Hela

pp. 83–87 · DOI: 10.5530/fra.2019.2.15 · 2019

Objectives: In the present work, five aromatic plants: Origanum vulgare L., Rosmarinus officinalis L., Ocimum basilicum L.,Salvia officinalis L. and Achillea millefolium L., are examined in order to determine Gallic Acid…