Volume 15, Issue 1

Pottathil Shinu, Mohamed A. Morsy, Neha Jain, Manisha Pandey, Bapi Gorain

pp. 5–18 · DOI: 10.1177/0976500X241237361 · 2024

Background: Honey has been used for centuries for its medicinal benefits, where topical treatments in the folklore literature reported its beneficial role in treating different types of wounds. Despite its immense use in…

M. S. Rangareddy, Shanti Priya P., Basa Srinivas Karteek, Chigurupati Swetha, B. Sravan Kumar, Sumaiya Waheed, Jagrati Agrawal

pp. 19–27 · DOI: 10.1177/0976500X241237849 · 2024

Background: In the modern era of dentistry, natural and herbal alternatives are favored since they are renewable, have fewer adverse effects, and are cost-effective. Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of different intr…

Matrika Saha Roy, Bidduth Kumar Sarkar, Md Rohan Nadvi, Arghya Prosun Sarkar, Sukalyan Kumar Kundu, Hossain Ahmed, Md Jahirul Islam, Barno Kumar Sarkar, Peter Singh, Tanushree Maitra, Maruf Hasan

pp. 28–37 · DOI: 10.1177/0976500X241232235 · 2024

Background: Asthma is a very common respiratory disorder, affecting more than 360 million people worldwide. It is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways with the symptoms of shortness of breath, coughing, chest t…

Subramani Parasuraman, Sam Aaseer Thamby, Ruksana Binti Ashruf, Tan Boon Seng, Nahlah Elkudssiah Ismail

pp. 38–45 · DOI: 10.1177/0976500X241231366 · 2024

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide causing approximately 10% of all cancer cases and is the second most frequent disease which is one of the leading causes of cancer-related fat…

Kalyani Chaudhari, Shruti Oza

pp. 46–53 · DOI: 10.1177/0976500X241232530 · 2024

Background: The first-trimester ultrasound assessment of nuchal translucency (NT) thickness has lately been recommended as the most helpful sign in early screening for prenatal chromosomal disorders. Increased foetal NT …

Prashant Vadnal, D. Ravi Krishna Babu, K.G.V Manikantha, Kishor Chitalkar, Ch. Sandeep Reddy, Mahalaxmi Mohan

pp. 54–60 · DOI: 10.1177/0976500X241237641 · 2024

Purpose: Forskolin is primarily found in the roots of the Coleus forskohlii plant, historically employed in Southeast Asian and Indian Ayurvedic medicine. Mast cells play a crucial role in fibrosis progression, yet their…

Anandabaskar Nishanthi, Packirisamy Agilan, Mourouguessine Vimal, Manickam Shanthi

pp. 61–68 · DOI: 10.1177/0976500X241236827 · 2024

Aim: This study aimed to determine the patterns of physical activity (PA) and its association with gender and academic year among undergraduate medical students of a tertiary care hospital in South India. Materials and M…

Suliman Abdullah Al-Omran, Dharmashree S, Anil Kumar KV, Sreeharsha Nagaraja

pp. 69–77 · DOI: 10.1177/0976500X241231365 · 2024

Background and Purpose: In alloxan-induced diabetic rats, this study sought to evaluate the hypoglycemic potential of the hydroalcoholic seed extract of Areca catechu, also referred to as areca nut, both as a stand-alone…

Sharanya Sundaramoorthy, Anusha Dakshinamoorthy, Bhaskar L. V. K. S.

pp. 78–88 · DOI: 10.1177/0976500X241235721 · 2024

Background: Cladophora goensis and Cladophora glomerata has been widely identified in the Indian Oceans. Marine algae have been identified as potential pharmacological agents useful in the treatment of diabetes, hyperten…