Volume 5, Issue 1

I.E. Cock

pp. 2–38 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.1.2 · 2014

Plants have been used therapeutically for thousands of years and continue to be the main treatment modality for a large percentage of the world’s population. Furthermore, herbal medicine usage is increasing in Western co…

Rajasekaran Aiyalu, Arulkumaran Govindarajan, Arivukkarasu Ramasamy

pp. 39–45 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.1.3 · 2014

Cardiospermum halicacabum L and Vitex negundo L are distributed throughout the plains of India and used in traditional practice for the treatment of inflammation and rheumatic disorders. The aim of this study is to evalu…

Kris Herawan Timotius, Adit Widodo Santoso, Ita Novita Sari

pp. 46–51 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.1.4 · 2014

Pilis is a type of jamu (Indonesian herbal medicine) applied to the forehead to cure dizziness, hazy vision and eyestrain. At the moment, pilis can be obtained from large jamu factories, local jamu producers, and home-ba…

I.E. Cock, A. Maen

pp. 52–62 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.1.5 · 2014

High antioxidant capacities have been linked to the treatment of rheumatic diseases and in the inhibition of microbial growth. Recent reports have identified several native Australian fruits with high antioxidant capacit…

Rajnish Kumar Yadav, Mahendra Singh, Srimanta Sarkar, Siddhartha Maity, Sudipta Saha

pp. 63–69 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.1.6 · 2014

Cancer has become leading cause of death in India as well as world. Synthetic anticancer agents have costly and highly toxic to human body. Therefore, it is necessary to discover new therapeutic agents from natural origi…

Hazim J. Al-Daraji

pp. 70–75 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.1.7 · 2014

Materials and Methods: In an attempt to find a suitable in vitro storage method for roosters’ semen, an experiment was conducted to study the influence of inclusion pomegranate juice (PJ) into semen diluent on semen qual…

Chinnasamy Kalaiyarasi, Kalivaradhan Karthika, Govindharaj Ragupathi, Sampath Saravanan

pp. 76–82 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.1.8 · 2014

Cassia fistula L. (Leguminacea) is used by Indian and Tanzanian traditional healers for treating various ailments related to the central nervous system. Aims:The present study aimed to evaluate the anticonvulsant and anx…

Sunita Shailajan, Deepti Gurjar

pp. 83–92 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.1.9 · 2014

Mimusops elengi L. (Sapotaceae, Bakul) is an integral part of many Ayurvedic formulations. Flowers of M. elengi have been traditionally used for their therapeutic activities like antiulcer, wound healing, antioxidant, et…

I.E. Cock

pp. 93–94

This occasional section within the journal surveys visions and achievements, often not on the main track of the developing biomedical sciences, but all relating to discoveries and developments of medicinals – both ancien…