Volume 8, Issue 1

Michael W Whitehouse, Desley E Butters

pp. 2–7 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2018.1.2 · 2018

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs have been over-sold to the medical pro fession and over-prescribed by physicians, without due concern for their long-term disabling side-effects. These include acute renal failure, devel…

Jaixi Shen, Joseph Shalom, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 8–14 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2018.1.3 · 2018

Introduction: Uncaria tomentosa is used in Central and South American folk medicine to treat a variety of diseases. It is particularly well known for treating cancer and studies have confirmed its activity against some c…

Djarmouni meriem, Baghiani Abderrahmane, Adjadj Moufida, Arrar Lekhmici

pp. 15–24 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2018.1.4 · 2018

Introduction:Santolina chamaecyparissus L. is a small medicinal herb, cultivated in Europe, Asia and Africa due to the antihelmintic, antiseptic, anti spasmodic, bactericidal, fungicidal, digestive and vulnerary properti…

Ravinder Kaur, Richa Shri

pp. 25–28 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2018.1.5 · 2018

Introduction:Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that markedly affects the cognitive functions. Although drugs are available for symptomatic relief, complete cure is yet to be achieved. Herbals are b…

Okey Alphonsus Ojiako, Paul Chidoka Chikezie, Doris Ifeyinwa Ukairo, Chiedozie Onyejiaka Ibegbulem, Reginald Nwazue Nwaoguikpe

pp. 29–36 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2018.1.6 · 2018

Background and Aim: The present study evaluated hepatic oxidative stress and haematological parameters of Wistar rats following infusion of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) and treatment with extracts of raw and hydro- therma…

Chiwendu Maureen Chikezie, Okey Alphonsus Ojiako, Adamma Angela Emejulu, Paul Chidoka Chikezie

pp. 37–42 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2018.1.7 · 2018

Background and Aim:The present study evaluated serum lactate dehy- drogenase (LDH) activity. Visceral organs and body weights were used as measures of the capacities of single and combinatorial herbal formulations of Aca…

Shaheena Sohi, Richa Shri

pp. 43–48 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2018.1.8. · 2018

Background:The genus Citrus (family: Rutaceae), a native to South East Asia and China, comprises aromatic shrubs and trees which are highly ac- knowledged by folk medicine of various tropical tribes and cultures and also…

Moufida Adjadj, Meriem Djarmouni

pp. 49–53 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2018.1.9 · 2018

Introduction: Paronychia argentea L. is used in traditional medicine to treat various diseases in Algeria especially kidney stones. This study was focused on the antioxidant and xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities of …

Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 54–55 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2018.1.10 · 2018

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…