Volume 6, Issue 21

Natural products from the termite Nasutitermes corniger lowers aminoglycoside minimum inhibitory concentrations

Henrique D. M. Coutinho, Alexandre Vasconcellos, Hilzeth L. Freire-Pessôa, Carlos A. Gadelha, Tatiane S. Gadelha, Geraldo G. Almeida-Filho

pp. 1–4 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59958 · Published 13 February 2010

Determining total phenolic content and total antioxidant capacity of loquat cultivars grown in Hatay

A. Aytekin Polat, Oğuzhan Çalişkan, Sedat Serçe, Onur Saraçoğlu, Cemal Kaya, Mustafa Özgen

pp. 5–8 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59959 · Published 13 February 2010

Antioxidant activities and fatty acid composition of wild grown myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) fruits

Sedat Serce, Sezai Ercisli, Memnune Sengul, Kazim Gunduz, Emine Orhan

pp. 9–12 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59960 · Published 13 February 2010

A validated method for analysis of Swerchirin in Swertia longifolia Boiss. by high performance liquid chromatography

M. Shekarchi, H. Hajimehdipoor, M. Khanavi, N. Adib, M. Bozorgi, B. Akbari-Adergani

pp. 13–18 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59961 · Published 13 February 2010

A cross-sectional study on the perceptions and practices of modern and traditional health practitioners about traditional medicine in Dembia district, north western Ethiopia

Muthuswamy Ragunathan, Hawi tadesse1 Rebecca tujuba

pp. 19–25 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59962 · Published 13 February 2010

Licorice infusion: Chemical profile and effects on the activation and the cell cycle progression of human lymphocytes

José Cheel, Gabriela Onofre, Doris Vokurková, Lenka Tůmová, Jarmila Neugebauerová

pp. 26–33 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59963 · Published 13 February 2010

Investigation of the possible biological activities of a poisonous South African plant; Hyaenanche globosa (Euphorbiaceae)

Saeideh Momtaz, Namrita Lall, Ahmed Hussein, Seyed Nasser Ostad, Mohammad Abdollahi

pp. 34–41 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59964 · Published 13 February 2010

Antioxidant and antihyperlipidemic effect of Solanum nigrum fruit extract on the experimental model against chronic ethanol toxicity

Vadivel Arulmozhi, Mani Krishnaveni, Kandhan Karthishwaran, Ganesan Dhamodharan, Sankaran Mirunalini

pp. 42–50 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59965 · Published 13 February 2010

Effect of cumin (Cuminum cyminum) seed essential oil on biofilm formation and plasmid Integrity of Klebsiella pneumoniae

Safoura Derakhshan, Morteza Sattari, Mohsen Bigdeli

pp. 57–61 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59967 · Published 13 February 2010

Anticancer and antiradical scavenging activity of Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae)

A. H. Adebayo, N. H. Tan, A. A. Akindahunsi, G. Z. Zeng, Y. M. Zhang

pp. 61–66 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59968 · Published 13 February 2010

Acute oral toxicity of Pereskia bleo and Pereskia grandifolia in mice

K. S. Sim, A. M. Sri Nurestri, S. K. Sinniah, K. H. Kim, A. W. Norhanom

pp. 67–70 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59969 · Published 13 February 2010

In vitro tetraploid induction and generation of tetraploids from mixoploids in Dioscorea zingiberensis

He-Ping Huang, Shan-Lin Gao, Lan-Lan Chen, Kun-Hua Wei

pp. 51–56 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59966 · Published 13 February 2010

This article describes an efficient colchicine-mediated technique for the in vitro induction of tetraploids in Dioscorea zingiberensis and its confirmation by flow cytometry. Buds immersed in 0.2% colchicine solution for…