Volume 10, Issue 38

Yang Yong, He Kai, Zhang Bao-Shun, LI Xue-Gang

pp. 97–100 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.131017 · 2014

Peng Tan, Xin Chen, Ruirui He, Yonggang Liu

pp. 101–105 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.131019 · 2014

Background: Mesaconitine is the main active component of genus aconitum plants that are widely used in clinics in China. However, little has been known about the metabolic pathway of mesaconitine. Objective: To explore t…

Nayereh Shafaghati, Monireh Hedayati, Seyed Jalal Hosseinimehr

pp. 106–110 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.131020 · 2014

Background: 131-radioiodine has been widely used as an effective radionuclide for treatment of patients with thyroid diseases. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the radioprotective effects of curcumin as…

Yachao Xing, Jing Liao, Yingzhan Tang, Peng Zhang, Chengyu Tan, Hui Ni, Xueqin Wu, Ning Li, Xiaoguang Jia

pp. 111–117 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.131021 · 2014

Background: Tamarix hohenackeri Bunge is a salt cedar that grows widespread in the desert mountains in Xinjiang. T. hohenackeri has not been investigated earlier, although there are many reports of phytochemical work on …

Bibin Baby Augustine, Suvakanta Dash, Mangala Lahkar, Usha Sarma, Pavan Kumar Samudrala, Jaya Mary Thomas

pp. 118–124 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.131022 · 2014

Background: North East India is a rich source of medicinal plants and a number of plant extracts are used by tribal peoples living in this area for various disorders. L.aspera is such a plant, traditionally used as an an…

Stefka Valcheva-Kuzmanova, Galya Stavreva, Violeta Dancheva, Ljudmil Terziev, Milena Atanasova, Angelina Stoyanova, Anelia Dimitrova, Veneta Shopova

pp. 132–140 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.131024 · 2014

Background: The fruits of Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliot is extremely rich in biologically active polyphenols. Objective: We studied the protective effect of A. melanocarpa fruit juice (AMFJ) in a model of amiodarone…

Bao Yong-Rui, Yang Xin-Xin, Wang Shuai, Meng Xian-Sheng, Zhu Rui-Qing, Xia Yue-Ming, Cai Lin

pp. 141–146 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.131025 · 2014

Background: Xixin has been widely used as a traditional Chinese medicine for headache, toothache and infl ammatory diseases. Clinical investigation indicated that adverse drug reactions occurred with an overdose of xixin,…

Mansour Esmailidehaj, Mohadeseh Kakoo, Mohammad Ebrahim Rezvani, Mohammad Hossein Mosaddeghmehrjardi

pp. 147–153 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.131026 · 2014

Context: Although many studies displayed the favorable effects of Assafoetida, some of them reported that high doses of Assafoetida could lead to harmful effects. Aims: In this study, the effect of pretreatment with Assa…

Afsaneh Samadi, Morad Jafari, Nasim Mohammad Nejhad, Farah Hossenian

pp. 154–160 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.131027 · 2014

Aim: Two bacterial strains of Agrobacterium rhizogenes, A13 and 9534 were evaluated for induction of transformed hairy roots in Linum mucronatum ssp. mucronatum, a high value medicinal plant. Materials and Methods: The h…

Jin Bae Weon, Bohyoung Lee, Bo-Ra Yun, Jiwoo Lee, Choong Je Ma

pp. 161–164 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.131028 · 2014

Background: Cynanchum paniculatum, belongs to the family Asclepiadaceae and is used to treat various diseases, such as invigorate blood, alleviate edema and to relieve pain and toxicity for a long time. Materials and Met…

A. Jamuna Devi, Rekha Ravindran, M. Sankar, Johanna Rajkumar

pp. 165–171 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.131030 · 2014

Background: Ambrex is a polyherbal formulation which consists of Withania somnifera, Orchis mascula, Cycas circirnalis, Shorea robusta with amber. Objective: The present study was designed to explore the potential effect…

Arminder Singh Saini, Rajeev Taliyan, Pyare Lal Sharma

pp. 172–178 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.131031 · 2014

He-Ping Huang, Jian Wang, Lu-Qi Huang, Shan-Lin Gao, Peng Huang, Dian-Lei Wang

pp. 179–184 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.131032 · 2014

Background: The root of Polygonum multifl orum Thunb. is a common traditional Chinese medicine. In recent years, the wild resources of P. multifl orum have been seriously broken, and the cultivated varieties have been degr…

Huan Yang, Qinying Gu, Tingting Gao, Xubo Wang, Phenwei Chue, Qinan Wu, Xiaobin Jia

pp. 185–190 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.131034 · 2014

Background: Toona sinensis (A. Juss.) Roemer is an endemic species of Toona genus native to Asia. Its crude extract exhibits an effective anti-oxidant capacity against oxidative models, but the intrinsic substances respo…

Kounosuke Fujita, Yuji Nomura, Masahiko Sawajiri, Pravat K. Mohapatra, Hany A. El-Shemy, Nguyen T. Nguyen, Masashi Hosokawa, Kazuo Miyashita, Teruo Maeda, Hirofumi Saneoka, Shohei Fujita, Takayuki Fujita

pp. 125–126 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.131023 · 2014

Background: The antileukemic activity of hot water extract of plant parts of some Japanese willow tree species grown at different levels of nitrogen were examined. Materials and Methods: Water extracts of willow leaves w…