Pharmacognosy Magazine
Volume 12, Issue 46S
2016 · pp. 0–302 · 45 articles
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 46S
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 0–302
- Articles
- 45
- Sections
- 2
- ISSN
- Print - 0973-1296, Online - 0976-4062
- Journal
- PM
In this issue
1–20 of 45Original Article
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Dongkun Zheng, Jun Shao, Weikang Chen, Yuehua Luo
pp. S102–S108 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182194 · 2016
Background: Sodium 9‑dehydro‑17‑hydro‑andrographolide‑19‑yl sulfate (DHAS) is the active ingredient of Xiyanping injection, a traditional Chinese medicine in clinical use. However, there has been no report about the meta…
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Shruti Taparia, Aparna Khanna
pp. S109–S115 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182164 · 2016
Background: Over the last 400 years, cocoa and chocolate have been described as having potential medicinal value, being consumed as a beverage or eaten as food. Concentration–dependant, antiproliferation, and cytotoxic e…
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Priya Bansal, Sugato Banerjee
pp. S121–S128 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182170 · 2016
Background: Alcohol addiction is a social problem leading to both loss of health and economic prosperity among addicted individuals. Common properties of anti‑addictive compounds include anti‑anxiety, anticonvulsants, an…
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Juilee Patwardhan, Purvi Bhatt
pp. S129–S138 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182175 · 2016
Background: Ultraviolet‑B (UV‑B) radiation is a smaller fraction of the total radiation reaching the Earth but leads to extensive damage to the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and other biomolecules through formation of free…
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Zhiyuan Zhang, Hao Wu, Houcai Huang
pp. S139–S146 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182174 · 2016
Background: Epidemiological evidence suggests that exercise and dietary polyphenols are beneficial in reducing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk. Materials and Methods: In the present study, 8 months old amyloid precursor pr…
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Priyanka Chaudhary, Marcio V. Ramos, Mirele da Silveira Vasconcelos, Vijay L. Kumar
pp. S147–S151 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182151 · 2016
Background: Proteins present in the latex of Calotropis procera have been shown to produce anti‑inflammatory effect and to afford protection in various disease models. Objectives: To determine the efficacy of high molecu…
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Pushpendra Kumar Shukla, Ankita Misra, Sharad Srivastava, Ajay K. S. Rawat
pp. S159–S164 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182173 · 2016
Objective: Evaluation of four industrially important Leucas species for their in vitro antidiabetic potential and radical scavenging effect along with high‑performance liquid chromatographic quantification of the bioacti…
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Xiaoxue Yu, Zhiyong Xie, Junwei Wu, Junfei Tao, Xinjun Xu
pp. S165–S169 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182162 · 2016
Background: Kadsurae Caulis and Spatholobi Caulis have very similar Chinese names. Their commodities were hard to distinguish because their stems were very alike after dried and processed. These two herbal drugs were oft…
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Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye, Basiru Olaitan Ajiboye, Oluwafemi Adeleke Ojo, Sarah Onyenibe Nwozo, Abidemi Paul Kappo
pp. S170–S174 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182155 · 2016
Background: Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several acute and chronic diseases of the heart as a result of indiscriminate exposure to cardiotoxic heavy metals. The study reported here was desi…
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Juraiporn Somboonwong, Mariem Yusuksawad, Somboon Keelawat, Sirima Thongruay, Ubon Poumsuk
pp. S175–S180 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182169 · 2016
Background: Microangiopathy is a chronic diabetic complication resulting from metabolic derangements, oxidative stress, and increased pro‑inflammatory cytokine production. Nigella sativa Linn. is used as an herbal medici…
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Joseph Sirdaarta, Anton Maen, Paran Rayan, Ben Matthews, Ian Edwin Cock
pp. S181–S194 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182178 · 2016
Background: High antioxidant capacities have been linked to the treatment and prevention of several cancers. Recent reports have identified several native Australian fruits with high antioxidant capacities. Despite this,…
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Valerium Thijan Nobre de Almeida e Castro, Tadeu Jose da Silva Peixoto Sobrinho, Allan Jonathan Chernichiarro Corrêa, Thiago Antonio de Sousa Araújo, Terezinha Gonçalves Da Silva, Elba Lucia Cavalcanti de Amorim
pp. S195–S200 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182166 · 2016
Background: Various factors may trigger Alzheimer’s disease and the cholinergic hypothesis, which is one of the most widely accepted, argues damage to the brain nuclei, may reduce the production of the choline acetyltran…
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S201 Intrathecal Injection of Resveratrol Attenuates Burn Injury Pain by Activating Spinal Sirtuin 1
Wei Cheng, Jin‑Feng Wang, Cong‑Xian Yang, Liang Wu, Qin Yin, He Liu, Zhi‑Jian Fu
pp. S201–S205 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182167 · 2016
Objective: The present study sought to detect spinal sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) and acetylation of histone H3 (Ac‑H3) expression in rats with burn injury pain (BIP model). Procedures and Results: A BIP model was first established…
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Shi-Yuan Sheu, Yuan-Tsung Fu, Wen-Dar Huang, Yung-Ann Chen, Yi-Chih Lei, Chun-Hsu Yao, Feng-Lin Hsu, Tzong-Fu Kuo
pp. S206–S212 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182176 · 2016
Background: Longan is a fruit tree known to contain many phenolic components, which are capable of protecting people from oxidative damage through an anti‑inflammatory mechanism. It may be also worthwhile to study the ef…
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Atul N. Jadhav, Mohammed Rafiq, Rajendran Devanathan, Mohammed Azeemuddin, Suryakanth D. Anturlikar, Akhil Ahmed, Ramchandran Sundaram, U. V. Babu, Rangesh Paramesh
pp. S213–S217 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182177 · 2016
Background: Cissus quadrangularis (CQ) L. reported to contain 3‑ketosteroids and have bone health benefits. Aim: This study aimed at establishing the relationship between the ketosteroid content and anabolic as well as b…
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Mayara Brito de Sousa, José Otávio Carrera Silva Júnior, Wagner Luiz Ramos Barbosa, Erika da Silva Valério, Andriele da Mata Lima, Marlon Heggdorne de Araújo, Michelle Frazão Muzitano, Celso Vataru Nakamura, João Carlos Palazzo de Mello, Francisco Martins Teixeira
pp. S218–S222 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182150 · 2016
Background: Caries and periodontal diseases remain as important diseases in the Brazilian population. One important pathogen associated with this situation is Streptococcus mutans and other important factor is this patho…
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Wen-Ling Wang, Shi-Yuan Sheu, Wen-Dar Huang, Ya-Ling Chuang, Han-Chun Tseng, Tzann-Shun Hwang, Yuan-Tsung Fu, Yueh-Hsiung Kuo, Chun-Hsu Yao, Tzong-Fu Kuo
pp. S223–S227 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182171 · 2016
Background: Tradescantia albiflora (TA) Kunth (Commelinaceae) has been used for treating gout and hyperuricemia as folklore remedies in Taiwan. Therefore, it is worthwhile to study the effect of TA extracts on lowering u…
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Xin Li, Junxian Han, Rongyan Zhu, Rongrong Cui, Xingming Ma, Kaizhong Dong
pp. S228–S230 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182152 · 2016
Background: Sophora moorcroftiana is an endemic shrub species with a great value in folk medicine in Tibet, China. In this study, relatively little is known about whether S. moorcroftiana is beneficial in animals’ nervou…
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Ruizhi Men, Ning Li, Chihong Ding, Yingzhan Tang, Yachao Xing, Wanjing Ding, Zhongjun Ma
pp. S231–S236 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182153 · 2016
Background: The fruits of some varieties of genus Physalis have been used as delicious fruits and functional food in the Northeast of China. Materials and Methods: To reveal the functional material basis, we performed bi…
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Dingkun Zhang, Junzhi Lin, Fang Zhang, Xue Han, Li Han, Ming Yang, Wenquan Zou
pp. S245–S252 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.182156 · 2016
Background: Andrographolide (Andro) is a “natural antibiotic” as well as a typical insoluble drug. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of commercially available silica (SiO2) as a carrier of soli…