Volume 14, Issue 58

Islamudin Ahmad, Abdul Mun’im, Sri Luliana, Berna Elya, Azminah Azminah, Arry Yanuar, Yudithya Artha, Osamu Negishi

pp. 604–610 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_151_18 · 2018

Background: Phyllanthus niruri, in Indonesia, is known as “Meniran” has a long history of use in ethnic or traditional medicine worldwide, mainly as an antihypertensive agent. Objective: The present study was designed to…

Ana Beatriz Bortolozo Oliveira, Renata Prandini Adum de Matos, Bruna Stuqui, Guilherme Silva Torrezan, Carlos Roberto Polaquini, Luis Octávio Regasini, Marilia de Freitas Calmon, Paula Rahal

pp. 611–616 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_272_17 · 2018

Background: Natural compounds with therapeutic potential have been explored as antitumoral agents, as curcumin (CUR), a substance which has activity against various tumor types and a tool used to improve the action of th…

Xuesong Yu, Dake Gao, Bing Qi, Xiaochun Xiao, Xufeng Zhai, Chung Wah Ma, Qiangqiang Wang, Zebo Huang

pp. 617–623 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_313_18 · 2018

Background: Ophiopogon japonicus is a medicinal and edible plant widely used in China. Despite a long history of O. japonicus tea (OJT) in health promotion, however, the mechanistic studies on its actions are lacking. Ob…

Jingyan Liang, Lu Chen, Yang Pan, Yayun Qian, Lifu Wei, Yumeng Zhang, Kaiming He, Yanqing Liu, Yingge Wang

pp. 624–633 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_556_17 · 2018

Background: Atherosclerosis (AS) is a chronic arterial disease and a major cause of vascular death, with multiple pathogenesis including chronic inflammatory. Tripterygium wilfordii (TGW) had a good effect on an anti‑inf…

Entsar A. Saad, Hussam A. El‑Gayar, Reda S. El‑Demerdash, Kholoud H. Radwan

pp. 634–640 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_271_18 · 2018

Background: Chronic renal failure (CRF) treatment through kidney transplantation or dialysis is restricted because of economic and medical resources deficiency. Thus, demand for using dietary supplements that can delete …

Suyang Zheng, Yong Ma, Yang Guo, Lining Wang, Yalan Pan

pp. 641–646 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_591_17 · 2018

Background: Osthole is extracted from Fructus Cnidii and is proved to be effective in the treatment of osteoporosis in rats. However, data are still scarce and the mechanism remains elusive. Objective: To investigate the…

Tanurajvir Kaur, Deepak N. Kapoor

pp. 647–658 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_375_18 · 2018

Background: Sea buckthorn (SBT) seed oil is reported to have significant wound‑healing activity. However, the oil presents with problems such as poor skin permeation and retention in the deeper layers of skin, as well as…

Nilesh M. Mahajan, Bhushan B. Lokhande, Raju R. Thenge, Purushottam S. Gangane, Nitin G. Dumore

pp. 572–577 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_622_17 · 2018

Background: Cataract is a major cause of visual impairment in diabetic patients. Due to increasing numbers of type 1 and type 2 diabetics worldwide, the incidence of diabetic cataracts steadily rises. Cataract surgery is…