Volume 2, Issue 5

EDITORIAL

1. Forum Article

   NATURAL PRODCUTS BREAKING THROUGH!!!

   Nabeel Ghayur

   pp. 1–1 · 2006

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1. Article

   PHCOG MAG.: Peer review Process

   pp. 2–5 · 2005

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2. Article

   Mistletoe – Long History of Folk Medicine, Sealed with a Kiss

   pp. 6–6 · 2006

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Invited Article

1. Article

   Homeopathy - The science of holistic healing: An overview

   Husain Attarwala, Deepak Bathija, Ayesha Akhil, Blessy Philip, Anitha Mathew, Mueen Ahmed K K

   pp. 7–8 · 2006

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Review Article

1. Review

   Plant Steroids to Phytoecdysteroids; a new chemical entity over viewed with extraction, purification, and analysis

   Dipankar Ghosh, K. S. Laddha

   pp. 15–16 · 2006

   The phytochemical investigation of ecdysteroids involves the following: extraction of the plant material; separation and isolation of the constituents of interest; characterization of the isolated compounds and quantitat…

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Short Review

1. Article

   Artemisia scoparia : A Review

   D., M., G., Swarnlata Saraf, S.

   pp. 27–28 · 2006

   The genus Artemisia is reported to possess bitter, stimulant, tonic, antispasmodic and anthelmintic properties. Artemisia scoparia Waldst and kit (Compositae) is an important source of chemicals of immense medicinal and …

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Research Article

1. Article

   Ethanolic extract of Allium sativum has antiproliferative effect on Hep2 and L929 cell lines

   Jalil Tavakkol Afshari, Moosa-Alreza Hajzadeh, Ahmad Ghorbani, Heydar Parsaie

   pp. 31–32 · 2006

   Cancer of the larynx represents worldwide approximately 1-2% of all cancers and generally occurs predominantly in males. Experimentally, Allium sativum and its associated sulfur components are reported to suppress tumor …

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2. Article

   Hypolipidemic activity of Rhodiola rosea L. root extract

   M.T. Monforte, N. Miceli, M.F. Taviano, A. Trovato

   pp. 35–36 · 2006

   Rhodiola rosea L. (“golden root”), a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Crassulaceae family, has been used for centuries in Russian folk medicine. Recently R. rosea became popular in western countries, mainly fo…

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3. Article

   Reduction in formation and growth of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced aberrant crypt foci and tumors in the rat colon by resveratrol

   Sengottuvelan M, Nalini N

   pp. 42–43 · 2006

   The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of resveratrol (RES) on 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH)-induced rat colon carcinogenesis. The numbers of colon tumors and the formation of aberrant crypt foci (A…

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4. Article

   Mechanism of action of antiulcer activity of bark extracts of Manilkara hexandra against experimentally induced gastric ulcers in rats.

   J. S. S., M. B. B., S. S. S., D. D. D.

   pp. 46–47 · 2006

   The present study was designed to explore the mechanism of action of bark extracts of Manilkara hexandra Roxb. against experimentally-induced gastric ulcers. The bark extracts were tested against aspirin- and ethanol-ind…

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5. Article

   Molecular correlates of ageing: Anti-oxidant and protective effects of feeding honey in aging albino rats

   Nayeemunnisa Nayeemunnisa, Kumuda Rani, Shivananda B.G, Mueen Ahmed K K

   pp. 52–53 · 2006

   The effects of feeding milk and honey once a day in a restricted diet regime on lipid per oxidation and catalase activity in discrete regions of the brain of aged albino rats were studied. Feeding milk and honey decrease…

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6. Article

   Effects of the Matricaria recutita L. (German Chamomile) on sheep erythrocyte osmotic fragility

   Angélica Beatriz G. Pinto, Lourival D. Pereira, Sebastião D. Santos-Filho

   pp. 58–60 · 2006

   German chamomile is a medicinal herb widely used, primarily as a sedative, anxiolytic, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic, and for the treatment of nightmares, hemorroids, mastitis, rheumatic pain, oral muco…

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