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Su Hua Goh, Noorjahan Banu Mohamed Alitheen, Fatimah Md Yusoff, Swee Keong Yap, Su Peng Loh
pp. 1–8 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.126650 · 2014
Background: Marine brown diatom Chaetoceros calcitrans and green microalga Nannochloropsis oculata are benefi cial materials for various applications in the food, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical industries…
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Wei Zhou, Xuan Xuan Zhu, Ai Ling Yin, Bao Chang Cai, Hai Dan Wang, Liuqing Di, Jin Jun Shan
pp. 9–17 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.126651 · 2014
Background: Forsythoside A (FTA), one of the main active ingredients in Shuang-Huang-Lian (SHL), possesses strong antibacterial, antioxidant and antiviral effects, and its pharmacological effects was higher than that of …
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Anupriya Verma, Syed Mohd. Danish Rizvi, Sibhghatulla Shaikh, Mohd. Afaque Ansari, Shazi Shakil, Fauzia Ghazal, Mohd. Haris Siddiqui, Mohd. Haneef, Ajijur Rehman
pp. 18–26 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.126653 · 2014
Background: In osteosarcoma tissue, both MMP-2 and MMP-9 are over expressed compared to their expression in non-affected stromal tissue. Hence, gelatinases are attractive targets for anti-osteosarcoma drugs. Objective: T…
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Nikhil Baban Ghate, Bibhabasu Hazra, Rhitajit Sarkar, Nripendranath Mandal
pp. 27–33 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.126654 · 2014
Background: The heartwood extract of A. catechu, called pale catechu or “Katha” in Hindi has been widely used in traditional Indian medicinal system. Although various pharmacological properties of this plant had been rep…
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Youn-Hwan Hwang, Won-Kyung Cho, Doorye Jang, Jeong-Ho Ha, Jin Yeul Ma
pp. 34–39 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.126656 · 2014
Background: Samul-tang has been traditionally used for the treatment of cardiovascular, gynecologic, cutaneous, and chronic infl ammation disorders. Although coumarin compounds do have various pharmacological activities a…
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Maria Khan, S.R. Mir, Abuzar Ali, Mohammad Yusuf, Mohammed Ali
pp. 40–46 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.126657 · 2014
Background: Phytochemical investigation of hydroalcoholic extract of the root of Inula racemosa Hook. Materials and Methods: Open silica gel column chromatographic techniques with different solvent systems was used for i…
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Selvinaz Dalaklioglu, G. Ozbey
pp. 47–52 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.126658 · 2014
Background: Resveratrol (RVT), one of the most commonly employed dietary polyphenol, is used in traditional Japanese and Chinese medicine for treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Recently, we have shown that RVT has a p…
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Tuba Mert Gönenç, Esra Küpeli Akkol, Ipek Süntar, Tuğçe Fafal Erdoğan, Bijen Kıvçak
pp. 53–60 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.126660 · 2014
Background: Anthemis species have been used for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, hemorrhoid, stomachache and infl ammatory diseases in Turkish folk medicine. Anthemis wiedemanniana Fisch. And Mey. is an endemi…
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Chhavi Sharma, Pooja Suhalka, Piyu Sukhwal, Neha Jaiswal, Maheep Bhatnagar
pp. 61–65 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.126663 · 2014
Background: Curcumin (Cur), an active ingredient of turmeric is known to have multiple activities, including an antioxidant property and has been suggested to be useful in treatment of several neurological diseases. Obje…
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Chunping Xu, Chenchen Yang, Duobin Mao
pp. 66–69 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.126664 · 2014
Background: The metabolic compounds from tobacco were investigated to posses various biological activities, such as antioxidant, antimicrobial and neuroprotective activities. Materials and Methods: Polysaccharides were i…
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Kae Shin Sim, Halijah Ibrahim, Sri Nurestri Abdul Malek, Devi Rosmy Syamsir, Khalijah Awang
pp. 70–72 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.126666 · 2014
Background: Alpinia murdochii (Zingiberaceae) is a wild ginger species restricted to mountain areas of Peninsular Malaysia. Due to rapid development and deforestation activities, this species is becoming rare. This is th…
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Chao Wang, Jinfu Wan, Zhinan Mei, Xinzhou Yang
pp. 73–76 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.126669 · 2014
Background: Zanthoxylum simullans Hance is a popular natural spice belonging to the Rutaceae family and it is one of the common prescribed herbs in traditional Chinese medicine. Materials and Methods: The chemical consti…
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Bing Huang, Huanjie Lin, Chuanyan Yan, Hongyan Qiu, Lipeng Qiu, Rongmin Yu
pp. 77–82 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.126671 · 2014
Background: Polygonum multiflorum is an important medicinal plant. Hairy roots systems obtained by transforming plant tissues with the natural genetic engineer Agrobacterium rhizogenes can produce valuable biological acti…
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Liancai Zhu, Xian Yang, Jun Tan, Bochu Wang, Xue Zhang
pp. 83–88 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.126673 · 2014
Background: The compound Hongdoushan capsule (CHC) is widely known as compound herbal preparation and is often used to treat ovarian cancer and breast cancer, and to enhance the body immunity, etc., in clinical practice.…