Volumes & Issues

Ashok Kumar Tiwari

pp. S207–S208 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133211 · 2014

Vegetables have been part of human food since prehistoric times and are considered nutritionally necessary and good for health. Vegetables are rich natural resource of biological antioxidants and possess capabilities of …

Zahide Esra Durak, Süleyman Büber, Erdinç Devrim, Hilmi Kocaoğlu2, İlker Durak

pp. 214–216 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133232 · 2014

Objective: To investigate possible effects of aqueous taxus baccata extract on adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity in cancerous and noncancerous human tissues and to clarify mechanism(s) of its anticancer potential. Mater…

Eda Ozcelik, Sema Uslu, Dilek Burukoglu, Ahmet Musmul

pp. 217–224 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133234 · 2014

Background: Liver diseases have become a major problem of the worldwide. More than 50% of all cases of liver failure can be attributed to drugs. Among these, acetaminophen is the most common cause. Objective: The aim of …

Antonio C. Siani, Marcos J. Nakamura, Daniel S. dos Santos, José L. Mazzei, Adriana C. do Nascimento, Ligia M. M. Valente

pp. 225–231 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133236 · 2014

Background: This study assessed the extraction efficiency of ursolic (UA) and oleanolic acids (OA), as well as the total phenols in aqueous and hydroethanolic extracts of dry apple peels at room temperature. Materials an…

Siu Kuin Wong, Yau Yan Lim, Sui Kiong Ling, Eric Wei Chiang Chan

pp. 232–239 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133238 · 2014

Background: Our earlier study on the antiproliferative (APF) activity of leaf extracts of ten Apocynaceae species showed that leaves of Vallaris glabra possessed strong and broad‑spectrum properties. Materials and Method…

Sinjitha S. Nambiar, Nandini Prasad Shetty, Praveena Bhatt, Bhagyalakshmi Neelwarne

pp. 240–248 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133241 · 2014

Background: Oxidation of low density lipoproteins and their further uptake by macrophages is known to result in the formation of foam cells, which are critical in the initiation of atherosclerosis through activation of i…

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

pp. 249–255 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133266 · 2014

Background: Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease related to memory impairments and neuronal cell death. Bozhougyiqi‑Tang (BZYQT), a traditional herbal medicine, has been therapeutically used for the treatme…

Bo‑Ra Yun, Jin Bae Weon, Jiwoo Lee, Min Rye Eom, Choong Je Ma

pp. 256–263 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133267 · 2014

Background: Jaeumganghwa‑tang (JEGH) is a traditional Korean herbal medicine for the treatment of chronic bronchitis, nephritis and diabetes mellitus. Objective: A high performance liquid chromatography‑diode array detec…

Hira Iftikhar, Sajid Rashid

pp. 264–271 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133269 · 2014

Background: Canonical Wnt signaling plays a key role in tumor cell proliferation, which correlates with the accumulation of β‑catenin in cell due to inactivation of glycogen synthetase kinase‑3 β. However, uncontrolled e…

Yeonmi Lee, Kyoung‑Tack Kim, Sung Soo Kim, Jinyoung Hur, Sang Keun Ha, Chang‑Won Cho

pp. 272–275 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133271 · 2014

Background: Ginseng root has been traditionally used for the treatment of many diseases in Korea. However, so far ginseng seed has been mostly unused and discarded. As part of our ongoing research on the ginseng seeds, t…

Manoj K. Dalai, Santanu Bhadra, Sushil K. Chaudhary, Arun Bandyopadhyay, Pulok K. Mukherjee

pp. 276–282 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133275 · 2014

Background: Clove (Syzygium aromaticum) is a well‑known culinary spice with strong aroma; contains a high amount of oil known as clove oil. The major phyto‑constituent of the clove oil is eugenol. Clove and its oil posse…

Bino Kingsley, Saminathan Kayarohanam, Pemaiah Brindha, Appian Subramoniam

pp. 283–287 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133277 · 2014

Background: Acacia farnesiana is a medicinal plant that grows throughout tropical parts of Indian subcontinent, particularly in sandy soils of river beds in Northern India. The objective of the present study was to evalu…

Sankhadip Bose, Bibek Laha, Subhasis Banerjee

pp. 288–293 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133279 · 2014

Background: Garlic (Allium sativum L.) has been accepted universally to be applied in food, spice and traditional medicine. The medicinal and other beneficial properties of garlic are attributed to organosulfur compounds…

Madhuri Kadiyala, Sivasankaran Ponnusankar, Kannan Elango

pp. 294–298 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133281 · 2014

Background: The plants selected for the study were traditionally used in siddha system of medicine in neurological disorders. Aim: The aim of the following study isto screen the plant species for both acetylcholinesteras…

Thangavel Ponrasu, Karuppanan Natarajan Madhukumar, Moorthy Ganeshkumar, Kuttalam Iyappan, Vilvanathan Sangeethapriya, Vinaya Subramani Gayathri, Lonchin Suguna

pp. 299–305 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133283 · 2014

Background: The rhizomes of Acorus calamus and their essential oil are widely used in the flavoring industry and production of alcoholic beverages in Europe. Recent reports have confirmed the presence of several pharmaco…

Ashok Kumar Pandurangan, Suresh Kumar Ananda Sadagopan, Prakash Dharmalingam

pp. 306–310 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133285 · 2014

Hong‑mei Yan, Zhen‑hai Zhang, Yan‑rong Jiang, Dong‑mei Ding, E. Sun, Xiao‑bin Jia

pp. 311–317 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133286 · 2014

Background: Tanshinone IIA (TSIIA) on solid dispersions (SDs) has thermodynamical instability of amorphous drug. Ternary solid dispersions (tSDs) can extend the stability of the amorphous form of drug. Poloxamer 188 was …

Jordana N. Sousa, Nathália B. Pedroso, Leonardo L. Borges, Gerlon A. R. Oliveira, José R. Paula

pp. 318–323 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133287 · 2014

Background: Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mar.) Coville is a native plant from Brazil, rich in phenolic compounds and used on popular medicine as a wound healing agent, in the treatment of gastric lesions and as antimicro…

Jerzy Gajdus, Zbigniew Kaczyński, Anna Kawiak, Ewa Łojkowska, Justyna Stefanowicz-Hajduk, J. Renata Ochocka, Piotr Stepnowski

pp. 324–333 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133289 · 2014

Background: Paris quadrifolia L. is a medicinal plant which contains steroidal saponins. The present study reports isolation and structural identification of six pennogenyl saponins obtained from P. quadrifolia rhizomes.…

Rihab F. Angawi, Esraa Saqer, Ahmed Abdel‑Lateff, Farid A. Badria, Seif‑Eldin N. Ayyad

pp. 334–341 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.133292 · 2014

Background: Siphonochalina siphonella is a marine sponge collected from saudi Red Sea water and scare study from this region. Objective: To isolate the anticancer triterpenes with potent cytotoxicity from marine sponge, …