Volumes & Issues

Kripa Shankar, Sumit K. Singh, Durgesh Kumar, Salil Varshney, Abhishek Gupta, Sujith Rajan, Ankita Srivastava, Muheeb Beg, Anurag Kumar Srivastava, Sanjeev Kanojiya, Dipak K. Mishra, Anil N. Gaikwad

pp. 501–510 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172945 · 2015

Background: Cucumis melo ssp. agrestis var. agrestis (CMA) is a wild variety of C. melo. This study aimed to explore anti‑dyslipidemic and anti‑adipogenic potential of CMA. Materials and Methods: For initial anti‑dyslipi…

Olubukola Sinbad Olorunnisola, Anthony Jide Afolayan, Adewale Adetutu

pp. 516–521 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172955 · 2015

Background: The effect of the methanolic whole fruit extract from Lagenaria breviflora on vital organs and antioxidant enzymes was investigated in this study. Materials and Methods: L. breviflora (250, 500 and 1000 mg/kg…

Baishakhi De, Koushik Bhandari, Rajeev K. Singla, Prakash Katakam, Tanmoy Samanta, Dilip Kumar Kushwaha, Rohit Gundamaraju, Analava Mitra

pp. 522–532 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172956 · 2015

Background: Tulsi, Banyan, and Jamun are popular Indian medicinal plants with notable hypoglycemic potentials. Now the work reports chemo‑profiling of the three species with in‑vitro screening approach for natural enzyme…

Mauro A. M. Carai, Giancarlo Colombo, Barbara Loi, Alessandro Zaru, Antonella Riva, Walter Cabri, Paolo Morazzoni

pp. 545–549 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172959 · 2015

Aims: Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Labiatae) is a Chinese medicinal plant, the dried roots of which (known as Dan‑Shen) have been used for hundreds of years in the treatment of a series of ailments, including hyperglycemia…

Sae‑Rom Yoo, Chang‑Seob Seo, Na‑Ri Lee, Hyeun‑Kyoo Shin, Soo‑Jin Jeong

pp. 585–591 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172966 · 2015

Objective: Xanthii fructus (Compositae) is a traditional herbal medicine used for treating headache, toothache, pruritus, empyema, and rhinitis. In this study of the quality control of X. fructus, we performed simultaneo…

Isela Álvarez‑González, Víctor Islas‑Islas, Germán Chamorro‑Cevallos, Juan Pablo Barrios, Norma Paniagua, Verónica R. Vásquez-Garzón, Saúl Villa‑Treviño, Osiris-Madrigal-Santillán Osiris-Madrigal-Santillán, José Antonio Morales-González

pp. 619–624 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172973 · 2015

Background: Spirulina maxima (Sm) is a cyanobacterium well known because of its high nutritive value, as well as its anti‑inflammatory, anti‑hyperlipidemic, antioxidant, and anti‑genotoxic activities. Objective: To deter…

Vincent Roumy, Andréa‑Luz Gutierrez‑Choquevilca, Jean Pierre Lopez Mesia, Lastenia Ruiz, Juan Celidonio Ruiz Macedo, Amin Abedini, Ameni Landoulsi, Jennifer Samaillie, Thierry Hennebelle, Céline Rivière, Christel Neut

pp. 625–633 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172975 · 2015

Context: Our survey was performed near Iquitos (Peruvian Amazon) and its surroundings and leads us to consider Mestizo ethnomedical practices. The plant species reported here are traditionally used for ailments related t…

P. S. Unnikrishnan, K. Suthindhiran, M. A. Jayasri

pp. 511–5 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172954 · 2015

Aim: In the continuing search for safe and efficient antidiabetic drug, marine algae become important source which provide several compounds of immense therapeutic potential. Alpha‑amylase, alpha‑glucosidase inhibitors, …

Fernanda Borges de Almeida, Caio Pinho Fernandes, Wanderson Romao, Gabriela Vanini, Helber Barcelos Costa, Hildegardo Seibert França, Marcelo Guerra Santos, José Carlos Tavares Carvalho, Deborah Quintanilha Falcão, Leandro Rocha

pp. 533–7 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172957 · 2015

Background: Manilkara subsericea (Sapotaceae) is a species widely spread in the sandbanks of Restinga de Jurubatiba National Park (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). It is commonly known as “maçaranduba”, “maçarandubinha” and “gur…

Dimitrina Zh. Zheleva-Dimitrova, Vessela Balabanova, Reneta Gevrenova, Irini Doichinova, Antonina Vitkova

pp. 538–544 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172958 · 2015

Introduction: Arnica montana flowers have a long history as herbal medicines for external use on injuries and rheumatic complaints. Objective: To investigate Arnicae flos of cultivated accessions from Bulgaria, Poland, G…

Masoumeh Tangestani Fard, Palanisamy Arulselvan, Govindarajan Karthivashan, Siti Khadijah Adam, Sharida Fakurazi

pp. 556–63 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172961 · 2015

Introduction: Inflammation is a well‑known physiological response to protect the body against infection and restore tissue injury. Nevertheless, the chronic inflammation can trigger various inflammatory associated diseas…

Amira Mira, Kuniyoshi Shimizu

pp. 564–569 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172962 · 2015

Background: Angelica shikokiana is a Japanese medicinal herb that is included among food and drug preparations protecting against cancer; however, there is no previous report about the cytotoxicity of A. shikokiana or it…

Bhavisha P. Sheth, Vrinda S. Thaker

pp. 570–574 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172963 · 2015

Background: Authentic identification of plants is essential for exploiting their medicinal properties as well as to stop the adulteration and malpractices with the trade of the same. Objective: To identify a herbal powde…

Ivanka Dimitrova-Dyulgerova, Iliya Zhelev, Dasha Mihaylova

pp. 575–9 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172964 · 2015

Background: Plant species from genus Carduus are widely distributed in the world and represented in Bulgaria by 14 species. Previous investigations on this genus demonstrated a strong antioxidant potential of extract fro…

Magdalena Kondeva-Burdina, Stefka Valcheva-Kuzmanova, Tsvetelina Markova, Mitka Mitcheva, Anna Belcheva

pp. 592–7 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172967 · 2015

Background: Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliot fruits are very rich in polyphenols – procyanidins, flavonoids, and phenolic acids. Objective: On rat hepatocytes, isolated by two-stepped collagenase perfusion, we investig…

Mai M. Al-Oqail, Ebtesam S. Al-Sheddi, Maqsood A. Siddiqui, Javed Musarrat, Abdulaziz A. Al-Khedhairy, Nida N. Farshori

pp. 598–605 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172968 · 2015

Background: Cancer is one of the major causes of death worldwide. The plant-derived natural products have received considerable attention in recent years due to their diverse pharmacological properties including anticanc…

Babar Ali, Qazi Mohd. Sajid Jamal, Showkat R. Mir, Saiba Shams, Naser A. Al-Wabel, Mohammad A. Kamal

pp. 606–10 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172969 · 2015

Background: Black cumin oil is obtained from the seeds of Nigella sativa L. which belongs to family Ranunculaceae. The seed oil has been reported to possess antitumor, antioxidant, antibacterial, anti‑inflammatory, hypog…

Thatiana Lopes Biá Ventura, Fernanda Lacerda da Silva Machado, Marlon Heggdorne de Araujo, Lísia Mônica de Souza Gestinari, Carlos Roland Kaiser, Francisco de Assis Esteves, Elena B. Lasunskaia, Angélica Ribeiro Soares, Michelle Frazão Muzitano

pp. 611–8 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.172972 · 2015

Background: Red algae of the genus Laurencia J. V. Lamouroux are a rich source of secondary metabolites with important pharmacological activities such as anti‑tumoral, anti‑inflammatory, anti‑fungal, anti‑viral, anti‑lei…