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Sivapragasam Gothai, Katyakyini Muniandy, Mazni Abu Zarin, Tan Woan Sean, S. Suresh Kumar, Murugan A. Munusamy, Sharida Fakurazi, Palanisamy Arulselvan
pp. S462–S469 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_368_16 · 2017
Background: Moringa oleifera (MO), commonly known as the drumstick tree, is used in folklore medicine for the treatment of skin disease. Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the ethyl acetate (EtOAc) fra…
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Ashutosh Kumar Verma, Sunita Singh Dhawan
pp. S481–S483 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_420_16 · 2017
Background: Gymnema sylvestre R. Br. a member of family Asclepiadaceae as mentioned in Indian Pharmacopoeia popular among the researchers because of stimulatory effect of its phytoconstituent on pancreatic cells and pote…
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Shenai Ashwini, Roy Anitha
pp. S499–S504 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_59_17 · 2017
Background: An increase in prevalence of diabetes mellitus necessitates the need to develop new drugs for its effective management. Plants and their bioactive compounds are found to be an alternative therapeutic approach…
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Ghadah A. Alhozaimy, Ebtesam Saad Al‑Sheddi, Taghreed A. Ibrahim
pp. S505–S511 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_22_17 · 2017
Background: Plumeria acutifolia (Apocynaceae) is an ornamental plant, used in the traditional medicine and known to have a variety of constituents as alkaloids, flavonoids, and iridoids. Extracts of this plant were prove…
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Nardana Esmaeili, Hassan Ebrahimzadeh, Khosrou Abdi
pp. S519–S524 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.216333 · 2017
Purification and characterization of polyphenol oxidase (PPO) enzyme and determination of total phenolic contents during dormancy and sprouting stages in Crocus sativus corms were performed. PPO enzyme was purified by am…
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Gopichand Chinta, Mohane Selvaraj Coumar, Latha Periyasamy
pp. S525–S532 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_405_16 · 2017
Background: Piperine was widely used in traditional medicine for inducing sterility and abortion. Objective: To evaluate the effect of the piperine on testis of male albino rats. Materials and Methods: Adult male rats we…
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P. V. Neethu, K. Suthindhiran, M. A. Jayasri
pp. S533–S538 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_524_16 · 2017
Background: Leaves of Costus pictus D. Don, (insulin plant) are used as dietary supplement for the treatment of diabetes. Objective: The antidiabetic activity of this plant is well documented, but its activity on differe…
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Elizabeth Bosede Famewo, Anna Maria Clarke, Anthony Jide Afolayan
pp. S539–S543 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_468_16 · 2017
Background: In many immunocompromised patients, opportunistic bacterial and fungal infections are common. Polyherbal medicines examined in this study are used by the indigenous people of South Africa for the treatment of…
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Roots Extracts, Their Phytochemical Analysis Wajeeha Malik, Dildar Ahmed, Sania Izhar
pp. S544–S548 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_561_16 · 2017
Objective: Carissa opaca is a medicinal plant with rich folkloric applications. The present research was conducted to explore the tyrosinase inhibitory potential of aqueous decoction (AD) and methanolic extract (ME) of r…
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Parveen Kumar Goyal, Santosh Kumar Verma, Anil Kumar Sharma
pp. S549–S554 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_551_16 · 2017
Background: Neeri is a well‑established polyherbal formulation prescribed for renal stones by the physicians but has not been experimentally evaluated for its antiurolithiatic potential using cell‑lines. Objective: This …