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1–20 of 24Research Article
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Ramesh Babu K., Vinay K., Sameena S.K., Prasad S.V., Swapna S., Appa Rao Ch.
pp. 1–10 · 2009
Hexane, ethanolic and aqueous extracts of Talinum portulacifolium leaves were prepared and given individually at different doses to normal and streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rats after an overnight fast. The blood…
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Parvathi K.M.M., Ramesh C. K., Krishna V., Paramesha M., Kuppast I.J.
pp. 11–14 · 2009
Cardiovascular diseases are becoming an increasing problem worldwide and hypercholesterolemia has been correlated for coronary heart diseases. Currently available hypolipidemic drugs have been associated with number of s…
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Vasudevan Deepa T, Dinesh Kavitha R, S Gopalakrishnan
pp. 15–18 · 2009
In the present study selected medicinal plant samples used in the preparation of Indian herbal medicinal products were analysed, after nitric acid digestion, for the content of cadmium, mercury and lead, by atomic absorp…
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Purushothaman M, R Dhanapal, M Balakrishnan, S Srinivasan, C Anbarasu, R Sriram
pp. 19–22 · 2009
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the chemical constituents and anti-ulcer profile of the methanolic extract of Neregamia alata Wight & Arn. (MENA) whole plant in albino rats. The phytochemical examinati…
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Ravindra Babu DS, Neeharika V, Pallavi V, Madhava Reddy B
pp. 23–27 · 2009
Cynodon dactylon pers (fam. Poaceae) whole plant is used in traditional system of medicine for the treatment of diarrhea. In the present investigation hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of Cynod…
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S. Mondal, GK. Dash, S. Acharyya, DK. Brahma, S. Bal
pp. 28–31 · 2009
The diuretic and laxative activity of different extracts of the barks of Spondias pinnata (Linn. f) Kurz (Family: Rubiaceae) were studied in Wistar albino rats. Furosemide (10 mg/kg, p.o.) and agar-agar (300 mg/kg, p.o.)…
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Vyawahare Neeraj, Ahuja Sakshi, Anand Esha, Mulani Irshad, Mundada Prashant, Gadkari Manasi, Deshmukh Vaibhav
pp. 32–35 · 2009
A questionnaire survey for the analysis of determinants influencing use of Ayurvedic medication was conducted amongst 2000 people from various categories approached at fifty different medical stores in Pune region, askin…
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VS Shende, VA Sawant, AO Turuskar, VK Chatap, C Vijaya
pp. 36–41 · 2009
In light of traditional claim of Chonemorpha fragrans in the treatment of diabetes were carryout evaluate its effect on rats. Alcoholic extract of Chonemorpha fragrans root (CF.alc.extract) administered orally at dose 10…
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S Mondal, GK Dash
pp. 42–45 · 2009
Diabetes, the most prevailing metabolic disorder is attracting present research attention towards it. In the present study, the various extracts of the barks of Spondias pinnata (Family: Rubiaceae) was evaluated for hypo…
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Lal Gupta Girdhari, Chand Rana Avtar
pp. 46–50 · 2009
The possible synergism between WS and dopamine precursor L-dopa to inhibit haloperidol-induced catalepsy was investigated by using standard bar test in mice. The effect of WS (20–200 mg/kg, oral), L-dopa (20–200 mg/kg, o…
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Arjun Arjun, Shivesh Shivesh, Alakh N N
pp. 51–54 · 2009
The present study was undertaken to study the antidiabetic activity of the aqueous extract of Eucalyptus citriodora Hook. leaf in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. The activity of the extract was studied on glucose loaded a…
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Nanu Rathod, I Raghuveer, HR Chitme, Chandra Ramesh
pp. 58–63 · 2009
We have investigated the effect of Nyctanthes arbortristis (50, 100, 200 mg/kg) and Calotropis gigantea leaves and flower chloroform (10, 20, 50 mg/kg) and Calotropis gigantea flower petroleum ether extracts (10, 20, 50 …
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A Pentacyclic Triterpenoid Possessing Anti-inflammatory Activity from the Fruits of Dregea volubilis
Ma Ma, Kb Kb, AKc AKc, PKd PKd
pp. 64–68 · 2009
The aim of the study is to find anti-inflammatory activity of the compound obtained from the petroleum ether extract of the fruits of Dregea volubilis. Fruits of Dregea volubilis were extracted by petroleum ether and thr…
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Sumanth Meera, Chowdary G Nagarjuna
pp. 69–73 · 2009
The present study was undertaken to evaluate antistress and immunomodulatory activity of aqueous extract of Momordica charantia (MC). Antistress activity was evaluated by measuring the swimming time in mice and cold immo…
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R. V. Sarpate, T. K. Deore, S. V. Tupkari
pp. 74–77 · 2009
The methanolic extract of whole plant of Sphaeranthus indicus Linn and its various fractions were tested for their bronchodilatory effect against histamine induced acute bronchospasm in guinea pigs. The methanolic extrac…
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R. V. Sarpate, S. V. Tupkari, T. K. Deore, B. G. Chandak, S. C. Nalle
pp. 78–82 · 2009
Anthocyanins (ACN) are part of a large and wide spread group of plant constituents known collectively as flavanoids. In the present research work anthocyanins were extracted from Ficus racemosa fruit. Family: Moraceae, u…
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Satish H, Dang Raman, Devi Kshama, Shivananda BG, Shridhar KA
pp. 83–89 · 2009
Hyperoxaluria is the foremost initiating cause for urolithiasis in renal cavities, where urolithiasis is a common urinary tract disorder. There is much expectation of finding active anti-urolithiatic compounds from indig…
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Ma Biswas, Kb Biswas, AKc Ghosh, PKd Haldar
pp. 90–92 · 2009
Fruits of Dregea volubilis were extracted by petroleum ether and subjected to column chromatography for obtaining the pure compound. The structure was determined on the basis of IR, MASS, NMR (PMR, CMR and DEPT) spectros…
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Gowda Bhaskar, Shariff Arshia, Priyadarshini SRB
pp. 93–99 · 2009
The objective of the study was to develop a topical poly herbal gel for the treatment of mild acne vulgaris. Aqueous extracts of Garcinia mangostana and Aloe vera were formulated in an aqueous based carbopol-934(1%w/w) g…
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Antiulcerogenic Effects of Gymnosporia rothiana (Celastraceae) against Different Experimental Models
AS Jain, SJa Surana
pp. 100–104 · 2009
Gymnosporia rothiana is used in Indian folk medicine as an antiulcerogenic agent. Despite of its promising use, there has been no scientific report present regarding its antiulcer activity. Therefore, this study was inte…