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Nozlena Abdul Samad, Ahmad Bustamam Abdul, Heshu Sulaiman Rahman, Abdullah Rasedee, Tengku Azmi Tengku Ibrahim, Yeap Swee Keon

pp. S731–6 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_18_17 · 2018

Context: Due to increase in the number of patients with impaired immunity, the incidence of liver cancer has increased considerably. Aims: The aim of this study is the investigation the in vitro anticancer effect of zeru…

Akula Annapurna, Thonangi C. Vishala, Veera R. Bitra, Deepthi Rapaka, Asmath Shaik

pp. S737–41 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.224309 · 2018

Objective: The prime objective of this study is to evaluate the cerebroprotective actions of Triticum aestivum (wheatgrass) powder and Bauhinia purpurea flower (dev kanchan) powder against the experimentally induced glob…

Shweta Singh, Pronobesh Chattopadhyay, Sahindra Kumar Borthakur, Rudragoud Policegoudra

pp. S762–8 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_62_15 · 2018

Background: Meyna spinosa (M.S) (Roxb.) ex Link and Oroxylum indicum (O.I) (Linn.) Vent, widely used traditional Northeast Indian medicinal plant used for various purposes, have not yet explored for safety profile. Objec…

Sagar Katva, Satyajeet Das, Harpreet Singh Moti, Anupam Jyoti, Sanket Kaushik

pp. S828–33 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_120_17 · 2018

Background: Enterococcus faecalis (Ef) is a multidrug‑resistant pathogenic bacteria associated with hospital‑acquired infections. Ef is involved in a number of infectious diseases. It generally infects patients with the …

Jyotibala Banjare, Prerna Raina, Prakash Mansara, Ruchika Kaul Ghanekar, Supriya Bhalerao

pp. S834–9 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_153_17 · 2018

Background: Triphala, an Ayurvedic polyherbal formulation, is used for the treatment of various diseases including obesity. Objective: The present study was planned to evaluate the anti-adipogenic potential of aqueous ex…

Rafael Torres-Martínez, Yolanda Magdalena García-Rodríguez, Patricia Ríos-Chávez, Alfredo Saavedra-Molina, Joel Edmundo López-Meza, Alejandra Ochoa-Zarzosa, Rafael Garciglia

pp. S875–80 · DOI: 110.4103/pm.pm_316_17 · 2018

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro antioxidant activity of Satureja macrostema (Moc. and Sessé ex Benth.) Briq. (Lamiaceae) essential oil, a Mexican medicinal plant known as nurite. Materia…

Víctor M. Vergara Martínez, Samuel E. Estrada-Soto, José de Jesús Arellano-García, Julio C. Rivera-Leyva, Patricia Castillo-España, Angélica Flores Flores, Alexandre T. Cardoso-Taketa, Irene Perea-Arango

pp. S886–9 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_77_17 · 2018

Background: The production of triterpenes from plants for pharmacological purposes varies in concentration, due to genetic and environmental factors. In vitro culture enables the control and increase of these bioactive m…

Kashif Maqbool Khan, Lutfun Nahar, Abdul Mannan, Muhammad Arfan, Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Afaf Al‑Groshi, Andrew Evans, Nicola M. Dempster, Fyaz M. D. Ismail, Satyajit D. Sarker

pp. S890–4 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_136_17 · 2018

Background: Asparagus adscendens Roxb. (Asparagaceae), is native to the Himalayas. This plant has been used in the prevention and effective treatment of various forms of cancers. Objective: This paper reports, for the fi…

Fawzy Elbarbry, Aimy Ung, Khaled Abdelkawy

pp. S895–9 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.224342 · 2018

Background: Quercetin (QR) and thymoquinone (TQ) are herbal remedies that are currently extensively used by the general population to prevent and treat various chronic conditions. Therefore, investigating the potential o…

Swechha Mishra, Sangeeta Singh

pp. S742–S748 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_178_17 · 2018

Background: In experimental therapy of cancer, survivin is considered to be one of the well‑established targets. Studies have found that it is overexpression in most of the human tumors, but it is rarely found in normal …

Md. Wasimul Haque, Shakti Prasad Pattanayak

pp. S749–S755 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_315_17 · 2018

Background: Breast cancer (BC), because of its invasive characteristics, is one of the most common and deadliest cancers among the female population around the world. Research has demonstrated that AhR signaling also pla…

Jayalalitha Sathiyamoorthy, Natarajan Sudhakar

pp. S756–S761 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_319_17 · 2018

Background: Ficus hispida Linn. (Family Moraceae), well‑known beneficial medicinal shrub, has been traditionally used for the treatment of various diseases such as leukoderma. Objective: The aim of the present study is t…

Bhawna Tyagi, Salil Tewari, Ashutosh Dubey

pp. S775–S779 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_20_17 · 2018

Background: Bambusa balcooa (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) is a multipurpose bamboo species, which is native of the Indian subcontinent. B. balcooa is regarded as one of the best species for scaffolding and building purposes be…

Kamal Kant, Uma Ranjan Lal, Manik Ghosh

pp. S780–S785 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_459_16 · 2018

Background: To date, efforts for the prevention and treatment of human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection have been still vain, and there is no safe and effective clinical accepted vaccine. Arisaema genus has cl…

Kamal Kant, Uma Ranjan Lal, Manik Ghosh

pp. S786–S790 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_69_17 · 2018

Background: Globally, reactive oxygen species have served as an alarm predecessor toward pathogenesis of copious oxidative stress‑related diseases. The researchers have turned their attention toward plant‑derived herbal …

Farina Mujeeb, Ahamad Faiz Khan, Preeti Bajpai, Neelam Pathak

pp. S791–S800 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_111_17 · 2018

Background: The antioxidant potential of medicinal plants has been illustrated through many reports clearly depicting that plants are a rich source of antioxidants, making them a great resource of novel drugs and health‑…

H.V. Sudeep, K. Gouthamchandra, B. J. Venkatesh, K. Shyam Prasad

pp. S801–S806 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_121_17 · 2018

Background: Withania somnifera is an Indian medicinal herb known for the multipotential ability to cure various therapeutic ailments as described in the ayurvedic system of medicine. Objective: In the present study, we h…

Sonam Sharma, Arusha Modi, Gopeshwar Narayan, Siva Hemalatha

pp. S807–S816 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_209_17 · 2018

Background: Exacum lawii (Gentianaceae), a bitter herb conventionally used in kidney diseases and eye problems, endemic to the Western coast and Southern part of India. Aim: Folklore reports encourage the author to explo…

Muhammad Ajmal Shah, Chanawee Jakkawanpitak, Decha Sermwittayawong, Pharkphoom Panichayupakaranant

pp. S817–S821 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_236_17 · 2018

Background: Obesity is one of the imperative dynamics in the incidence and intensification of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Rhinacanthus nasutus leaf extracts are previously reported for their antidiabetic and antiobe…

Seong Eun Jin, Hyekyung Ha, Chang‑Seob Seo, Hyeun‑Kyoo Shin, Soo‑Jin Jeong

pp. S822–S827 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_107_17 · 2018

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the possible herb-drug interactions between the traditional herbal formula Guibi‑tang (GBT; Guipi‑tang, Kihi‑to) and conventional drugs. Materials and Methods: GBT was …