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Manish Singh, Manish Kumar Tripathi, Alok Kumar Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indrajeet Singh Gambhir

pp. S192–S196 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_471_17 · 2018

Background: Mitochondrial dysfunction is the major cause of various types of cancer, leading to death worldwide. The present study investigated the in silico binding potential of natural flavonoids and essential oils wit…

Grandhi Venkata Ramalingayya, Pawan G. Nayak, Rekha R. Shenoy, Sanchari Basu Mallik, Karthik Gourishetti, Shalam M. Hussain, Chamallamudi Mallikarjuna Rao, Krishnadas Nandakumar

pp. S197–S207 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_364_17 · 2018

Objectives: The primary objective of the study was to study the neuroprotective potential of naringin (NAR) against doxorubicin (DOX)‑induced neurotoxicity in vitro and DOX‑induced cognitive deficits (chemobrain) in vivo…

Elisa Ovidi, Doriana Triggiani, Maria Valeri, Fabio Mastrogiovanni, Laura Salvini, Claudia Bonechi, Anna Rita Taddei

pp. S208–S212 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_401_17 · 2018

Background: In the Mediterranean region, Salvia officinalis plant is widely used and routinely added to food for a traditional culinary utilization, and moreover, from long time, it is recognized to possess pharmacologic…

HongYing Ma, DingAn Li, Thamaraiselvan Rengarajan, Kalaivani Manokaran

pp. S237–S244 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_418_17 · 2018

Background: Activated microglial cells are found in different sorts of the neurodegenerative process including Parkinson and Alzheimer. Suppressing the activated microglial cells developed as a novel procedure for the tr…

Anil Kumar Sharma, Tek Chand Sharma, Ruchi Singh, Pratibha Payal, Rajnish Gupta, Mahesh Chandra Sharma

pp. S245–S248 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_429_17 · 2018

Background: Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb. belongs to the family Ebenaceae and its leaves show diuretic, carminative, laxative, and styptic bioactivities. Objective: The objective of this study was to give a direction for f…

Dinanath Tukaram Gaikwad, Namdeo Ramhari Jadhav

pp. S249–S255 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_578_17 · 2018

Background: Terminalia arjuna is used in various indigenous system of medicine such as Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani. The traditional medical forms provide drug delivery with peaks often above the required dose and face pr…

Raina P, B. Bharathi, A. Senthilkumar, S. Sagar, C. V. Chandrasekaran, D. Prabhu, M. Deepak, A. Amit

pp. S256–S263 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_562_17 · 2018

Background: Ocimum sanctum (OSE) has been used in the Indian system of traditional medicine (Ayurveda) for the treatment and prevention of various diseases. However, the contradictory reports regarding the reproductive s…

Sanjay U. Nipanikar, Dheeraj H. Nagore, Sohan S. Chitlange

pp. S264–S267 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_363_17 · 2018

Background: Male sexual dysfunction includes a wide range of problems such as erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation, for which medical help is sought. The conventional use of various pharmacological and nonpharm…

Sibghatullah Muhammad Ali Sangi, Abdulhakim Bawadekji, Mouhanad Al Ali

pp. S268–S273 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_108_18 · 2018

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a heterogeneous metabolic disorder occurring due to absolute or relative deficiency of insulin and causing chronic hyperglycemia that leads to crippling complications associated with…

Pratibha Anil Chaturvedi, Lal Hingorani

pp. S32–5 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_328_17 · 2018

Background: Secondary metabolites are known to not only play a major role in the adaptation of plants to their environment but also represent an important source of active pharmaceuticals Accumulation of such metabolites…

Narayanan Kasthuri Bai, Kaliappan Ilango

pp. S45–51 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_71_17 · 2018

Context: Monochoria vaginalis and Monochoria hastata belonging to Pontederiaceae are edible aquatic herbs commonly used by ethnic communities of India for treating various afflictions. Objective: The main objective of th…

Jyotsna Asthana, B. N. Mishra, Rakesh Pandey

pp. S57–64 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_290_17 · 2018

Background: The various herbal remedies have been used in Ayurveda which symbolizes traditional medicine system since ancient times. The increasing popularity of herbal medicines has prompted us toward the development of…

M. K. Kalaivani, Sumathy Arockiasamy, Cordelia John, Hannah Rachel Vasanthi, P. Soundararajan

pp. S132–40 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_383_17 · 2018

Introduction: Cyclosporine A (CsA), a calcineurin inhibitor, causes chronic nephrotoxicity during organ transplantation. Objective: The aim is to investigate the effect of ethyl acetate fraction (EF) of Boerhavia diffusa…

V. Ranjitha, K. Kalimuthu, V. Chinnadurai, Y. Sharmila Juliet, M. Saraswathy

pp. S147–S153 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_64_17 · 2018

Background: Tephrosia villosa (Leguminosae) is an important medicinal plant widely used in traditional Indian medicine. To the best of our knowledge, there is no report on this field. Objective: The aim of this study was…

Sharath Kumar M. Nandish, Jayanna Kengaiah, Chethana Ramachandraiah, Ashwini Shivaiah, Chandramma, Kesturu S. Girish, Kempaiah Kemparaju, Devaraja Sannaningaiah

pp. S175–83 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_320_17 · 2018

Background: Flax seeds possess long array of medicinal qualities as it found to show beneficial effects on cardiovascular, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. While, the therapeutic rol…

Dharya Singh, Vidhu Aeri, D. B. Ananthanarayana

pp. S213–26 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_563_17 · 2018

Background: Industrial usage of herbal plants has gone up, but techniques for verifying their botanical identity is still questionable. In the herbal industry, bulk consignments are received in powdered form as it is cum…

Sumit Sharma, Vasim Khan, Abul Kalam Najmi, Ozair Alam, Syed Ehtaishamul Haque

pp. S227–36 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_469_17 · 2018

Introduction: Icariin, a major component of Epimedium species and a mild phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE‑5) inhibitor, was evaluated for the prevention of myocardial oxidative stress in isoproterenol (ISO)‑challenged Wistar rat…