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Satyajit D. Sarker

pp. 91–92 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96545 · 2012

Harleen Kaur Nadha, Richa Salwan, Ramesh Chand Kasana, Manju Anand, Anil Sood

pp. 93–97 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96547 · 2012

Background: Guadua angustifolia Kunth is a very important bamboo species with significant utility in pharmaceutical, paper, charcoal, and construction industries. Microbial contamination is a major problem encountered du…

Hua Fan, Tong Zheng, Yu Chen, Guang-Zhong Yang

pp. 98–102 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96549 · 2012

Background: Fissistigma polyanthum is a liane belonging to the Annonaceae family and it is one of the most important crude drugs in traditional Chinese medicine. Objective: The objective was to describe the structural el…

Samara A. Brito, Fabíola F. G. Rodrigues, Adriana R. Campos, José G. M. da Costa

pp. 103–106 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96550 · 2012

Background: The use and investigation of natural products with antimicrobial activity from vegeral source have been reported by several researchers. Cajanus cajan (Fabaceae) is a multiple use specie mainly as human food.…

Ran Xu, Yujie Chen, Dingrong Wan, Jing Wang

pp. 107–110 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96551 · 2012

Background: Sedum sarmentosum bunge (SSB)., S. lineare Thunb. (SLT), S. erythrostictum migo. (SEM), and S. aizoon L. (SAL) were four widely used Chinese traditional drugs or ethnic drugs, which were easy to be confused w…

Komar Ruslan, Anggrahaeni Dewi Selfitri, Shella A. Bulan, Yaya Rukayadi, Elfahmi Elfahmi

pp. 111–115 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96552 · 2012

Background: Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. (Apiaceae) is an important medicinal plant, and it has been using to prepare herbal medicines. The compounds responsible for the biological activity of C. asiatica are triterpenoid…

Hiraganahalli Bhaskarmurthy Deepak, Chinampudur Velusami Chandrasekaran, Shekhar Dethe, Mundkinajeddu Deepak, Manoj Kumar Pandre, Balachandran Jaya, Amit Agarwal

pp. 116–123 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96553 · 2012

Background: Phyllanthus emblica, Camellia sinensis, Mangifera indica, Punica granatum, and Acacia catechu have been shown to possess widespread pharmacological application against multitude of diseases namely cancer, dia…

Chunyan Yan, Jue Wang, Guoyan Duan, Rongmin Yu

pp. 124–128 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96555 · 2012

Background: Transgenic plant suspension cultures could be used as an effective tool for the biotransformation of exogenous compounds. Objective: To investigate the biotransformation of furannoligularenone (1) by transgen…

Subramani Parasuraman, Ramasamy Raveendran, Mehdi Shafiee Ardestani, Ananthakrishnan Ramesh, Ali Jabbari-Arabzadeh, Mohammad Shafiee Alavidjeh, Mohammad Reza Aghasadeghi, Sundararajan Elangovan, Halanaik Dhanapathi

pp. 129–134 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96559 · 2012

Aim: To determine the biodistribution properties of cleistanthin A and cleistanthin B in rodents using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Materials and Methods: Cleistanthins A and B, constituents of Cleistanthus collinus…

Wilfred M. Otang, Donald S. Grierson, Roland N. Ndip

pp. 135–140 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96564 · 2012

Background: In South Africa where many patients are immunocompromised as a result of the AIDS pandemic, opportunistic fungal infections such as candidiasis caused mainly by Candida albicans are common. Arctotis arctotoid…

Ainiwaer Aikemu, Abdiryim Yusup, Anwar Umar, Bénédicte Berké, Nicholas Moore, Halmurat Upur

pp. 141–148 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96568 · 2012

Aim: This study was designed to study the antitumor and antioxidant activity of Uighur medicine abnormal savda munziq (ASMq) in the S180 and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma mice tumor model. Materials and Methods: The serum le…

Jian-Ping Wang, Ya-Ming Zhou, Yong-Hui Zhang

pp. 149–155 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96569 · 2012

Background: Despite the excellent anti-inflammatory and anti-rheumatic efficacy associated with kirenol generation, the content of kirenol in Siegesbeckea orientalis is quite low. Objective: This study was designed to es…

Haibing Liao, Wenqi Dong, Xiangjun Shi, Hualiang Liu, Ke Yuan

pp. 156–161 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96570 · 2012

Background: Abelmoschus esculentus L. is a healthy vegetable belonging to the family Malvaceae. This article reports the contents of total phenolics (TP) and total flavonoids (TF) in 80% methanol extracts of the flower (…

Zhen Liu, Zhiwei Xu, Hanyu Zhou, Gang Cao, Xiao-Dong Cong, Yun Zhang, Bao-Chang Cai

pp. 162–165 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96575 · 2012

Background: Verbena officinalis L., called mabiancao in Chinese, is derived from the aerial part of Herba Verbanae. It is a traditional Chinese medicine commonly used in China and northern Europe, which is widely used fo…

Jin Wang, Yong-Ming Zhao, Chun-Yan Guo, Shao-Meng Zhang, Chun-Lei Liu, Dan-Shen Zhang, Xue-Mei Bai

pp. 166–170 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96581 · 2012

Background: Inula helenium was a perennial herb belonging to composite family and the roots of I. helenium have been widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. In this study, I. helenium was used as an experimental mat…

Fatiha El Babili, Fouraste I., Rougaignon C., Moulis C., Chatelain C.

pp. 175–180 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96587 · 2012

Background: A botanical study is conducted to provide a standard diagnostic tool. In order to improve the quality assurance of the secondary tuberized roots of Harpagophytum procumbens, derived extract and phytomedicine,…

Stefka Valcheva-Kuzmanova, Branka Blagović, Srećko Valić

pp. 171–172 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.96583 · 2012

Background: The fruits of Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliot contain large amounts of phenolic substances, mainly procyanidins, anthocyanins and other flavonoids, and phenolic acids. The ability of phenolic substances to…