Table of Contents

Seyithan Taysi, Seydi Okumus, Mehmet Akyuz, Naim Uzun, Adnan Aksoy, Elif Demir, Mustafa Orkmez, Mehmet Tarakcioglu, Mustafa Adli

pp. 245–249 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.103646 · 2012

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant role of zinc (Zn) against radiation-induced cataract in the rat lens after total cranial irradiation with a single 5 Gray (Gy) dose of gamma irradiation. …

Kunming Qin, Bin Wang, Hao Cai, Weidong Li, Zhongqing Yao, Xingde Zhang, Tulin Lu, Baochang Cai

pp. 250–255 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.103647 · 2012

Background: Xuanfu Daizhe Tang (XDT) is a classical traditional Chinese medicinal prescription that has been widely used for treating digestive system illnesses for hundreds of years. Materials and Methods: In this study…

Zhen Ouyang, Ming Zhao, Jianming Tang, Lulin Pan

pp. 256–262 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.103648 · 2012

Background: Nao-De-Sheng decoction (NDS), a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescription containing Radix puerariae lobatae, Floscarthami, Radix et Rhizoma Notoginseng, Rhizoma chuanxiong and Fructus crataegi, is effe…

Yu He, Zhimin He, Feng He, Haitong Wan

pp. 263–267 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.103649 · 2012

Background: Drosera peltata Smith var. glabrata Y.Z.Ruan, a kind of wild carnivorous plants in the family Droseraceae, has been used for the treatment of rheumatism and bruises in Chinese folk. None of compounds in this …

Lalitha Priyanka Dwarampudi, Dhanabal Palaniswamy, Muruganantham Nithyanantham, P. S. Raghu

pp. 268–272 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.103650 · 2012

Background: Nigella sativa Linn (Ranunculaceae) is popularly known as black cumin with a wide spectrum of pharmacological activities including anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal and antihelmenthic. The seeds ar…

Cheng Ying, Dingrong Wan

pp. 273–279 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.103651 · 2012

Background: Buddleja davidii and B. albiflora are two different original plants of the famous crude medicine “Diaoyangchen.” Materials and Methods: An ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometric method and a HPLC method were …

Shuge Tian, Qian Yu, Dongdong Wang, Halmuart Upur

pp. 280–284 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.103653 · 2012

Context: As a traditional Uygur medicinal plant, Z. clinopodioides Lam has various uses in Xinjiang. Aims: A reversed-phase rapid resolution liquid chromatography (RP-RRLC) method with diode array detector (DAD) was deve…

Dugganaboyana Guru Kumar, Purandekkattil Deepa, Muthaiyan A. Rathi, Periasamy Meenakshi, Velliyur K. Gopalakrishnan

pp. 285–291 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.103654 · 2012

Background: Antioxidant properties of Crataeva nurvala bark contains a variety of the bioactive phytochemical constituents in medicinal plants which include flavonoids, phenolic compounds, tannins, anthracene derivatives…

Lucianna Lopes do Couto, Lilian Carneiro dos Anjos, Maíra de Azevedo Feitosa Araujo, Cecília Alves Mourão, Carlos Alberto Schwartz, Luzitano Brandão Ferreira, Márcia Renata Mortari

pp. 292–299 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.103657 · 2012

Background: Arthropod venoms have attracted interest because they represent a source of neuroactive compounds that can be useful tools in neuroscience and pharmacological investigations. Objective: The purpose of the pre…

Hao Cai, Zhiwei Xu, Sucai Luo, Wenwen Zhang, Gang Cao, Xiao Liu, Yajing Lou, Xiaoqing Ma, Kunming Qin, Baochang Cai

pp. 300–307 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.103659 · 2012

Background: In China, Atractylodes macrocephala is mainly distributed in Zhejiang province. It is, therefore, desirable to determine a reliable and accurate methodology to differentiate the samples collected from Zhejian…

Rosa Martha Perez Gutierrez

pp. 308–313 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.103661 · 2012

Background: The large-leafed perennial plant Piper auritum known as Hoja Santa, is used for its leaves that because of their spicy aromatic scent and flavor have an important presence in Mexican cuisine, and in many regi…

Deepak Kumar, Versha Parcha, Alok Maithani, Ishan Dhulia

pp. 314–318 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.103663 · 2012

Background: Hyperlipidemia is implicated as the cause for coronary heart diseases. Though varieties of synthetic drugs are used in the treatment, still the searches are on for better medicaments especially from the plant…

Rana Abu-Dahab, Fatma Afifi, Violet Kasabri, Lara Majdalawi, Randa Naffa

pp. 319–324 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.103664 · 2012

Background: The antiproliferative activity of Salvia species grown in Jordan has not been fully evaluated yet. The aim of this work was to study the antiproliferative activity of crude ethanol extracts from nine Salvia s…

Hasan Kılıçgün, Gülden Gökşen

pp. 325–326 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.103666 · 2012

Background: The beneficial effects of antioxidants in plants are mainly extrapolated from in vitro studies or short-term dietary supplementation studies. Due to cost and duration, relatively little is known about whether…