Volume 4, Issue 1

Ambrose Furey

pp. 1–1 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.91026 · 2011

R. Barani Kumar, M. Xavier Suresh

pp. 2–10 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.91027 · 2011

Background Ricin is considered to be one of the most deadly toxins and gained its favor as a bioweapon that has a serious social and biological impact, due to its widespread nature and abundant availability. The hazardou…

Bagavathi Perumal Ezhilan, Ramasamy Neelamegam

pp. 11–14 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.91028 · 2011

Background The presence of diverse secondary metabolites has been reported from species of the genus Polygonum. However, there has been not much information available on phytochemical components and biological activity i…

Chandan Chattopadhyay, Nandini Chakrabarti, Mitali Chatterjee, Sonali Mukherjee, Kajari Sarkar, A. Roy Chaudhuri

pp. 15–21 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.91029 · 2011

Background Black tea (Camellia sinensis) has been used as a daily beverage for time immemorial. Immunomodulatory effects of tea are recognized as it stimulates the proliferation of cultured human peripheral blood mononuc…

Katsunori Yamaura, Noriyuki Nakayama, Maki Shimada, Yuanyuan Bi, Hideki Fukata, Koichi Ueno

pp. 22–26 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.91030 · 2011

Background Young green barley leaf is one of the richest sources of antioxidants and has been widely consumed for health management in Japan. In this study, we examined whether oral administration of young green barley l…

Poonam Sharma, Rambir Singh

pp. 27–32 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.91031 · 2011

Background Dichlorvos and lindane pesticide causes toxicity in animals including humans. Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is widely used as a culinary medicine in the Ayurvedic system of medicine, possessing a number of phar…

Faiyaz Ahmed, N. S. Siddaraju, M. Harish, Asna Urooj

pp. 33–36 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.91032 · 2011

Background Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder that has significant impact on the health, quality of life and life expectancy, as well as on the health care system. Butea monosperma Lam. Kuntze (Fabaceae), …

Amad M. Al-Azzawi, Ekbal Al-Khateeb, Kulood Al-Sameraei, Alyaa G. Al-Juboori

pp. 37–43 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.91033 · 2011

Background Tecoma stans (Bignoniaceae) is a central and south American tree used for the control of diabetes, also known as Yellow Elder, it was collected from the gardens of Al-Jadria in Iraq. Materials and Methods One …

A Satish, Sudha Sairam, Faiyaz Ahmed, Asna Urooj

pp. 44–49 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.91034 · 2011

Background The present study evaluated the protease activity of aqueous extracts of Moringa oleifera (Moringaceae) leaf (MOL) and root (MOR). Materials and Methods Protease activity was assayed using casein, human plasma…

Anil U. Tatiya, Sanjay J. Surana, Manisha P. Sutar, Nehal H. Gamit

pp. 50–56 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.91040 · 2011

Background Individually Andrographis paniculata Nees. (Acanthaceae), Phyllanthus niruri Linn. (Euphorbiaceae) and Phyllanthus emblica Linn. single plant extracts have been reported to have hepatoprotective activity. Howe…

Kishalay Jana, Kausik Chatterjee, Kazi Monjur Ali, Debasis De, Tushar Kanti Bera, Debidas Ghosh

pp. 57–62 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.91044 · 2011

Background No satisfactory effective treatment is available yet to cure diabetes mellitus. Though, synthetic drugs are used but there are several drawbacks. The attributed antihyperglycemic effects of many traditional pl…

Paula Tabares, Björn Degel, Norbert Schaschke, Ute Hentschel, Tanja Schirmeister

pp. 63–72 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.91047 · 2011

Background Miraziridine A, a natural peptide isolated from a marine sponge, is a potent cathepsin B inhibitor with a second-order rate constant of 1.5 x 104 M-1 s-1. In the present study, miraziridine A was isolated from…