Volume 8, Issue 1

Kunjbihari Sulakhiya, Vikas Kumar Patel, Rahul Saxena, Jagrati Dashore, Amit Kumar Srivastava, Manoj Rathore

pp. 1–7 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.171100 · 2015

Background Stress plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression. Beta vulgaris is commonly known as “beet root” possessing antioxidant, anticancer, hepatoprotec…

Alice Abreu Ramos, Bruno Castro-Carvalho, Maria Prata-Sena, Tida Dethoup, Suradet Buttachon, Anake Kijjoa, Eduardo Rocha

pp. 8–15 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.171105 · 2015

Background The crude ethyl acetate extracts of marine-derived fungi Neosartorya tsunodae KUFC 9213 (E1) and N. laciniosa KUFC 7896 (E2), and soil fungus N. fischeri KUFC 6344 (E3) were evaluated for their in vitro antica…

Sangeeta Sankhalkar, Vrunda Vernekar

pp. 16–21 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.171095 · 2015

Background Number of secondary compounds is produced by plants as natural antioxidants. Moringa oleifera Lam. and Ocimum tenuiflorum L. are known for their wide applications in food and pharmaceutical industry. Objective…

Ganesh Patro, Subrat Kumar Bhattamisra, Bijay Kumar Mohanty, Himanshu Bhusan Sahoo

pp. 22–28 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.171099 · 2015

Objective Mimosa pudica Linn. (Mimosaceae) is traditionally used as a folk medicine to treat various ailments including convulsions, alopecia, diarrhea, dysentery, insomnia, tumor, wound healing, snake bite, etc., Here, …

Sonam Sharma, Alakh Niranjan Sahu

pp. 29–36 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.171102 · 2015

Background Evidences from ethnopharmacological practices have shown that combination of Abutilon indicum and Piper longum are traditionally used to treat symptoms of the liver disorder. The hypothesis is phytosomes of a …

Gaurav Mahesh Doshi, Hemant Devidas Une

pp. 37–42 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.171098 · 2015

Objective In Indian Ayurvedic system, Benincasa hispida (BH) and Carissa congesta (CC) are well-known plants used for major and minor ailments. BH has been regarded as Kushmanda, whereas CC has been used in immune-relate…

Heisanam Pushparani Devi, Pranab Behari Mazumder

pp. 43–49 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.171106 · 2015

Introduction With an ever increasing cause of cancer, it has been recommended to treat with conventional drugs, however because of the side effects caused by the conventional drugs, the research on medicinal plants has b…

Anil Subhash Bhanwase, Kallanagouda Ramappa Alagawadi

pp. 50–55 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.171107 · 2015

Background Ficus benghalensis is a folk medicine indigenous plant of India. Several studies on this plant reported and focused on the biological profile of the plant. Objectives This study is aimed to evaluate the antiox…

Shubham Atal, Sarjana Atal, Savita Vyas, Pradeep Phadnis

pp. 56–60 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.171096 · 2015

Background Diabetes mellitus is the most rampant metabolic pandemic of the 21st century. Piperine, the chief alkaloid of Piper nigrum (black pepper) is widely used in alternative and complementary therapies has been exte…

S. Gayatri, R. Suresh, C. Uma Maheswara Reddy, K. Chitra

pp. 61–65 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.171101 · 2015

Objective To investigate the in vitro cytotoxic effect and to isolate and characterize a chemopreventive secondary metabolite from Sphaeranthus amaranthoides Burm F (sivakaranthai). Materials and Methods In vitro cytotox…

Norliyana Amran, Anis Najwa Abdul Rani, Roziahanim Mahmud, Khoo Boon Yin

pp. 66–70 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.171104 · 2015

Background The fruits of Barringtonia racemosa and Hibiscus sabdariffa have been used in the treatment of abscess, ulcer, cough, asthma, and diarrhea as traditional remedy. Objective This study aims to evaluate cytotoxic…

Zhen-Yu Jiang, Hai-Ying Deng, Zhi-Jun Yu, Jun-Yan Ni, Si-He Kang

pp. 71–77 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.171097 · 2015

Background The dosage of herb ultrafine particle (UFP) depended on the increased level of its dissolution, toxicity, and efficacy. Objective The dissolution, antibacterial activity, and cytotoxicity of Coptidis rhizoma (…

Ravi Shankara Birur Eshwarappa, Yarappa Lakshmikantha Ramachandra, Sundara Rajan Subaramaihha, Sujan Ganapathy Pasura Subbaiah, Richard Surendranath Austin, Bhadrapura Lakkappa Dhananjaya

pp. 78–84 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.171103 · 2015

Lipoxygenase (LOX) inhibitors are the promising therapeutic target for treating a wide spectrum of inflammatory-related diseases such as cancer, asthma, lymphoma, leukemia, and autoimmune disorders. In the present study,…