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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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, …
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 (…
SHORT COMMUNICATION
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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,…