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Fernando Calzada, Jesús Ivan Solares‑Pascasio, Miguel Valdes, Normand Garcia‑Hernandez, Claudia Velázquez, Rosa María Ordoñez-Razo, Elizabeth Barbosa

pp. 119–123 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_90_17 · 2018

Background: Schinus molle Linn. (Anacardiaceae) is a medicinal plant used by traditional healers in Mexican traditional medicine as antitumoral. Objective:This study was undertaken to obtain information that support the …

Duygu Yaman Gram, Ayhan Atasever, Meryem Eren

pp. 124–129 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_122_17 · 2018

Background: Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) is one of the most widely used Hepatotoxin that is known to induce oxidative stress and causes hepatic damage by the formation of reactive free radicals in laboratory animals. Obje…

Rehab M. S. Ashour, Abeer M. El Sayed, Mohamed F. Elyamany, Dina R. Abou‑Hussein

pp. 130–136 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_149_17 · 2018

Background:Genus Senecio is known by its phenolic constituents, terpenoids, essential oil (EO), and pyrrolizidine alkaloids. No previous reports could be traced about the phytochemical study of Senecio acaulis. Objective…

Paramita Basu, Dinu Dixon, Sherin Varghese, Camelia Maier

pp. 137–142 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_111_17 · 2018

Background:Fruits are known to possess antiosteoporotic and anticancer properties in part due to their estrogenic and antiestrogenic activities. Objective:In this study, estrogenic, antiestrogenic, and drug synergistic a…

Sônia Maria de Farias Freire, Rômulo Vieira Silva, Tábata Maira Freitas Morais, Rachel Melo Ribeiro, Selma do Nascimento Silva, Maria do Socorro de Sousa Cartágenes, Iracelle Carvalho Abreu, Maria Nilce de Sousa Ribeiro, Danilo da Cruz Centeno, Luce Maria Brandão Torres, Marilene Oliveira da Rocha Borges, Antonio Carlos Romão Borges

pp. 143–150 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_76_17 · 2018

Background:Our research group previously characterized the antioxidant and gastroprotective effects of Struthanthus marginatus (Loranthaceae), a medicinal herb used in Brazil as a healing agent. Objective: The aim of thi…

Arshad H. Rahmani, Amjad A. Khan, Ali Y. Babiker, Masood A. Khan, Mohammad A. Alzohairy

pp. 151–155 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_119_17 · 2018

Background: Dates are a plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae and is used as staple food in the Middle East for thousands of years. Aim:The current study was undertaken to evaluate the protective role of ajwa dates…

Mesfin Yimam, Ping Jiao, Mei Hong, Lidia Brownell, Qi Jia

pp. 156–160 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_148_17 · 2018

Background:Sleep is a natural phenomenon essential for rejuvenating the body, promoting good health, upholding memory, performance, and maintaining overall health. Its deprivation is linked to the increased health risk t…

Oscar Herrera‑Calderon, Corina Alvarado‑Puray, Jorge Luis Arroyo‑Acevedo, Juan Pedro Rojas‑Armas, Victor Chumpitaz‑Cerrate, Renán Hañari‑Quispe, Rita Valenzuela‑Herrera

pp. 161–165 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_109_17 · 2018

Background:Cancer is considered a serious public health problem in the world; searching alternative treatments of medicinal plants constitute a promissory field to find new anticancer drugs. Objective: The aim of this st…

Abeer A. El Sayed, Shahira M. Ezzat, Saber H. Mostafa, Saeid Z. Zedan, Essam Abdel-Sattar, Nebal El Tanbouly

pp. 166–172 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_126_17 · 2018

Background: Flaxseed is a highly important industrial and medicinal plant worldwide. Objective: To use inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) technique for making unique fingerprint for the four newly produced genotypes of …

Sami M. Nasr, Mosad A. Ghareeb, Mona A. Mohamed, Nehal M. Elwan, Abd El-Wanes Anter Abdel-Aziz, Mohamed S. Abdel-Aziz

pp. 173–180 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_145_17 · 2018

Background: Cancer diseases and microbial resistance are serious health disorders associated with oxidative stress and infectious diseases. Their risks can be reducing via using polyphenols-rich plants. Methodology:Diffe…

B. R. Abhirama, R. ShanmugaSundaram

pp. 181–187 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_83_17 · 2018

Background: Biophytum sensitivum Linn. DC is considered as one of the ten sacred plants called as “Dasapushpam” of Kerala state in India. Grounded leaves of this plant have been used conventionally as antiurolithic and d…

Ananda Danagoudar, Chandrashekhar G. Joshi, Sunil Kumar Ravi, Heggodu G. Rohit Kumar, Balenahalli Narasingappa Ramesh

pp. 188–194 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_137_17 · 2018

Objective: The aim of the present study was to test the antioxidant and cytotoxic and DNA protection activities of ethyl acetate extracts of endophytic fungi isolated fromTragia involucrataLinn. (Euphorbiaceae). Material…

Vidyadhara Suryadevara, Sandeep Doppalapudi, Sasidhar Reddivallam L.C, Ramu Anne, Mounika Mudda

pp. 195–204 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_101_17 · 2018

Background: Natural oils have a variety of pharmaceutical applications. They can be used in the preparation of a formulation which is beneficial as addictives and also pharmacological agents. One of such medicinally impo…

Ram Niwas Jangir, Gyan Chand Jain

pp. 205–212 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_95_17 · 2018

Background:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with oxidative stress. Medicinal plants and herbs are the rich sources of antioxidants which ameliorate oxidative stress‑induced diabetic complications and could play an im…

Anil T. Pawar, Gayatri D. Gaikwad, Bhanudas S. Kuchekar

pp. 213–217 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_118_17 · 2018

Background:Hedyotis corymbosa Linn. (family:Rubiaceae) has been used in the Indian indigenous system of medicine, Ayurveda, for treatment of various health aliments. Objectives:The present study was undertaken to evaluat…

Rosa Martha Perez Gutierrez, Jose Maria Mota Flores, Adriana Maria Neira Gonzalez

pp. 218–224 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_97_17 · 2018

Background:Justicia spicigera is widely used in the Mexican traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammation. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the anti‑inflammatory effect of procumbenoside …

Shivani Kumar, Sayan Chatterjee, Suresh Kumar

pp. 225–229 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_140_17 · 2018

The two major forms of cholinesterase enzymes found in the mammalian brain are acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE). BuChE usually found mainly in glial cells and neuron in normal physiological c…

C. V. Jayachandran Nair, Sayeed Ahamad, Washim Khan, Varisha Anjum, Rajani Mathur

pp. 230–235 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_93_17 · 2018

Objective: The aim of this study is to analyze the volatile components of the leaves of Aegle marmelos, Psidium guajava, and seeds of Nigella sativa, using gas chromatography‑mass spectrometric (GC‑MS) and correlate with…