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Marisa De Oliveira Lopes, Ana Flávia Da Silva, Cláudio Daniel Cerdeira, Ingridy Simone Ribeiro, Isael Aparecido Rosa, Luis Felipe Cunha Dos Reis, Marcelo Aparecido Da Silva, Marcos José Marques, Jorge Kleber Chavasco, Geraldo Alves Da Silva

pp. 1–7 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_105_18 · 2019

Background: Litchi chinensis is used in traditional Chinese medicine and by Indian medical system. Ethnopharmacological studies show anti‑inflammatory, antidiabetic and analgesic activities, among others. However, there …

Suman Samaddar, Raju Koneri

pp. 8–13 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_130_18 · 2019

Background: Inflammation is an intricate biological process that commonly occurs in response to pathologic stimuli, and natural products have potential in healing inflammation. However, the anti‑inflammatory of Momordica…

Ya‑Li Wang, Shi‑Jun Yin, Sheng‑Li Huang, Qian Zhang, Hua Chen, Feng‑Qing Yang

pp. 14–19 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_94_18 · 2019

Background: Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen [DS]) and Carthamus tinctorius (Honghua [HH]) are commonly used traditional Chinese medicines for activating blood and removing stasis, and they were usually used as DS‑HH (Danshe…

Atif Abdulwahab A Oyouni, Shalini Saggu, Ehab Tousson, Anand Mohan, Abdullah Farasani

pp. 20–24 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_100_18 · 2019

Background: Tacrolimus is a known immunosuppressive drug used widely for organ transplantation, but its nephrotoxicity mechanism is still unclear. Objectives: The present study investigates the protective efficacy of Bac…

Padmini Ekambaram, Chithra Balan

pp. 25–30 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_112_18 · 2019

Background:Betle leaf (BL) is an ancient herb with a potential nontoxic natural antioxidant efficacy. Oral intake and chewing betel leaves have an effort on the moving parts of salivary gland and induce salivation and de…

Yesica P Zaio, Marco M Mazzotta, Agripina Ramírez Sánchez, Elisa Alejandrina Gomez, María Paula Zunino, Andrés Alberto Ponce

pp. 31–36 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_115_18 · 2019

Background: Pulegone (PUL) is one of the major constituents of peppermint and pennyroyal. Objective:The main purpose of this study was to investigate the early effects of toxicity of PUL. Materials and Methods: We assess…

T Sundarrajan, V Velmurugan, K Manikandan, D Jothieswari

pp. 37–40 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_119_18 · 2019

Background: Natural bioactive compounds have a long history to use effectively in the treatment of Diabetes Mellitus. Amaranthus tristis Linn (Amaranthaceae) have been used for the treatment of various ailments. Objectiv…

Muhammad Nursid, Endar Marraskuranto, Ekowati Chasanah

pp. 41–46 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_3_18 · 2019

Context:Cancer is one of the major causes of death. Sea cucumbers are marine invertebrate that is widely used and utilized in traditional medicine. One of the most studied of sea cucumbers efficacy is its anticancer prop…

Laudinéia de Jesus Matias, Juliana Almeida Rocha, Vanessa de Andrade Royo, Elytania Veiga Menezes, Afrânio Farias de Melo Júnior, Dario Alves de Oliveira

pp. 47–50 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_148_18 · 2019

Background: The genus Solanum L. is the largest of the family Solanaceae; it has used in food, ornamentation, and medicinal. Objective:This work had as objective to perform the phytochemical screening secondary metabolit…

Gabriela Carmelinda Martins dos Santos, Mirza Nalesso Gomes Sanches, Douglas Siqueira de Almeida Chaves, Mário Geraldo de Carvalho, Raimundo Braz-Filho, Bruno Guimarães Marinho

pp. 51–59 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_99_18 · 2019

Background:Simira grazielae P. is widely found at Brazil.S. grazielaehave been used to treat pain and inflammation in the Northeast of Brazil. Objective: This study investigated the mechanisms of the extract and partitio…

Rawiwan Nooin, Pornsiri Pitchakarn, Chaturong Kanchai, Churdsak Jaikang

pp. 60–66 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_141_18 · 2019

Background: Derris scandens (DS) has been used in Thai traditional medicine recipes for musculoskeletal pain relief in Southern Thailand. Changing of terrain and climate affected its phytochemical constituents and led to…

Wan Mazlina Md Saad, Rasdin Ridwan, Nur Syamimi Md Lasim, Nur Liyana Mohd Rapi, Fatimah Salim

pp. 67–71 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_154_18 · 2019

Background: Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a good source of phenolic compounds such as p‑coumaric acid.P‑Coumaric acid is a hydroxycinnamic acid known to possess antioxidant, antimicrobial, antimutagenic, and immunoregula…

Guo Huimin, Wang Jiahui, Gao Huiru, Meng Xiangcai

pp. 72–77 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_42_18 · 2019

Introduction:The herbal medicine used in many countries came mainly from the wild in the past; now, declining yield resource and laborious gathering result in prevailing cultivated medicine, with a result of prevailing i…

Aziana Ismail, Maizan Mohamed, Yap Fon Kwei, Khoo Boon Yin

pp. 78–85 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_113_18 · 2019

Background: The level of free radicals, which counteract the capability of the antioxidant system in plant products, is often measured in advance for further promising antidisease effect. Objective:In this study, we soug…

Madappa Machamada Bheemaiah, Bopaiah Ajjikuttira Kushalappa

pp. 86–91 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_159_18 · 2019

Background:Pharmacological properties of (‑)‑hydroxycitric acid (HCA) derived from plants are extensively investigated for preventing lipid storage and controlling appetite. The Garcinia species is most sought out specie…

Tandra Ghosh, Sanvidhan G Suke, Chandrashekhar Yadav, Rafat Ahmed, Basu Deb Banerjee

pp. 92–97 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_77_18 · 2019

Dieldrin (DLD) is an organochlorine pesticide heavily used in agriculture to control pests. Widespread exposures of DLD to human population are likely to contribute in neurological disorders. Withania somnifera (WSF), co…

Kyoko Fujimoto, Tomoe Ohta, Hitomi Yamaguchi, Nguyen Huu Tung, Gen Fujii, Michihiro Mutoh, Takuhiro Uto, Yukihiro Shoyama

pp. 98–101 · DOI: 10.4103/pr.pr_152_18 · 2019

Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) has been used both as a food additive for flavoring and coloring and in traditional medicine. Saffron extract and its main component crocin decrease the growth of several types of human cancer…