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Neelesh Kumar Nema, Ghouse Modin Nabeesab Mamdapur, Smitha Sarojam, Swapnil Devidas Khamborkar, Linson Cheruveettil Sajan, Sachithra Sabu, Baby Kumaranthara Chacko, Viju Jacob

pp. 173–191 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.13.4.10 · 2021

Pandemic coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the newly discovered virus “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-CoronaVirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)”. Considering the present scenario of COVID-19 outb…

Nagaraju Bandaru, D.S.N.B.K. Prasanth, A.Rajasekhar Reddy, G.S.N Koteswara Rao, Kumar V.S Nemmani, Alla Narayana Rao

pp. 192–198 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.13.4.11 · 2021

Background: The current study estimate the anti-inflammatory activity of whole plant of Biophytum veldkampiion carageenan induced inflammation on rats compiled by molecular docking studies of phytocompounds from the plan…

Catheleeya Mekjaruskul, Supakanya Kumkarnjana, Niramai Fangkrathok, Worapol Kengkittipat, Nuttawut Sirichat

pp. 199–207 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.13.4.12 · 2021

Background: Tagetes erecta L. has been traditionally used for treatment of skin diseases.Objectives:This study aimed to evaluatein vitro skin anti-aging, antioxidant, antibacterial activities, and human skin irritation o…

Vinod Gahlot, Dinesh Kumar Yadav

pp. 208–217 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.13.4.13 · 2021

Background:Quality-based assessment of herbal drugs or products is being more concerning for their quality, safety and regulatory purpose. A. mexicana is a traditional herbal medicine that has a long history in the treat…

Bonface Mwamatope, David Tembo, Elizabeth Kampira, Cecilia Maliwichi-Nyirenda, Victoria Ndolo

pp. 218–226 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.13.4.14 · 2021

Background:The study aimed at assessing total alkaloids content (TAC), total flavonoids content (TFC), total phenolic content (TPC), antioxidant activity (AA) and predominant individual phenolic compounds in methanol ext…

María-Helena Arias, Gustavo A. Vallejo, Giovanny Garavito

pp. 227–232 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.13.4.15 · 2021

Background: Neglected Infectious Diseases control is an urgent need in endemic areas, but it’s not a priority in the commercial interests of the pharmaceutical industry. Chagas disease (caused by Trypanosoma cruzi) is th…

Atul Srivastava, Subhashini s, Anand Kumar Keshari, Ragini Srivastava

pp. 233–237 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.13.4.16 · 2021

Background:The pharmacological efficiency of herbal drugs has shown to be effective as conventional pharmaceutical drugs. Preliminary screening of herbal extracts helps in analysing the bioactive compounds present. Ocimu…

Seema Singh, Santosh Kumar, Sunita Singh, Chetna Mishra, Dinesh Tripathi, SK Verma

pp. 238–245 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.13.4.17 · 2021

Background:Asparagus racemosus, Cissus quadrangularis, Punica granatum and Pueraria tuberosa are employed for their supposed properties in treatment in alleviating symptoms of menopause traditionally from ages. The aim o…

Silva Waruni Randika, Nugara Ruwani Nilushi, Manage Pathmalal, Undugoda Lanka, Udayanga Dhanushka, Liyanage Renuka Nilmini, Galhena Prasanna

pp. 246–256 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.13.4.18 · 2021

Background:Phytoconstituents are known to have an arena of health benefits. The choice of extraction solvents for a desired pharmacological activity is poorly characterized. Objectives: The present study compared the use…

Shabnam Zahir, Tamal Kanti Pal, Abhijit Sengupta, Shibendu Biswas, Shyamal Bar, Rehana Parveen

pp. 257–264 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.13.4.19 · 2021

Background:Dental caries, a multifactorial, microbial disease of calcified portion of tooth, can be controlled by controlling the microbial factor either by synthetically derived or naturally derived antibacterial compon…

Henny Rochaeni, Hanafi h, Rachmawati Dwi Estuningsih, Muhammad Ichsan Farizi, Annisa Nurafifah, Singgih Wibowo

pp. 265–267 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.13.4.20 · 2021

Background:The needs of hand sanitizer increase significantly during the COVID-19 outbreak. Objectives: In this study, we preparedPiper beteland lime based hand sanitizer with a simple maceration technique. Materials and…

Promise Madu Emeka

pp. 268–273 · DOI: 10.5530/pres.13.4.21 · 2021

Background: Bryophyllum pinnatum extract is used by African natives to stop epistaxis [nose bleeding], postpartum bleeding as well as fresh wounds bleeding. Aim: This study was carried out in order to evaluate the coagul…