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Mahmoud I. Nassar, El-Sayed A. Aboutabl, Rania F. Ahmed, Ezzel-Din A. El-Khrisy, Khaled M. Ibrahim, Amany A. Sleem

pp. 325–329 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.75449 · 2011

Background Myrtus species are characterized by the presence of phenolic acids, flavonoids, tannins, volatile oils and fatty acids. They are remedies for variety of ailments. This study therefore investigated medicinal ef…

D. Jaya Prakash, S. ArulKumar, M. Sabesan

pp. 330–334 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.75450 · 2011

Backgorund Hypericum perforatum extract (HPE), is known for its antidepressant effect. Methods In the present study we investigated the effect of H. perforatum gold nanoparticles (NanohypericumHPGNPs) protective role aga…

Sameera R. Samarakoon, Ira Thabrew, Prasanna B. Galhena, Dilip De Silva, Kamani H. Tennekoon

pp. 335–342 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.75451 · 2011

Background A decoction (hot-water extract) comprised of Nigella sativa (seeds), Hemidesmus indicus (roots), and Smilax glabra (rhizome) has been reported to prevent chemically-induced hepatocarcinogenic changes in rats a…

Sharada L. Deore, Somshekhar S. Khadabadi

pp. 343–349 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.75452 · 2011

Background The present communication deals with the identification and characterization of bioactive principles from the roots of Chlorophytum borivilianum. Method Methanolic extract and its fractions were used to isolat…

R. D. Sharma, A. R. Veerpathran, G. Dakshinamoorthy, K. N. Sahare, K. Goswami, M. V. R. Reddy

pp. 350–354 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.75453 · 2011

Introduction Tropical disease research scheme of World Health Organization has duly recognized traditional medicine as alternative for antifilarial drug development. Polyphenolic compounds present in traditionally used h…

Sanjib Bhattacharya, Pallab K. Haldar

pp. 355–358 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.75454 · 2011

Background Trichosanthes dioica Roxb. (Cucurbitaceae), called pointed gourd in English is a dioecious climber grown in India and used traditionally for various medicinal purposes. Methods Present study was aimed to evalu…

S. H. Shukla, A. K. Saluja, S. S. Pandya

pp. 359–363 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.75455 · 2011

Aim In the present study, the immunomodulatory effects of roots of Gmelina arborea Linn. were investigated. Materials and Methods Methanolic extract of G. arborea Linn. (MEGA) and its ethyl acetate fraction (EAFME) were …

Manjit Singh, Vijender Kumar, Ishpinder Singh, Vinod Gauttam, Ajudhia Nath Kalia

pp. 364–367 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.75456 · 2011

Background The objective of the present study was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of aqueous extract of Mirabilis jalapa Linn. (MJL) (Nyctaginaceae) leaves for scientific validation of the folklore claim of th…

H. V. Annegowda, L. N. Anwar, M. N. Mordi, S. Ramanathan, S. M. Mansor

pp. 368–373 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.75457 · 2011

Aim This study was designed to evaluate the phenolic content and antioxidant activity of ethanolic extracts from T. catappa leaves obtained by different intervals of sonication. Methods Three commonly used methods were f…

Abhishek Bhanot, Richa Shri

pp. 374–384 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.75460 · 2011

Introduction Diabetic Neuropathy (DN) is a major microvascular complication of uncontrolled diabetes. This may result from increased oxidative stress that accompanies diabetes. Hence plants with antioxidant action play a…

A.B.D. Selvam

pp. 385–387 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.75461 · 2011

About 7,200 medicinal plants are known to occur in India, of which, the leaves of a few hundred plants have medicinal properties. Identification of leaf drugs using venation is considered as one of the most reliable and …

Jaydip Ghodasara, Anil Pawar, Chinmay Deshmukh, Bhanudas Kuchekar

pp. 388–392 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.75462 · 2011

Background Renal epithelial cell injury by reactive oxygen species is pre-requisite step in the pathogenesis of urolithiasis. Rutin and curcumin are polyphenolic compounds known to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory …

Roopesh Jain, Susmit Kosta, Archana Tiwari

pp. 393–394 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.75463 · 2011