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Rambir Singh, Priyanka Bhardwaj, Poonam Sharma

pp. 225–232 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.118767 · 2013

Background Multiple-organ failure is the main cause of death in diabetes mellitus (DM). Hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress is responsible for major diabetic complications, including multiple-organ failure. Medicinal …

KM Shams-Ud-Doha, Zobaer Al Mahmud, Sitesh C. Bachar, Nazmul Qais

pp. 233–240 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.118777 · 2013

Background Gomphostemma parviflorum (Lamiaceae) is a medicinal plant of Bangladesh which has been used traditionally in the treatment of painful and inflammatory conditions such as asthma, headache, fever, etc. Objective…

N. A. Hanapi, S. Ismail, S. M. Mansor

pp. 241–246 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.118806 · 2013

Context To date, many findings reveal that most of the modern drugs have the ability to interact with herbal drugs. Aims This study was conducted to determine the inhibitory effects of mitragynine on cytochrome P450 2C9,…

Muhammad Afzal, Imran Kazmi, Firoz Anwar

pp. 247–253 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.118811 · 2013

Background Bryophyllum pinnatum Lam. used in folk medicine in tropical Africa, tropical America, India, China and Australia contains a wide range of active compounds, well known for their haemostatic and wound-healing pr…

Daniel R. Silva, Mislaine A. Brenzan, Lauro M. Kambara, Lucia E. R. Cortez, Diógenes A. G. Cortez

pp. 254–259 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.118812 · 2013

Background Piper ovatum (Piperaceae) has been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammations and as an analgesic. Previous studies have showed important biological activities of the extracts and amides f…

Ademola A. Oyagbemi, Adebimpe A. Odetola

pp. 260–264 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.118817 · 2013

Introduction This study was designed to evaluate the ameliorative and hypocholesterolemic effects of dietary supplementation of Cnidoscolus aconitifolius leaf meal (CALM) on hepatic injury and kidney injury associated wi…

Kavita Gahlot, Vijay Kumar Lal, Shivesh Jha

pp. 265–270 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.118825 · 2013

Background Flemingia strobilifera (FS) R.Br. (Fabaceae) is an important medicinal plant. In wealth of India it has been reported that roots of FS are used by santals in epilepsy, hysteria, insomnia, and to relieve pain. …

Sundaramoorthi Angala Parameswari, Challa Madhusudhana Chetty, Kothapalli Bannoth Chandrasekhar

pp. 271–276 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.118828 · 2013

Background The present study was designed to investigate the hepato protective effect of methanolic extract of Ficus religisoa L., Moraceae, on isoniazid-rifampicin and paracetamol induced hepatotoxicity in rats. Materia…

Tushar Kanti Bera, Kazi Monjur Ali, Kishalay Jana, Abhinandan Ghosh, Debidas Ghosh

pp. 277–285 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.118840 · 2013

Background Psoralea corylifolia (Somraji) and Trigonella foenum-graecum L. (Methi), important medicinal plants widely used in India as folk medicine. Local people of West Bengal traditionally used the seeds of these plan…

Rajesh K. Gupta, Pooja S. Reddy

pp. 286–290 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.118813 · 2013

Jasminum grandiflorum belongs to the family Oleaceae and is known to have anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antiulcer activities. The present study was undertaken to study its analgesic and anticonvulsan…

El-Sayeda A. El-Kashoury, Mona H. Hetta, Nemat Z. Yassin, Hossam M. Hassan, Sally A. El-Awdan, Naglaa I. Afifi

pp. 291–299 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.118815 · 2013

Aim and Background A comparison between two Ficus species, cultivated in Egypt, was carried out in this study. Their DNA analysis revealed that they are not closely related. Materials and Methods The pharmacopoeial const…

Adetutu Adewale, Awe Emmanuel Olorunju

pp. 300–305 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.118819 · 2013

Vegetables are the cheapest and most available sources of important proteins, minerals, vitamins, and essential amino protein. These vegetables are commonly used in Africa for the treatment of illness. This study evaluat…

Inder K. Makhija, Chandrashekara S. Shreedhara, H. N. Aswatha Ram

pp. 306–308 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.118824 · 2013

Background Sitopaladi churna (SPC) is a popular polyherbal ayurvedic formulation used in the treatment of allergy and respiratory diseases. Objective The present study was aimed to justify the classical use of antiallerg…

Kazuya Murata, Hirotaka Hayashi, Shinichi Matsumura, Hideaki Matsuda

pp. 309–314 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.118827 · 2013

Background Kaempferia parviflora rhizome is used as a folk medicine in Thailand for the treatment of various symptoms. In the present study, the inhibitory activities of extract from K. parviflora rhizome against 5a-redu…