Volume 7, Issue 3

Arshad H. Rahmani

pp. 217-224 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157956 · 2015

Cassia fistula Linn is known as Golden shower has therapeutics importance in health care since ancient times. Research findings over the last two decade have confirmed the therapeutics consequence of C. fistula in the he…

Guy-Armel Bounda, YU Feng

pp. 225-236 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157957 · 2015

Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. (PMT), officially listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, is one of the most popular perennial Chinese traditional medicines known as He shou wu in China and East Asia, and as Fo-ti in North Ame…

Haritha Kanne, Narayan Pandurang Burte, V. Prasanna, Ravi Gujjula

pp. 237-241 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157966 · 2015

Coleus forskohlii Willd. is a popular traditional medicine used since ancient times for treatment of heart diseases, abdominal colic and respiratory disorders. The aim of this study was to characterize the root extract o…

Gholamreza Asghari, Abbasali Palizban, Behnosh Bakhshaei

pp. 242-248 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157968 · 2015

Moringa peregrina (M. peregrina) is an important tropical tree recognized for its nutritional and medicinal properties. The objective of this study was to investigate the nutritional component in the leaves and seeds of …

Temidayo O. Omobowale, Ademola A. Oyagbemi, Oyefunbi A. Oyewunmi, Olumuyiwa A. Adejumobi

pp. 249-258 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157972 · 2015

The medicinal properties of Azadirachta indica have been harnessed for many years in the treatment of many diseases in both humans and animals. Twenty-five apparently healthy dogs weighing between 3 and 8 kg were randoml…

Vijender Singh, Mohammed Ali, Sukirti Upadhyay

pp. 259-262 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157976 · 2015

To screen the hair colouring properties of hair colorants/ herbal hair colouring formulations. The dried aqueous herbal extracts of Gudhal leaves (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), Jatamansi rhizome (Nardostachys jatamansi), Kuth…

Soumen Roy, Pratibha Chaurvedi, Abhay Chowdhary

pp. 263-267 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157977 · 2015

Japanese encephalitis is a leading form of viral encephalitis, prevalent mostly in South Eastern Asia caused by Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). It is transmitted by the mosquitoes of the Culex sp. The disease affects …

Akinleye S. Akinrinde, Ebunoluwa Olowu, Ademola A. Oyagbemi, Olutayo T. Omobowale

pp. 268-276 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157978 · 2015

Arsenic intoxication is known to produce symptoms including diarrhea and vomiting, which are indications of gastrointestinal dysfunction. We investigated whether Kolaviron (KV) administration protected against sodium ars…

Devanand Gupta, Swapna Nayan, Harshad K. Tippanawar, Gaurav I. Patil, Ankita Jain, Rizwan K. Momin, Rajendra Kumar Gupta

pp. 277-281 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.155874 · 2015

To compare the effect of herbal extract mouthwash and chlorhexidine mouthwash on the dental plaque level. The subjects (60 healthy medical students aged ranges between 20 and 25 years) were randomly divided into two grou…

Gaurav M. Doshi, Vivek V. Nalawade, Aaditi S. Mukadam, Pratip K. Chaskar, Sandeep P. Zine, Rakesh R. Somani, Hemant D. Une

pp. 282-294 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157179 · 2015

Benincasa hispida (BH) and Carissa congesta (CC) are regarded as ethnopharmacological imperative plants in Asian countries. Phytochemical screening of the extracts has shown the presence of steroids, flavonoids, saponins…