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Original Article
Nasrollah Erfani, Zahra Nazemosadat, Mahmoodreza Moein
pp. 133-137 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.150539 · 2015
Seaweeds have proven to be a promising natural source of bioactive metabolites for drug development. This study aimed to monitor the ethanol extract of ten algae from the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea, for their in vitro cyt…
Consolacion Y. Ragasa, Esperanza C. Cabrera, Oscar B. Torres, Adiel Inah Buluran, Dinah L. Espineli, Dennis D. Raga, Chien-Chang Shen
pp. 138-147 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.150520 · 2015
To isolate the secondary metabolites from the dichloromethane (DCM) extracts of Glinus oppositifolius; to test for the cytotoxicity of a new triterpene, oppositifolone (1); and to test for the hypoglycemic, analgesic, an…
Zhifeng Zhang, Luyang Lu, Yuan Liu, Linsen Qing
pp. 148-155 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.150526 · 2015
Abrus cantoniensis is popularly used as traditional Chinese medicine and a cool tea in South of China. However, due to diminishing source of A. cantoniensis, it is usually interchanged or adulterated with other species o…
Subramani Parasuraman, Subramani Balamurugan, Parayil Varghese Christapher, Rajendran Ramesh Petchi, Wong Yeng Yeng, Jeyabalan Sujithra, Chockalingam Vijaya
pp. 156-165 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.151457 · 2015
The aim was to evaluate the anti-diabetic and anti-hyperlipidemic effects of hydroalcoholic extract of leaves of Ocimum tenuiflorum (Lamiaceae) and prediction of biological activities of its phytoconstituents using in vi…
R. Mathur, Shagun Dutta, T. Velpandian, S.R. Mathur
pp. 166-175 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.151459 · 2015
Insulin resistance (IR) is amalgam of pathologies like altered glucos metabolism, dyslipidemia, impaired glucose tolerance, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and associated with type-II diabetes and cardiometabolic dise…
Vidya Viswanad, Subin Mary Zachariah, Aiswarya Sathi, N. A. Aleykutty
pp. 176-183 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.151461 · 2015
Samadera indica belonging to Simaroubaceae family is being used traditionally for many diseases including arthritis, edema, itching, skin diseases, constipation, and general debility. The effectiveness of any drug delive…
K. S. Rathan Shetty, Arunava Kali, K. S. Rachan Shetty
pp. 184-187 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.150513 · 2015
Oxidative stress is a major determinant in carcinogenesis and serum total antioxidant capacity (TAC) indirectly reflects the level of oxidative stress. Although oral cancer is the third most frequent cancer in Indian pop…
Surender Singh, Rohit Kumar, Hitesh Jain, Y. K. Gupta
pp. 188-192 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.150515 · 2015
UNIM-301 is a polyherbal formulation used in the Unani system of medicine for the treatment of joint pain and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objective was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory and antiarthritic activity of U…
Y. Padmanabha Reddy, K. B. Chandrasekhar, Mohammed Jaffar Sadiq
pp. 193-197 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.150541 · 2015
To evaluate the anticancer potential of seeds of Nigella sativa using MCF and HepG2 cell lines along with its mechanism of action. (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) assay and acridine orange/…
S. Gayatri, C. Uma Maheswara Reddy, K. Chitra, V. Parthasarathy
pp. 198-202 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.150544 · 2015
A number of plants have been used in Indian system of medicine such as ayurveda, unani and siddha, but most of these plants were not explored properly. Sphaeranthus amaranthoides (SA) Burm.f., is one such plant used as a…
Kassim Amelia, Chin Yin Khor, Farida Habib Shah, Subhash J. Bhore
pp. 203-208 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.150532 · 2015
Common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are widely consumed as a source of proteins and natural products. However, its yield needs to be increased. In line with the agenda of Phaseomics (an international consortium), work o…
Kassim Amelia, Jasvin Singh, Farida Habib Shah, Subhash J. Bhore
pp. 209-212 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.150536 · 2015
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important part of the human diet and serves as a source of natural products. Identification and understanding of genes in P. vulgaris is important for its improvement. Characteri…
Short Communication
Zora Azza, Mounia Oudghiri
pp. 213-216 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.150510 · 2015
The aerial parts of Thymelaea hirsuta (TH) are used as a decoction in the treatment of different pathologies in folk medicine in Morocco. The aqueous extracts were evaluated for its anti-inflammatory activity and in inhi…