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PREVENTIVE EFFECT OF HELIX ASPERSA CRUDE EXTRACT AGAINST CHEMO-INDUCED COLONIC DAMAGES IN RATS
The present work aimed to explore in vivo the effect of Helix Aspersa Crude Extract (HACE) on the chemo-induced damages occurred in rat colon specially on the histology of the crypts foci in liberkhun glands. The toxicity of HACE was evaluated with different HACE concentrations. With the concentration of 160 mg, animals showed the best gain weight, stayed normal and all animals survived. Therefore...
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PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND IN-VITRO STUDIES OF ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF EXTRACTS OF DRIED STEVIA REBAUDIANA LEAVES
The present study is based on the comparative evaluation of preliminary phytochemical screening and in vitro antimicrobial activity of methanolic and ethanolic extracts of Stevia rebaudiana leaves. The crude extracts of S. rebaudiana leaves were subjected to phytochemical screening tests by using standard procedures for the detection of the presence or absence of eight major secondary metabolites....
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ACUTE AND 28-DAY REPEATED DOSE TOXICITY OF AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA LEAVES ETHANOLIC EXTRACT IN RODENTS
Averrhoa carambola -L. (Oxalidaceae) has great importance in the Indian traditional system of medicine for controlling diabetes and piles: the combined extracts of leaves as well as fruits of A. carambola are used for the treatment of jaundice, gastric problems and other chronic conditions as well as in food supplements.The objective underlying this experiment is to determine the safety profile of...
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ANTI-TUMOUR POTENTIAL OF ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (POLYSACCHARIDES) OF WILD MUSHROOMS FROM RAJOURI DIST. OF JAMMU & KASHMIR, INDIA
Natural products have been closely linked through the use of traditional medicines and natural poisons. Mushrooms have an established history of use in traditional oriental medicine, where most medicinal mushroom preparations are regarded as a tonic, that is, they have beneficial health effects without known negative side-effects and can be moderately used on a regular basis without harm. Mushroom...
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LIQUISOLID TECHNIQUE FOR ENHANCEMENT OF DISSOLUTION PROPERTIES OF FENOFIBRATE
The in vitro dissolution property of slightly water soluble Fenofibrate (FN) was improved by exploring the potential of Liquisolid system (LS). The in vitro release pattern of LS compacts and directly compressed tablets were studied using USP-II apparatus. Different LS compacts were prepared using a mathematical model to calculate the required quantities of powder and liquid ingredients to produce...
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EVALUTION OF ANTI-DIABETIC ACTIVITY OF METHANOL EXTRACT OF DIGERA MURICATA (L) MART IN ALLOXAN INDUCED DIABETIC RATS
Digera muricata (L.) Mart (Amaranthaceae) commonly known as Cancali soppu widely used in traditional system of medicine for the treatment of diabetes mellitus In the present study, Methanol extract of Digera muricata(MEDM) leaves were subjected to phytochemical investigation and evaluated for antidiabetic activity in alloxan induced diabetic rats. MEDM (100, 200 mg/kg) and Glibenclamide (3mg/k...
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PREVALENCE OF FOOD INSECURITY AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH MUSCLE MASS, HAND GRIP STRENGTH AND GAIT SPEED AMONG ELDERLY IN TEHRAN
Background: Human muscle mass undergoes constant changes as one getting older. This change can be accelerated by inadequate nutrition. The aim of the study is to investigate the association between food insecurity and its association with muscle mass strength. Methods: The cross-sectional and case-control study was conducted among 310 men and 334 women (60 and over) from August 2014−July 2015 in...
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NEUTRALIZATION OF TOXINS IN AQUA CULTURE USING PROBIOTICS
Bioremediation is a waste management method where we can employ different types of microorganism’s to nullify the effect of pollutants from a contaminated site. In the current study the authors have carried out a three months study to find out how different bacterial strains of Bacillus licheniformis, B. substilis and pseudomonas species can be used to assess the water quality in terms of pa...
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PRODUCTION OF EXTRACELLULAR CELLULASE USING BACILLUS SPECIES ISOLATED FROM RED SOIL AND OPTIMIZATION OF CELLULASE ACTIVITY
Enzymes plays a major role in industries like textile, leather, sugar, paper, rubber, tea etc., Microbes plays important role in enzyme production due to their fast growth rate, easy to manipulate for getting highly stable enzymes through genetic engineering and requires shorter time for production and purification steps. In our present study, we concentrated on the enzymes used in textile industr...
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T3 IS AS GOOD A POINTER OF CREATINE KINASE LEVELS IN EUTHYROIDS AS T4 IS IN HYPOTHYROIDS
Aim: Hypothyroidism is one of the commonest metabolic diseases which afflicts females more than males and is often associated with myopathy. Reports on relationship of muscle-markers with thyroid hormones in the (a) euthyroid population in general and (b) hypothyroid population in India are scarce. Materials and Methods: A randomized case-control study on the female population for which 60 hypothy...
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