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EFFECT OF EDAPHIC FACTORS ON MAJOR SECONDARY METABOLITES OF TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA AND NEEM GUDUCHI WITH RESPECT TO THEIR IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECT
Tinospora cordifolia is a requisite medicinal plant, has been used for the treatment of various diseases and has been recommended for improving the immune system mentioned in Ayurveda and other systems of medicine as a monoherbal or polyherbal preparation. Nonetheless, Ayurvedic and other ancient literature reported that Tinospora cordifolia growing on neem plant gives better immunomodulatory acti...
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ANTIBODY ENGINEERING AND IMMUNOCONJUGATES FOR CANCER THERAPY
In the past three decades, monoclonal antibodies have become increasingly important class of disease modifying drugs for numerous indications including cancer, inflammatory diseases, and viral infections. Antibody therapy can be used in a variety of ways either alone or combination with cytotoxic compounds. Molecular antibody engineering technologies coupled with advances allow the generation of b...
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A DIETRY GUIDE TO PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS
Osteoporosis is a debilitating disease that affects many older people. Characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration (MAD) of bone tissue, Fragility fractures are the hallmark of osteoporosis. There are potentially numerous nutrients and a dietry component that can influence bone health. Bone mineral consists of calcium phosphate, and phosphorus is as important as calcium i...
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PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION AND BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF 12-HYDROXY-OCTADEC-CIS-9-ENOIC ACID ISOLATED FROM SWIETENIA HUMILIS ZUCC. SEED OIL
The genus Swietenia belongs to Meliaceae family which consists of 37 genera and about 300 species which is found in most of the parts of India. In present investigation we made an efficient effort to extract ricinoleic acid from the seed oil of Swietenia humilis, Zucc. They are used in medicine folklore to cure various diseases in Mexico, Africa and India. Physicochemical properties of Swietenia h...
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POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT OF STOMACH IN SWISS MICE INDUCED BY LEAD ACETATE
Histopathological changes in developing stomach caused by lead acetate exposure at different days of the postnatal development were investigated in Swiss mice. In this study, pregnant Swiss mice were exposed to 533 mg/kg BW of lead acetate from 10th day of gestation to 21st day of lactation. The pups of exposed groups were sacrificed at 1, 7, 14 and 21 day of lactation period, and the effects of l...
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IN-VITRO STUDIES ON OIL DEGRADING BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM OIL CONTAMINATED SOIL OF VANIYAMBADI AND AMBUR AREAS OF VELLORE DISTRICT
The oil polluted soil has many hydrocarbons which can be degraded by microbes. These oil degrading microbes were isolated from the oil contaminated soil through plate and dilution technique. The oil contaminated soils were collected from the oil spilled places of Vaniyambadi and Ambur areas of Vellore District, Tamil nadu, India. Through the biochemical tests, the isolated bacterial strains were i...
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AN INVESTIGATION OF IN-VITRO RELEASE OF RABEPRAZOLE SODIUM FROM PULSATILE RELEASE TABLETS CONTAINING HPMC-EC BLEND AS TIME LAGGED PRESS COATING
To develop new pulsatile release tablets of Rabeprazole sodium (RS), that can suppress drug release in stomach and release the drug rapidly after a predetermined lag time for about 4 h in intestine, a multiple unit dosage forms was designed that contain, drug-containing core, a coating to achieve time lag in drug release and an outermost acid resistant enteric coating. Time lagged press coating wa...
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ANTIBACTERIAL, ANTIOXIDANT, CYTOTOXICITY AND QUALITATIVE PHYTO-CHEMICAL EVALUATION OF SEED EXTRACTS OF NIGELLA SATIVA AND ITS SILVER NANOPARTICLES
Nigella sativa is considered a miracle herb plant belongs to the Ranunculaceae family, inhabitant to South Asia and South-west Asia. The most important part of the Nigella sativa plant used by human beings are seeds, mostly as a spice because it contains a specific aroma. The seeds derived from Nigella sativa being exploited by people and used for thousands of years for culinary purposes, to cure ...
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AN EVALUATION OF ACUTE AND SUBCHRONIC TOXICITIES OF A NIGERIAN POLYHERBAL ANTIDIABETIC REMEDY
The acute and subchronic toxicities of Nigerian polyherbal antidiabetic remedy, prepared from Gongrenema latifolium and Allium cepa (1:1) leaves was investigated in Swiss albino mice and rats of both sexes. For acute toxicity study, 1000-5000mg/kg of the combined extract were administered orally to rats and observed for 24 hours for obvious toxic symptoms and mortality. The median lethal dose of t...
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HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT FROM INFLORESCENCE AND POLLEN GRAINS OF CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA AGAINST PARACETAMOL INDUCED HEPATOTOXICITY IN WISTR RATS
India is the largest producer of the medicinal plants and is rightly called the “Botanical Garden of the world”. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the hepatoprotective activity of aqueous extract of Inflorescence (IA) and Pollen grains (PA) of Casuarina equisetifolia belongs to the family of Casuarinaceae against Paracetamol induced hepatotoxicity in Wistar rats. The aqueous ex...
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