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During the recent times, the whole world is conscious about the health hazards and toxicity associated with indiscriminate use of synthetic drugs. There is extensive surge of drugs which are safer and having fewer side effects. So there is a growing interest in natural remedies for the management of different ailments. Ayurveda describes different remedies prepared by using maximum percentage of therapeutically potent herbal ingredients. Dandruff is a common scalp disorder that even affects almost half of the population at the pre-pubertal age and of any gender or ethnicity. Description of lepa (preparation used for external application) is available in classical texts in the name of Amrabeejadilepa. Ingredients used for the preparation of this lepa are, Amarbeejamajja (seed kernel of Mangifera indica) and Haritakiphala majja (fruit pulp of Terminaliachubela). Lepa is applied along with milk over scalp 2 in severe dandruff. This promulgation has good anti-microbial, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activity. The present work deals with the development of the amrabeejadi Anti-dandruff cream from amrabeejadilepa (Ayurvedic preparation). Amrabeejadi antidandruff cream...
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Many countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America use traditional medicine (TM) to meet some of their primary health care needs. In Ethiopia, Traditional Medicine (TM) is a part of the national heritage. Also Ethiopia is the home of many nationalities and remarkably diverse flora, including numerous endemic species that are utilized in the different traditional medical practices. Beyond the convenience, traditional home remedies have found favour with a public that wants to take a more holistic approach to its ailments. This study sought to assess the traditional home remedy usage among people in Harar, Ethiopia. The present survey covered the people residing in Kebele 6, Jugal, Harar, Ethiopia. A structured interview questionnaire based on traditional home remedy usage was distributed and face-to-face interviews were conducted. Collected data were tabulated. Among the 338 (100%) respondents, 150 (44%) were males and 188 (56%) were females. 63 (19%) respondents were between the age group of 20 – 25 years, 41 (12%) were between 26 – 30 years, 66 (19%) were between...
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The aim of this study was to determine the anti-microbial and anti-adhesive properties of a Lactobacillus and Bacillus, against several micro-organisms, including Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Biofilm producing micro- organisms were isolated from different samples. The isolated micro-organism were characterized and identified. The anti-microbial and anti-adhesive activities were determined. The bacteroicin production was quantified and was observed. The maximum bacteroicin production was observed among various isolated micoorganisms. The bacteroicin produced by the Lactobacilli and Bacilli showed antimicrobial activity against pathogenic micro-organisms (including Pseudomonas, Escherichia col, Staphylococcus, Aspergillus and Salmonella typhi), the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) were achieved for bacteroicins the most. The antagonistic characteristics of bacteriocin were studied by agar well diffusion method. Furthermore, the micro- organism showed anti-adhesive activity against most of the micro-organisms evaluated. Biofilm production was observed and quantified among various biofilm producing isolated micro-...
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The Ooctapéptido (LAN: 3-(2-Naphthalenyl)-D-alanyl-L-cysteinyl-L-tyrosyl-D-tryptophyl-L-lysyl-L-valyl-L-cysteinyl-L-threoninamide (2 → 7) disulphide acetate, angiopeptin acetate) cyclic covered gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) results in a complex (AuNPs-LAN) when reacted following the aqueous synthesis using Turkevich method for preparing colloidal gold nanoparticles followed by reaction of conjugation with the octapeptide LAN. The nanoconjugate was characterized by transmission electron microscopy high-resolution, UV-vis spectrophotometry, and by Zeta-potential. The objective of this study was to develop a method of capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) to determine AuNPs and AuNPs-LAN in vitro. The reaction was I carried out by reduction of HAuCl4 with trisodium citrate, based on the synthesis of Turkevich-Frens-Kimling for colloidal Au at 90 °C where the plasmon resonance was detected at a wavelength of 526 nm, previously reported from 1954, 1976 and 2006, wavelength UV-vis nanoconjugate was 531 nm in which prolongation observed in migration times. We also describe part of the validation (linearity and precision) by capillary electrophoresis, arguing that it is a suitable method to quantify the gold nanoparticles and AuNPs-LAN complex. We conclude that the...
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Antioxidants prevent the damage done to the cells by free radicals that are released during the normal metabolic process of oxidation. Some of these free radicals include reactive oxygen species, hydroxyl, the superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide and peroxyl which generate metabolic products that attack lipids in the cell membranes or DNA. These are associated with DNA damage, carcinogenesis and cellular degeneration related to aging and also contributes to heart diseases and arthritis. Researchers around the world have identified many natural constituents with antioxidant activity. Thus in the present work we have studied the synergistic antioxidant activity of lipoic, ferulic and ellagic acid which is naturally occurring compounds having medicinal properties by 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl assay. Highest antioxidant activity is reported for mixture of all the three compounds with 98% & 64% inhibition in both methanoilc and aqueous solutions followed by ferulic acid with 97% & 70% inhibition and mixture of ellagic and lipoic acid with 96% & 59% inhibition in both methanoilc and aqueous solutions. Thus from the results it...
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