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Pirandai uppu (PU) a herbo mineral formulation has been employed as a traditional siddha remedy for diarrhea since long time. Diarrheal diseases remain one of a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the world, particularly in developing countries. As a mandate, steps were taken to evaluate safety profile of PU in animal model under OECD guidelines. Acute toxicity studies done on female wistar albino rat under OECD guidelines 423 and 28 days repeated oral toxicity studies done on both sex of wistar albino rat under OECD guidelines 407. Acute oral toxicity study of PU revealed no mortality at the dosage of 2000 mg/kg body weight and the median lethal dosage of PU is estimated above 2000 mg/kg body weight. Repeated oral toxicity study of PU does not exhibit mortality at the high dosage of 200 mg/kg body weight given up to the period of 56 days including 28 days of drug administered. At the end of 28 days no specific changes are observed in hematological, hepatic, renal and...
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An attempt was made to study the anti MRSA and antitubercularactivity of Streptomyces sp. BCA1 isolated from Borra Caves soil. In agar plug method, strain BCA1 showed 12-17 mm inhibition against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria, including MRSA. Crude pigment produced from strain BCA1 by agar surface fermentation showed 15 – 17 mm inhibition in disc diffusion method against bacterial pathogens. In luciferase reporter phage (LRP) assay the crude pigment showed more than 80% reduction against standard strain M. tuberculosis H37Rv, drug sensitive and multi drug resistant (MDR) clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis. Active pigment was separated by TLC and its activity was confirmed by bioassay guided fractionation. The MIC value of the purified pigment against bacterial pathogens ranged between 6.25 and 50µg/ml. MIC value for M. tuberculosis H37Rv and drug sensitive clinical isolate was found to be 6.25 µg/ ml while that of MDR M. tuberculosis isolate was 25 µg/ ml. The solubility of purified pigment in acid and alkali as well as the appearance of absorption...
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Twenty two endophytic fungi were isolated from anti-diabetic plants Momordica charantia and Trigonella foenum-graceum. Ethyl acetate extracts of all fungal isolates were tested for inhibition of aldose reductase and carbohydrate metabolizing enzymes. Ethyl acetate extracts of nine endophytic fungi were found to be positive for α- amylase and α- glucosidase inhibitors. Crude extracts of fungal isolates PTFL005 and PTFL006 showed promising inhibition activity on α- amylase with an IC 50 value of 15.48 and 13.48μg/mL respectively. Whereas, the control acarbose had 22.38 μg/mL of IC 50 value for α- amylase at similar experimental condition. Fungal isolates PTFL006 and PTFL011 were found to have potent α- glucosidase inhibitors with an IC 50 value of 17.37 and 10.71μg/mL which was close to the standard acarbose (6.53μg/mL). The only one fungal isolate PMCF003 showed reasonably better inhibition for aldose reductase with an IC50 value of 40μg/mL as compared to standard control quercetin (15μg/mL). All the active endophytic fungal isolates were identified by DNA sequencing method. The most active isolates identified asTrichoderma atroviride...
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The objective of the present study is to develop a rapid HPTLC method for the identification, separation and quantification of some amino acidsfrom two species of Marchantia. Three different mobile phases were used for the separation and estimation of eight amino acids (alanine, glycine, methionine, threonine, valine, leucine, histidine and isoleucine). TheHPTLC analysis of Marchantia palmata and M. nepalensis, showed the presence of all the eight amino acids. The content of all the amino acids in Marchantia nepalensis were higher than M. palmata. Of all the amino acids, the glycine content (0.417 mg/g dw in Marchantia nepalensis and 0.287 mg/g dw in M. palmata) was found to be maximum and valine content (0.053 mg/g dw in Marchantia nepalensis and 0.031 mg/g dw in M. palmata) was found minimum. The presence and content of amino acids in the liverworts has been for the first time evaluated by a modern technique like HPTLC. This method provides an important tool for the quantitative evaluation of important amino acidsandgives more accurate results than...
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The synthesis of nanoparticles has become the matter of great interest in recent times due to its various advantageous properties and applications in various fields. Though physical and chemical methods are more popular for nanoparticle synthesis, the biogenic production is a better option due to eco-friendliness. Morinda coreia leaf ethanol extracts was screened for the synthesis of Silver nanoparticle using 0.1mM concentration of silver nitrate. The peak of 482 nm in UV-Vis Spectroscopy confirmed the presence of silver nanoparticle synthesis. Biosynthesized silver nanoparticles characterized by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Fourier Transform Infra Red Spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The silver nanoparticles around 90 nm were formed. Biologically synthesized silver nanoparticles were further examined for antimicrobial activity against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. It was observed that a clear zone of growth inhibition was against in E. coli, Vibrio cholerae, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus sps, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Serratia marcescens, Proteus vulgaris, Staphylococcus mutans and Salmonella typhi confirms the antibacterial property of biologically synthesized...
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