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The fruits of Garcinia pedunculata Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham., G. xanthochymus Hook. f. and G. morella (Gaertn.) Desr. collected from Sonitpur district of Assam, India were evaluated for the antioxidant potential and total phenolic content. The methanolic extract of these fruits were subjected to DPPH (2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) assay for determining the free radical inhibition property and Folin Ciocalteu’s method for quantification of total phenolic content (TPC). G. pedunculata Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham. showed highest antioxidant potential with IC50 value 47.03±13.48 µg/ml. All species contains low phenolic content ranging between 1.83±0.62 to 88.2±2.19 mg GAE/g dry extract. No significant correlation between total phenolic content and antioxidant potential was...
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Pollution have a serious impact on human health and environment. The incidences of various diseases are becoming prominent with the increase in rate of population. The diseases mainly include respiratory disorders, cardiovascular disorders, throat inflammation, skin infections etc. In the present study, widely claimed crude drug Dashamularishta, have been screened for their antibacterial activity against Shigella flexneri, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumonia, Proteus vulgaris, Enterobacter aerogenes, Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans, Trichophyton rubrum. Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of petroleum ether, chloroform, benzene, ethyl acetate and ethanol and distilled water extracts of Dashamularishta have been screened. Phytochemical screening recorded positive results for reducing sugar in all six extracts, terpinoids present in pet. ether, ethyl acetate, methanol and distilled water extract, Flavonoids present in ethyl acetate and distilled water, Tannin present in chloroform and methanol, saponins present in pet. ether, benzene, ethyl acetate and distilled water extract. The results were expressed in terms of the diameter of the inhibition zone: The maximum efficacy of ethyl acetate extract was...
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The present study describes a simple, accurate, precise and cost effective UV-Visible spectrophotometric method for the estimation of Riboflavin raw material. The Riboflavin is water soluble vitamin, so the solvent used throughout the experiment was 0.1N NaOH, the absorption maxima of drug was found at 445 nm. Beer’s law was obeyed in the range of 5ppm-30ppm. the developed method was successfully validated with respect to linearity, accuracy and precision. The method was validated and shown linearity in mentioned concentration. The correlation coefficient for Riboflavin was 0.999. The percentage relative standard deviation of inter-day precision range 0.66-1.04% and intra-day precision 1.05-1.39% both should be less than 2%. Hence proposed method was precise, accurate and cost effective, simple and rapid. This validated method can be applicable for quantitative determination of the titled drug with respect to assay from or for their solid dosage...
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Plant polyphenols have been studied largely because of the possibility that they might underlie the protective effects afforded by fruit and vegetable intake against cancer and other chronic diseases. The objective of the present study is to estimate the total polyphenolic content in aqueous and methanolic extract prepared from the bark of Acacia nilotica plant species. Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del commonly known as babul, kikar or Indian gum Arabic tree, has been recognized worldwide as a multipurpose tree. Mostly it occurs as an isolated tree and rarely found in patches to a limited extent in forests and has been widely planted on farms throughout the plains of the Indian subcontinent. The bark, root, gum, leaves and flowers have found use for skin diseases, diarrhoea, dysentery, cough, diabetes, eczema, wound healing, burning sensation and as an astringent, demulcent, anti-asthmatic. For present work the bark of well identified A. nilotica (L) plant for the extraction of phytochemicals was done from the village Khargawali (Hoshangabad district). 20-20 grams of the...
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It is important to predict the serum thyroid hormones level in females during infertility to prevent its occurrence later on. In this study, we studied serum thyroid hormones and menstrual irregularities during infertility. A case control study was performed in 75 infertile patients with menstrual irregularities and 50 healthy matched women. Three biochemical parameters were measured in serum, hormones triiodothyronine (T3), tetra-iodothyronine (T4) and serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) by TOSOH-AIA-360, immunoassay method. Out of 75 infertile women sixteen percent (16%) had menstrual irregularities with hypothyroidism. The mean serum thyroid level in 75 infertile women were 0.88±0.34 ng/ml, 7.69±2.87 μIu/dl and 5.43±6.88 μIu/ml, respectively. Serum T3, T4 and TSH level were statistically highly significant in infertile women. Serum thyroid stimulating hormone level was found at higher side in infertile women. High incidence of hypothyroidism was found in infertile women and it shows a positive correlation with menstrual...
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