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Aim and Objective: Acid-related health problems mostly affect the quality of life and are a major factor in morbidity and mortality in patients. This study is designed to evaluate the anti-ulcer activity of Polyherbal formulation ACIDEZ against experimentally induced gastric ulcers in rats. Methodology: To determine anti-ulcer activity, ulcers were induced by aspirin plus pylorus ligation and acetic acid induced methods. The animals were treated with ACIDEZ (50 mg/kg and 100mg/kg) and the standard drug sucralfate (300mg/kg) for a particular number of days. Anti-ulcer and gastric protection activity was evaluated by ulcer index, gastric secretion, total mucosal content, and pepsin content. The results were expressed as Mean ± S.E.M., and statistical evaluation was done by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison tests. Results and Discussions: The Polyherbal formulation ACIDEZ was found to be safe upto 2000mg/kg. ACIDEZ demonstrated a dose-dependent decrease in gastric juice volume and total acidity in both models. Both doses of the test formulation exhibited a significant decrease in ulcer index, pepsin content and restoration...
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Purpose: Albendazole (ABZ) is a drug that shows anthelmintic activities, also used for treating neurocysticercosis, also known as pork tapeworm infection caused by contact with infected human stool, infected food, and water. But the serious challenge is the hydrophobicity of albendazole, which slow down the dissolution rate and bioavailability, so it can be given in high concentration, which can cause residual toxicity, so the purpose of this research article is to enhance the solubility of albendazole by mixed hydrotropic technique. Hydrophobic drug shows the difficulty in absorption when reaching the aqueous area, leading to failure in formulation development. Method: Solid dispersion was prepared by using a blend of citric acid and piperazine by mixing them with ABZ with the help of ethanol as solvent, carried out the content in a china dish on a magnetic stirrer until solvent evaporated completely, use of FTIR for functional group determination, determination of melting point by capillary method, determination of thermal behaviour by DSC, XRD studies were done, Further evaluation of solid dispersion...
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The BSC sample was collected at four sites from the arid region of Rajasthan and these isolates were characterized based on morphological and biochemical parameters. We have to isolate both heterocysts and non-heterocysts cyanobacterial species. Oscillatoria tenuis species showed maximum chlorophyll accumulation and Phormium showed maximum carotenoids compared to heterocystous forms. The soluble protein content is high in Non-heterocystous Phormium and Oscillatora curviceps and lowest in heterocystous Nostoc linckia. Heterocystous forms Nostoc commune and Anabaena variabilis were synthesizing high carbohydrates compared to nonheterocytstous forms. Highest nitrogenase activity in Nostoc linckia isolated from Achorl...
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Malaria is the most important parasitic disease in humans, with transmission occurring in over 100 countries with a population of three billion people. Protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium cause it. These parasites are transmitted from one person to another by the female anopheles mosquito. Medicinal plants possess many phytochemicals of great therapeutic value, and many effectively kill malaria parasites. These compounds working by variety of mechanisms and in most of the cases they exhibit their antimalarial potentiality by inhibiting many proteins involved in cell growth and division. Molecular docking is a computational approach which facilitates the finding of the best molecule from a group which may bind with the highest affinity with the intended target by providing a virtual biological system. This process works on the basis of specific algorithm and involves scoring function to rank the molecules that fit with the target. The present study has been designed to investigate the antimalarial potential of seven alkaloid compounds from the leaves of Bauhinia purpurea. Three standard antimalarial drugs...
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This work aimed to explore how crude aqueous extract of Jussiaea repens affected oxidative stress and metabolic status in streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic male rats. The diabetic rats were gavaged with aqueous extract of Jussiaea repens (50 mg/100 g body weight/day for 32 daysconsicutively) after an induction of STZ (8 mg/100g body weight, i.p.). Fasting blood glucose, insulin, serum LDH, total GSH, MDA, G-6-PDH, amylase, lipase, catalase and superoxide dismutase were measured. The hepatic levels of hexokinase, PFK, G-6-Pase, F-1,6-BPase and glycogen were also measured. The aqueous extract of Jussiaea repens decreased blood glucose level in diabetic control group. The extract supplemented group also demonstrated a notable improvement in blood insulin levels, SOD, GSH and G-6-PDH level in comparison to diabetic group. In diabetic group, the LDH and MDA levels were significantly higher than non-diabetic control rats and were significantly recovered in extract supplemented group. But catalase level showed no significant change. The liver glycogen, hexokinase and PFK were lower in the diabetic group, whereas G-6-Pase and F-1,6-BPase were...
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