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The study sought to describe the pharmacognostic features for identification and quality control of closely related species Saba senegalensis (A. DC.) Pichon and Saba thompsonii (A. Chev.) Pichon (Apocynaceae), useful medicinal plants against inflammation and its related diseases in Ghana and West Africa. Macro-morphological, qualitative and quantitative microscopic features as well as physicochemical, fluorescence and phytochemical properties, and Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) profile of leaves, stem and roots of both plants were determined using standard methods. The results showed both plants are climbers with lanceolate leaves and acuminate apices. The differences in their calcium oxalate contents, the hypostomatic nature of the leaves with different stomatal types and epidermal cells, histological features of their midribs and surface data determinations and TLC profiles of the parts under study present useful data for clearly distinguishing between the two species of Saba. All plant parts contained varying amounts of nutritional elements. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time detailed descriptions of the pharmacognostic features of the leaves, stem and...
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The liver plays a significant role in metabolism and detoxification. Aponogeton natans(Linn.) Engl. and Krause is a important ingredient in preparation of an important Ayurvedic preparation Useerasava. The screening for hepatoprotective activity against carbon tetrachloride induced hepatotoxicity was followed as per standard procedure. Animals received CCl4 (2 ml/kg, 1:1 in olive oil, i.p.) to induce hepatotoxicity. Group I served as normal control and received the vehicle alone. Group II served as toxic control, Group III, IV, V, VI received 200 mg/kg of petroleum ether, benzene, chloroform, methanol extracts respectively and Group VII was treated with silymarin. The groups received the pre-treatment of A. natans extracts ANME and ANCE at dose levels of 200 mg/kg body weight significantly controlled the change in the biochemical parameters. The methanol extract (ANME) and chloroform extract (ANCE) at dose levels of 200 mg/kg exhibited significant increase respectively in the serum total protein level as compared to toxic control group and the effect was compared with the standard group treated with silymarin (Sily-100). The LPO,...
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The present study was conducted with the aim to prepare probiotics Lactobacillus acidophilus (L. acidophilus) granules which are stable at room temperature. Lactobacillus acidophilus 2285 probiotics was obtained from the N.C.I.M (National Collection of Industrial Microorganism), Pune. The formation of the semi-solid mass occurred after the further incubation at 34 °C from range (33 °C to 37 °C) in an incubator kept for the less than 24 hour time duration. This mass was homogenized and converted into granule formulation. The viability of the granule formulation was achieved with a maximum viable cell count after 24 hours of incubation in de Man, Rogosa, and Sharpe (M.R.S) agar media. Spray dried and tray dried powder of the probiotics is used for granulation, these drying methods served as a cheap alternative to the expensive freeze-drying procedure. The selected strain of L. acidophilus NCIM 2285 assessed for antioxidant activity. The antioxidant activity of L. acidophilus was demonstrated by in-vitro test using 2, 2–diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl free radical scavenging assay. The results showed that intact cells and...
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In this study, GC-MS analysis shown that ethyl acetate fraction of Allium cepa (EAFAC) (band one) consists of 55 compounds which shown antileishmanial activity. (IC50 73.1 ± 2.1 ug/ml) is the inhibitory concentration which is observed for ethyl acetate fraction of Allium cepa (EAFAC) (band one). Leishmania major is the specie used for this leishmanicidal assay. In this bioassay, Amphotericin B (IC50 = 0.29 ± 0.05 ug/ml) and pentamidine (IC50 = 5.09 ± 0.09 ug/ml) were used as positive control drugs to compare the parasite inhibition with that ethyl acetate fraction of Allium cepa (EAFAC) (band one). This activity was perceived under incubation period 72 hours and incubation temperature 22°C. Methanol extract of Allium cepa (MEAC), Hexane fraction of Allium cepa (HFAC), Ether fraction of Allium cepa (EFAC), and Diethyl ether fraction of Allium cepa (DEFAC) and butanol fraction of Allium cepa (BFAC) exhibited no antileishmanial activities. In this research paper we represent 25 compounds out of 55 compounds of ethyl acetate fraction of Allium cepa (EAFAC) (band...
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Differences in cost and similarities in the efficacy between ondansetron and granisetron have been reported in many clinical studies and prompted this study to determine whether such differences are important as Kenyatta National Hospital. Thirty-four adult cancer patients scheduled to start their consecutive three weekly cycles of cisplatin-based chemotherapy regimens, were recruited into a double-blind randomized crossover study to receive ondansetron 12 mg or granisetron 3 mg each combined with dexamethasone 8 mg as intravenous on the first day and continued on their respective oral combinations from day 2 to 4. The frequency of nausea and vomiting were recorded daily during 5 days of antiemetic treatment. Data were collected using a close ended questionnaire and statistical analysis was performed using STATA version 13 software. Statistical significance was checked using Fisher’s exact test and was considered when p value was less than 0.05. Female predominance was 70.6%, while dominant age was 50-70 years at 47.1% with a mean age of 53.5 (± 11.9) years and cervical cancer was leading cancer....
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