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Pallavi Kawatra, Rathai Rajagopalan

pp. S1-S6 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157990 · 2015

Cinnamon, due to its exotic flavor and aroma, is a key ingredient in the kitchen of every household. From the beginning of its use in 2800 BC by our ancestors for various purposes such as anointment, embalming and variou…

Alemu Tadesse, Ariaya Hymete, Adnan A. Bekhit, Salahuddin Farooq Mohammed

pp. S7-S19 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157991 · 2015

In this study four tea samples Gumero black, Wushwush black and Wushwush green from Agri- Ceft Plc and East Africa black tea leaves from East African Agribusiness Plc were investigated for total polyphenols, caffeine, ca…

Madhavankutty Jyothilakshmi, Mathew Jyothis, Mukalel Sankunni Latha

pp. S20-S25 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157994 · 2015

The incidence of dermatophytosis has risen dramatically in recent years. Limited availability of side-effect free drugs has led to a search for new antidermatophytic agents. The objective was to investigate antidermatoph…

Solomon E. Owumi, Abiodun C. Oloidi, Cinzia O. Oloye, Oludare O. Oladeji, Moses O. Obadare, Oyeronke A. Odunola

pp. S26-S33 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.150508 · 2015

The potential toxicity of Keayodendron bridelioides (KB), Monodora myristica (MM) were examined, and phytoprotection of MM and KB stemming from their phytochemical contents against sodium arsenite (SA) induced clastogeni…

Oluwatoyin A. Adeyemo-Salami, Emmanuel O. Ewuola

pp. S34-S38 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.150522 · 2015

Paullinia pinnata is a medicinal plant used for the treatment of various diseases, including anemia in West Africa. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of increasing doses of the methanolic leaves extrac…

Mesfin Yimam, Young-Chul Lee, Tae-Woo Kim, Breanna Moore, Ping Jiao, Mei Hong, Hyun-Jin Kim, Jeong-Bum Nam, Mi-Ran Kim, Jin-Sun Oh, Sabrina Cleveland, Eu-Jin Hyun, Min Chu, Qi Jia

pp. S39-S46 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157995 · 2015

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic debilitating degenerative joint disease characterized by cartilage degradation and synovial inflammation exhibited by clinical symptoms such as joint swelling, synovitis, and inflammatory…

K. Latha, B. Rammohan, B. P. V. Sunanda, M. S. Uma Maheswari, Surapaneni Krishna Mohan

pp. S47-S51 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157996 · 2015

To evaluate the anxiolytic effect of Coriandrum sativum (CS) aqueous extract in mice. To compare the antianxiety activity of CS against standard drug diazepam (3 mg/ kg). After obtaining Institutional Animal Ethics Commi…

Ramaraj Thirugnanasampandan, Ramya Gunasekar, Madhusudhanan Gogulramnath

pp. S52-S56 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.152009 · 2015

Atalantia monophylla Correa. a small tree belongs to the family Rutaceae. It is distributed throughout India and in Tamil Nadu the species is commonly seen in foothills of dry vegetation. The aim was to hydrodistillate a…

Priyanka Roy, Fatima I. Abdulsalam, D. K. Pandey, Aniruddha Bhattacharjee, Naveen Reddy Eruvaram, Tabarak Malik

pp. S57-S62 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157997 · 2015

Swertia cordata and Swertia chirayita are temperate Himalayan medicinal plants used as potent herbal drugs in Indian traditional systems of medicine (Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha). Assessment of Antioxidant, antibacterial…

Oluwatobi Samuel Adegbite, Yetunde Ifeoma Akinsanya, Ayobami Jahdahunsi Kukoyi, Wisdom O. Iyanda-Joel, Oluwatoyin O. Daniel, Abiodun Humphrey Adebayo

pp. S63-S68 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157998 · 2015

The induction of the mitochondrial membrane permeability transition (MMPT) pore has been implicated in the cascade of events involved in apoptosis (programmed cell death). Olax subscorpioidea is traditionally used for th…

M. V. Pravin Charles, Arunava Kali, Noyal Mariya Joseph

pp. S69-S73 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.150528 · 2015

In perspective of the worldwide increase in a number of immunocompromised patients, the need for identification of Candida species has become a major concern. The development of chromogenic differential media, introduced…