Coix lachryma-Jobi L., commonly named Job's tears seeds cultivated in the north-eastern parts of India, China, Philippines, Burma, Sri Lanka and some other Asian countries are taken into consideration for this study. The seed flour was extracted with ethanol whereby the extract was subjected to different phytochemical tests. The phytochemical tests included Phenols estimation, Flavanol content ...

Oral administration of ethanol extract of N. sativa seeds (300 mg/kg body weight/day) to streptozotocin induced diabetic rats for 30 days significantly reduced the elevated levels of blood glucose, lipids, plasma insulin and improved altered levels of lipid peroxidation products (TBARS and hydroperoxides) and antioxidant enzymes like catalase, superoxide dismutase, reduced glutathione and gluta...

Since paraphrasing is one of the crucial tasks in natural language understanding and generation, this paper introduces a novel technique to extract paraphrases for emotion terms, from non-parallel corpora. We present a bootstrapping technique for identifying paraphrases, starting with a small number of seeds. WordNet Affect emotion words are used as seeds. The bootstrapping approach learns extr...

Evaluation of the effect of hydroalcoholic extracts of Cassia occidentalis in paw edema induced by Carrageenan in Rats. The effect of oral administration of hydroalcoholic extract of Cassia occidentalis seeds on carrageenan induced inflammation has been studied and is compared with the effect of oral administration of Diclofenac sodium as standard on rats. A carrageenan resulted in paw edema. S...

Ayurveda, which is one of the traditional systems of medicine of India, reports the seeds of Abrus precatorius (family: Fabaceae) can be used therapeutically after shodhana process, which removes the toxin. The main objective was to scientifically study the shodhana process by evaluating the safety and efficacy of A. precatorius seeds. Aqueous extract (A1) and detoxified extract (A2) of the see...

Th e aerial parts and seeds of Sophora alopecuroides L. var. alopecuroides growing in Turkey were investigated for their alkaloid compositions and antimicrobial activities. Th e alkaloid extracts were analysed by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Th e main components were identifi ed as sophoridine (33.07%), matrine (24.03%), and sophocarpine (8.01%) in the aerial parts, a...

The powder and alcoholic extract of dried seeds of garden cress were investigated for their effect on metabolic activity of CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 enzymes. In vitro and clinical studies were conducted on human liver microsomes and healthy human subjects, respectively. Dextromethorphan was used as a common marker for measuring metabolic activity of CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 enzymes. In in vitro studies, micr...

The study was performed to compare the blood glucose lowering effect of Swietenia mahagoni seeds with an oral antidiabetic drug, rosiglitazone in experimentally induced diabetic rats. Twentyfour healthy Long Evans Norwegian strain of rats were included in the study and divided into four groups (A, B, C and D) comprising 6 rats each. Group A (control group) received standard rat food for 14 days...

To separate the saponin rich fraction of Trigonella foenum graecum (TFG) seeds and to evaluate its influence on blood pressure in normal and hypertensive rats. The ethanolic extract of TFG seeds was fractionated with cold diethyl ether to obtain saponin rich fraction. Albino rats of Wistar strain of either sex weighing between 200 to 250 g were used for the hypertension models. Hypertension was...

The seeds of Lupinus termis are used in the Middle East and Africa as food and in folklore medicine. In traditional medicine, the seeds are reputed to be effective for diabetes. Topically, the powdered seeds are used to treat acne, and in clinical studies performed outside the U.S.A., the ethanolic extract demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of chronic hand and foot eczema. In order to evalu...