Aromatherapy, that employs essential oils extracted from numerous plants and herbs, is wide used turning into a significant complementary alternative medicines. Among various medicines, inhalation aromatherapy has particularly received attention principally for its effects of relaxation improvement emotional or psychological conditions, few clinical trials have recommended the potential anxiety...

background: a growing body of preclinical data indicates that statins may possess antineoplastic properties however, some studies have raised the possibility that statins may also have carcinogenic potential. methods: an air pouch model was used for angiogenesis. single or multiple applications of croton oil on the back of swiss albino mice with or without initiation by dimethylbenz(a)antherace...

14 For some time, there has been an effort made to identify and evaluate dietary components and chemical compounds (chemopreventive agents) that could prevent, inhibit or change the course of colorectal (CR) carcinogenesis (1). These efforts were based on clinical and lay observations, beliefs and epidemiological correlations, that certain foods or additives had beneficial anti-carcinogenic pro...

Many major medications used today are derived from medicinal plants. Humans have traditionally employed bamboo in a variety of ecological and medical applications. Bamboo is one the precious plant resources earth. A tall, thorny tree Bambusa arundinacea, highly reputed commonly referred to as bamboo, member Graminae family found throughout India, moist parts India. Various such leaves, root, sh...

At present, it is vital to examine adverse effects produced on gene expression by negative environmental factors and nutrients. In this study, our aim was generalize data available in literature an association between health risks polymorphisms of genes that participated xenobiotic detoxification allergic status, food intolerance included, adults children. We also considered influence exerted v...

BACKGROUND In recent years a wide variety of flavonoids or polyphenolic substances have been reported to possess substantial anti-carcinogenic and antimutagenic activities. Grape proanthocyanidins (GPC) are considered as good examples for which there is evidence of potential roles as anti-carcinogenic agents. METHODS A xenograft model was established using H22 cells subcutaneously injected in...

Hippophae (Sea buckthorn) is a deciduous species, widely distributed throughout the world. Its important products are whole berries, leaves, juice and oil. The last two give this plant a shining name and position in medicinal plants. They contain different kinds of nutrients and bioactive substances such as vitamins, carotenoids, flavonoids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, free amino acids and ele...