Blighiasapida is a plant belonging to the family of Sapindaceae. This study is aimed at evaluating the hypoglycemic and possible in vivo antioxidant activities of the aqueous extract of the stem bark of the plant for 21 days in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Administration of the extract at 100mg/kg body weight significantly (P<0.05) decreased blood glucose levels, increased body weight as well...

BACKGROUND There are severe adverse effects of analgesic drugs on human body. Extraction of analgesic drugs from natural products has therefore become the prime objective of the study. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the antinociceptive activity of the pomegranate fruit. MATERIALS AND METHODS Antinociceptive activity of ethanol pomegranate extract was examined using three models of pain: ...

The protective effects of Septilin (herbal extract) against radiation-induced damage in testis of male rats have been studied Animals were divided into four main groups: 1Control group, 2Septilin group (100mg/kg body weight/day). 3Irradiated group (4Gy gamma-radiation), 4Protected group in which animals (Male rats) were given Septilin orally (100mg/kg body weight/day) for two weeks before radia...

OBJECTIVES Evaluate relationships between MRI and clinical/laboratory/radiographic findings in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS 637 methotrexate-naive patients (GO-BEFORE) and 444 patients with active RA despite methotrexate (GO-FORWARD) were randomly assigned to subcutaneous placebo + methotrexate, golimumab 100mg + placebo, golimumab 50mg + methotrexate, or golimumab 100mg + methotrexate ...

BACKGROUND Candida-associated denture stomatitis is the most common manifestation of oral candidal infection, caused mainly by Candida albicans. Several authors have attempted to add antifungal agents or antiseptics to denture temporary soft lining materials or to denture acrylic resins, without relevant results. Therefore, the investigation of a quaternary ammonium functionalized compound [2-(...

A biological experiment was conducted to study the effect of vitamin E and selenium supplementation on growth performance and lipid profile with two hundred and ten commercial straight run day-older layer chicks. The chicks were randomly allotted into seven treatment groups with three replicates of ten chicks each. The chicks were fed basal diet (T1), basal diet with 100mg/kg vitamin E (T2), ba...

Moringa oleifera is a pan tropical, multipurpose tree whose seeds contain a high quality edible oil (up to 40% by weight) and water soluble proteins that act as effective coagulants for water and wastewater treatment. The use of this natural coagulant material has not yet realised its potential. A water extract of M. oleifera seed was applied to a wastewater treatment sequence comprising coagul...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the present study was to investigate the hypoglycemic and hepatoprotective effect of Cassia glauca leaf extracts on normal and non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) in rats. The study was further carried out to investigate the effect of different fractions of the active extract of Cassia glauca, on normal and NIDDM rats, and the effect of active fraction on ...