Background Head and neck cancer ranks as the sixth most common globally. Reduced saliva production brought on by postradiation therapy upsets delicate balance between bacterial load a weakened immune system. Oral hygiene is commonly neglected in patients who have undergone radiotherapy they often develop dry mouth, mucositis due to radiation therapy, etc., side effects. Despite being part of cu...

This study was designed to evaluate the effects of cinnamon and probiotics both alone in combination against pathogenic bacteria isolated from UTI patients. One hundred ten male female patients with a urinary tract infection (UTI) who visited private health care facilities were asked provide urine samples. The samples inoculated on Blood MacConkey agars incubated for 24 hrs. at 37 degrees Celsi...

Bark volatiles from green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica were tested for electrophysiological activity by Agrilus planipennis using gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and for behavioral activity using baited purple traps in Michigan. GC-EAD analysis of the headspace volatiles of bark tissue samples from 0- and 24-h-old fully girdled (stressed) ash trees showed that the lat...

Cinnamon from the bark of Cinnamomum species is one most important spices used worldwide in food and as a traditional medicine for centuries. It has substantial benefits human health including its protective role on cardiovascular diseases. This review provides an overview effects cinnamon major bioactive constituents. Reviewed literature showed sufficient evidence that can reduce risk diseases...

several attempts have so far been made in the search of new anticancer agents of plant origin. some studies have reported that different species of pine genus possess cytotoxic activities against various cancer cell lines. in the present study, we evaluated the cytotoxic effects of pinus eldarica bark and leaf extracts or leaf essential oil on hela and mcf-7 tumor cell lines. hydroalcoholic and...

Anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides has been destructive during pepper fruit production in outdoor fields in Korea. In vitro antifungal activities of 15 different plant essential oils or its components were evaluated during conidial germination and mycelial growth of C. gloeosporioides. In vitro conidial germination was most drastically inhibited by vapour treatments with carva...

"777 oil" a coded drug of Siddha system of medicine was prepared and analyzed in the paper. The drug showed 3.62, 13.57 and 266.9 Iodine value, acid number and saponification number respectively. The bark which was one of the ingredients in the drug was possessing 0.63% nitrogen in the acid soluble portion. The bark also exhibited proeolytic activity and the optimum pH was 4.

Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to assess the pharmacological activity Cinnamaldehyde (CA) obtained from cinnamon bark in 7, 12-Dimethylbenz antharacene (DMBA)-induced skin cancer albino mice and important cell antioxidant enzymes levels which play an role cancer. Methods: Cinnamon collected obtain CA phytochemical screening extract performed. Then done with cancer, after 12...