IN a recent series of publications Northrop [1930, 1, 2; 1931] has advanced very strong evidence that pepsin is a protein. Starting from commercial pepsin, by suitably regulating the pH and precipitating with the aid of magnesium or ammonium sulphate a crystalline product was obtained which had the general properties of a protein. In particular, solutions of this crystalline pepsin were coagula...

The inflammatory process involves increased vascular permeability, protein denaturation, and membrane alteration. Flavonoids are a class of secondary metabolites with biological pharmacological activities, including anti-inflammatory. bitter leaf, Vernonia amygdalina (VA), used in various alternative medicine several countries, Indonesia. Chemical components VA leaf polyphenolic compounds, flav...

Introduction: ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is an important medicinal plant in Indian traditional system of medicine and traditionally has been used for several medicinal purposes in India. the present study was conducted to evaluate the anti-inflammatory effect of hydroalcoholic extract of ashwagandha against denaturation of protein in vitro. Methods: The test extract at different concentra...