The aim of the present investigation deals with the hematology and hepatorenal function of Caesalpinia bonducella Flem. and Bauhinia racemosa Lam. belonging to the Family: Caesalpiniaceae, and used in the traditional system of medicine. The tribal people of Kolli Hills, Tamil Nadu, India, use the leaves of Caesalpinia bonducella and the stem bark of Bauhinia racemosa in combination with some ot...

Background: Genistein is a soya isoflavone, which is found naturally in legumes, such as soybeans and chickpeas. Radiation–induced free radicals in turn impair the antioxidative defense mechanism, leading to an increased membrane lipid peroxidation that results in damage of the membrane bound enzyme and may lead to damage or death of cell. Hence, the lipid peroxidation is a good biomar...

Deposition of arsenic in mice through groundwater is well documented but little is known about the histological changes of organs by the metalloid. Present study was designed to evaluate arsenic-induced histological alterations in kidney, liver, thoracic artery and brain of mice which are not well documented yet. Swiss albino male mice were divided into 2 groups and treated as follows: Group 1:...

Introduction: Depression is a widely prevalent form of mental illnesses worldwide. It commonly associated with sad mood, loss interest or pleasure, feelings guilt low self-worth, disturbed sleep appetite, and energy. Mimosa pudica has many medicinal properties, are used in traditional medicine the treatment various medical conditions. This study was conducted to better understand antidepressant...

The absence of light enhances epidermal carcinogenesis in Swiss albino (9) and C57 black (10) strains of mice painted with a solution of 3,4-benzpyrene. It now appears that the presence or ab sence of light affects the response of mice of the dilute brown (DBA) strain to percutaneous ad ministration of either 3,4-benzpyrene or 20-methylcholanthrene by altering the incidence of not only skin car...

background: the radioprotective effect of grewia asiatica fruit (gae) which contains anthocyanin type cyanidin 3- glucoside, vitamin c, a, minerals, carotenes and dietary fibers etc was studied. materials and methods: for study swiss albino mice were divided into five groups-1. control (vehicle treated) 2. gae treated (700 mg / kg. b.wt / day for fifteen days), 3. irradiated (5 gy), 4. gae + ir...

The activities of two enzymes viz: Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase and succinic dehydrogenase (SDH) in brain and liver of alloxan diabetic Swiss albino mice are reported. Alloxan diabetes caused significant decrease in the activity of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase reflecting reduced glucose transport across the cell membrane. On the contrary, the observed enhanced activity of the enzyme SDH is attributed to increased su...

1. A pneumotropic virus which forms elementary bodies has been isolated from apparently normal albino Swiss mice. 2. The antigenic relationship of this virus to those of meningopneumonitis, lymphogranuloma venereum, hamster pneumonia (7), and human pneumonitis (8) was established either by cross-immunity or complement fixation or both. 3. In spite of a relationship to other viruses, the virus c...

The histochemical effects of the lipid and the biochemical analysis of cholesterol content induced by mancozeb, a widely used fungicide in India and in Madhya Pradesh were observed on Swiss albino mice (Mus musculus albinicus). Three groups were used for the present experiment, where Group I was taken as control and was administered distilled water. Group II and III were the test groups receivi...

Aqueous extracts of seven species of edible mushrooms were tested for their antitumor activity against transplanted Sarcoma 180 in Swiss albino mice. All of the aqueous extracts except that of Auricularia auricula-judae (Bull. cx Fr.) QUé1. highly inhibited the growth of transplanted tumors. The active antitumor component of Lentinus edodes (Berk.) Sing. was not adsorbed by the acetate form of...