Essential oils as defined by the European Pharmacopeia 7th edition “Odorant products, which have complex composition, and obtained from plant raw extract, either extracted steam of water, dry distillation or a suitable mechanical method without heating. Generally, physical is used for separation essential oil aqueous phase has no significant change in its chemical composition”. The are differen...

The present study was designed to investigate the ameliorative potential of Ocimum sanctum and its saponin rich fraction in vincristine-induced peripheral neuropathic pain in rats. Peripheral neuropathy was induced in rats by administration of vincristine sulfate (50 mug/kg i.p.) for 10 consecutive days. The mechanical hyperalgesia, cold allodynia, paw heat hyperalgesia and cold tail hyperalges...

PC: Where were you born? WWF: I was born on Jan 31, 1940 during the fi rst weeks of the World War 2, in Paderborn, the place of a thousand springs, one of the oldest cities in Germany, an important place, a King’s palace or Pfalz in the days of Charlemagne. I attended the local high school, the gymnasium, as we call it, one of the oldest schools in Germany that was donated by Pope Leo the 3 rd ...

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OBJECTIVE To check the antimicrobial activity of Azadirachta indica (Neem), Ocimum sanctum (Tulsi), Mimusops elelngi (Bakul), Tinospora cardifolia (Giloy) and Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHX) on common endodontic pathogens like Streptococcus mutans, Enterococcus faecalis and staphylococcus aureus. MATERIALS AND METHODS The agar diffusion test was used to check the antimicrobial activity of the M...

Ethanolic extract of leaves of O. sanctum was investigated for normal wound healing and dexamethasone depressed healing using incision, excision and dead space wound models in albino rats. The extract of O. sanctum significantly increased the wound breaking strength in incision wound model. The extract treated wounds were found to epithelialize faster and the rate of wound contraction was signi...