BACKGROUND The Lhoba are a small ethnic group, located in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Until 1960, their livelihood was predominantly based on swidden agriculture, hunting, and gathering. To investigate and document the plant species used by the Lhoba, ethnobotanical surveys were conducted in three villages of Nanyi Township in Milin County, Tibet, China. METHODS Ethnobotanical surve...

D. Pharm., B.Sc. (Hons), B.Pharm. (Hons), M.Pharm., Ph.D., FICS, CChem FIC (India), CChem FRSC (UK), CSci (UK), AOM (USA) Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shri Sarvajanik Pharmacy College, Gujarat Technological University, Arvind Baug, Mehsana-384001, Gujarat, India Phone: 00-91-2762-247711 (Ext-307); Fax: 00-91-2762-247712 Website: http://sspcmsn.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/F...

BACKGROUND By revealing historical and present plant use, ethnobotany contributes to drug discovery and socioeconomic development. Nepal is a natural storehouse of medicinal plants. Although several ethnobotanical studies were conducted in the country, many areas remain unexplored. Furthermore, few studies have compared indigenous plant use with reported phytochemical and pharmacological proper...

Host-targeting type IV secretion systems (T4SS) evolved from conjugative T4SS machineries that mediate interbacterial plasmid transfer. However, the origins of effectors secreted by these virulence devices have remained largely elusive. Previous work showed that some effectors exhibit homology to toxins of bacterial toxin-antitoxin modules, but the evolutionary trajectories underlying these tie...

This paper presents the hardware architecture for fractal image compression (FIC) with quadtree partitioning. Fractal image coding with quadtree partitioning allows one to produce higher quality of image. Processing image areas of different complexity with image blocks of varying size enables proper exploration of image details. Additionally, exploiting parallelism present within the algorithm ...

Natural products with antimycobacterial adjuvant potential may be utilized to address the rise of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). The antioxidant-rich oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) fruit (OPF) was investigated for activity against Mycobacterium (MTB) H37Ra using bio-guided fractionation techniques, followed by determination fractional inhibition index (FIC) first-line anti-TB drugs. In vi...

Introduction: Various training methods such as web-based tools have been developed to achieve the potential benefits of classification systems by World Health Organization (WHO). Given that users these different levels capability, usability problems could reduce speed and accuracy learning among interacting with tools. This study aims identify under WHO family international classifications (WHO...

INTRODUCTION Acute respiratory infections (ARI) contribute to more than 75% of health care seeking in primary health care facilities in India. Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are managed frequently by β-lactam, macrolide and fluroquinolone class of antibiotics. However, these recommended classes of antibiotic have shown resistance in community settings. Antibiotic combinations may provide b...

The current treatment options for Candida albicans biofilm-device related infections are very scarce due to their intrinsic increased tolerance to antimycotics. The aim of this work was to study synergistic action of terpenes (eugenol, menthol and thymol) with fluconazole (FLA) on C. albicans biofilm inhibition. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) assayed using CLSI M27-A3 broth micro-di...