Introduction: Investigating the effects of colocynth pulp on levels of testosterone and changes in the reproductive system organs in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Methods: In this study, 32 Wistar rats were divided into four groups of normal (N), normal+colocynth pulp (N+C), diabetic control (D), and diabetic+colocynth pulp (D+C). Groups N and D received orally 2 mL normal saline for tw...

Five common homoeopathic drugs viz., Belladonna, Bryonia, Colchicum, Colocynth and Lathyrus sat were selected and tested against growth and aflatoxin production of Aspergillus flavus. The result indicates that all five drugs suppressed the growth of A. flavus. The lower concentration of all the tested drugs induced maximum growth of fungi and maximum production of aflatoxin. However, the growth...

Salinity and heavy metal stresses are a great hindrance to the germination development of plants. Nickel (Ni) is an indispensable micronutrient for plants at low concentrations. However, proficiency depends upon plant types. Citrullus colocynth medicinal cucurbit weed. The contemporary target study appraise influence combined by varying concentrations sodium chloride nickel on germination, morp...

Modern treatment strategies provide better overall survival in cancer patients, primarily by controlling tumor growth. However, off-target and systemic toxicity, tumor recurrence, and resistance to therapy are still inadvertent hurdles in current treatment regimens. Similarly, metastasis is another deadly threat to patients suffering from cancer. This has created an urgent demand to come up wit...

Introduction. Citrullus colocynthis Schrad. is a commonly used medicinal plant especially as a hypoglycemic agent. Case Presentation. Four patients with colocynth intoxication are presented. The main clinical feature was acute rectorrhagia preceeded by mucosal diarrhea with tenesmus, which gradually progressed to bloody diarrhea and overt rectorrhagia within 3 to 4 hours. The only colonoscopic ...

The negative impacts of high stocking density on the commercial poultry industry compromise sustainable birds’ productivity and welfare. Thus, we investigated potential colocynth seed (CC) supplementation in alleviating broilers’ performance, immunity, inflammation, redox status. A total 648 one-day-old male Cobb 500 chicks were recruited distributed into 2 × factorial arrangements. treatment g...

Dear Editor, Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM)is one of the most prevalent childhood chronic endocrine disorders, which cause short-term and long-term side effects if not controlled appropriately. Traditional medicine (TM) and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) have been used extensively for prevention and treatment of T1DM in the past.1 We conducted a study to identify all alternative ...