Symplocos Racemosa (Roxb.) known in Hindi as Lodhra, is a common indigenous drug used by Ayurvedic practitioners for the treatment of diarrhoea. dysentery, liver diseases etc. (Chopra,1958, Nadkarni, 1954). Although it is a popular drug, no scientific investigation has been done to elucidate its pharmacological actions. This communication embodies the findings of a preliminary phytochemical and...

Background: Danae racemosa is used medicinally and as a culinary spice. Its constituents are stated to have antithrombotic, antihepatotoxic, antinociceptive and antioxidant. Objective: Enhanced oxidative stress and changes in antioxidant capacity are considered to play an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic diabetes mellitus. Methods: Wistar male rat (n=30) were allocated into thre...

Bauhinia variegata L. is traditionally used in treating a variety of ailments in India. Phytochemical screening and in vitro free radical scavenging activity of aqueous and ethanolic bark extracts of Bauhinia variegata was assessed by studying its ability to scavenge DPPH, Nitric oxide, hydroxyl radical and reducing power. Phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of steroid, phenol/ tannin,...

background: danae racemosa is a strong antioxidant and antioxidants have significant effects on spermatogenesis, sperm biology and oxidative stress, and changes in antioxidant capacity are considered to be involved in the pathogenesis of chronic diabetes mellitus. objective: because stz causes testicular dysfunction and degeneration under situations of experimentally induced diabetes in animal ...

Materials and methods Were performed the comparison between the AA sequence of the GenBank: CAA94019.1-ribulose 1,5biphosphate carboxylase large subunit, partial (chloroplast) [Bauhinia forficata subsp. pruinosa] and GenBank: BAC20389.1-pancreatic beta-cell specific transcriptional activator [Homo sapiens], available in the database of NCBI with the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLASTp) so...

Statistical analysis such as experimental design, regression and multi-response analyses are powerful tools for the characterization and optimization of the pharmaceutical process by studying the effects of variables affecting them and their possible interactions. In this paper, these analyses were detailed presented during the development and optimization of a process for the extraction of fla...

Bauhinia holophylla, commonly known as "cow's hoof", is widely used in Brazilian folk medicine for the diabetes treatment. Therefore, the aim of this study was at evaluating the aqueous extract effect of Bauhinia holophylla leaves treatment on the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Diabetes was induced by Streptozotocin (40 mg/Kg) in female Wistar rats. Oral administration of aqueous extract...

In her article "McCarthy's The Road and Ethical Choice in a Post-Apocalyptic World" Jingjing Guo analyses ethical choice and its implications in McCarthy's The Road. After examining the deterioration of the ethical context and the prevalence of evil reflected in cannibalism, Guo highlights the father's ethical choice and dilemma. Different from most others, the father chooses to keep alive to p...