Yadong Wang, Nai Ding, Nayef Ahmar , Juanjuan Xiang, David Poeppel, 4 Jonathan Z. Simon 5 1. Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, College 6 Park, MD 20742, USA 7 2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, 8 College Park, MD 20742, USA 9 3. Department of Psychology, New York University, New York 10003, USA 10 4. Center for Neur...

Alcoholic extract of root of Inula racemosa, was studied for its antiallergic effect in experimental models of type I hypersensitivity, viz. egg albumin induced passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) and mast cell degranulation in albino rats. The alcoholic extract was prepared by the process of continuous heat extraction. LD50 of this extract was found to be 2100 +/- 60 mg/kg, i.p. Assessment of ...

According to the World Journal of Gastroenterology, more than 5 million people worldwide suffer from inflammatory bowel disease. The use phytotherapeutic remedies in treatment chronic processes can be an effective alternative patient’s therapy. advantage herbal medicines is ability influence various links pathogenesis, lack addiction, and absence withdrawal syndrome with long-term pathology. In...

An Aedes aegypti larval toxicity bioassay was performed on compounds representing many classes of natural compounds including polyacetylenes, phytosterols, flavonoids, sesquiterpenoids, and triterpenoids. Among these compounds, two eudesmanolides, alantolactone, and isoalantolactone showed larvicidal activities against Ae. aegypti and, therefore, were chosen for further structure-activity relat...

The pro-inflammatory cytokine, Interleukin-6 (IL-6), has been proposed to be one of the mediators that link chronic inflammation to glucose intolerance and insulin resistance. Many studies have demonstrated the effects of IL-6 on insulin action in the skeletal muscle. However, few studies have investigated the effect of long-term treatment of IL-6, leading to glucose intolerance and insulin res...