Allamanda violacea is an ornamental plant of the genus Allamanda belongs to family Apocynaceae. Different flower extracts of the plant have been reported to possess anti-hyperlipidemic, anti-hyperglycemic and anti-oxidant activities. Present study deals with the identification of phytochemical constituents of the petroleum ether (pet ether) and chloroform extract by GC-MS analysis, and the cons...

background hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc), a major fatal cancer worldwide, is induced by different etiological factors in the liver. objectives to gain insight into serum protein profiling of hcc with different etiologies. patients and methods we subjected the sera of hbv-hcc, hcv-hcc, non-b non-c-hcc patients, and healthy volunteers to two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-de) and liquid chro...

BACKGROUND The importance of Rumex genus and the renowned ethnopharmacological and biological potentials of Rumex hastatus is evident from the previous reports. Recently the R. hastatus has been evaluated for anticancer potential against HepG2, MCF7 or LNCaP cell lines with considerable cytotoxicity. We also reported the anti-tumor and anti-angiogenic potentials of R. hastatus. The current stud...

Objective: Phototoxicity is a kind of dermatitis that is activated by exposure to ultraviolet light following the administration of some drugs or natural products. Artemia salina (A. salina) (brine shrimp) has been effectively applied for toxicity testing and is perfect for biological screening of many chemicals for simultaneous evaluation of toxicity and phototoxicity. The objective of this st...