Background: Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks which cause significant psychological distress, affects one’s work, family, social life may even result suicide. During homoeopathic drug proving of Anacardium Orientale, per provers Materia Medica re...

Dioscin, a saponin extracted from the root of Polygonatum Zanlanscianense Pamp, markedly inhibited proliferation of Hela cells. The results indicated that Hela cells underwent apoptosis in dose- and time-dependent manners when treated with Dioscin. Caspase-3, -8 and -9 activities were also detected. The low enzymatic activity of caspase-8 and high activity of caspase-9 showed that the mitochond...

AIM OF THE STUDY The current study was designed to establish the pharmacological rationale for the traditional use of the rhizomes of Polygonatum verticillatum in the treatment of painful conditions and as a plant diuretic. MATERIALS AND METHODS The crude methanolic extract of the rhizomes of Polygonatumverticillatum (PR) was tested in various established pain models in rodents at 50, 100 and...

Conservation focuses on maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, but gaps in our knowledge of species biology and ecological processes often impede progress. For this reason, focal species and habitats are used as surrogates for multispecies conservation, but species-based approaches are not widely adopted in marine ecosystems. Reserves in the Solomon Islands were designed on the bas...

PD Massey, R Asugeni, J Wakageni, E Kekeubata, J Maena'aadi, J Laete'esafi, J Waneagea, H Harrington, G Fangaria, D MacLaren, R Speare Health Protection, Hunter New England Population Health, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia Atoifi Adventist Hospital, Malaita, Solomon Islands Community leader, East Kwaio, Solomon Islands School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, Queen...