Mitochondrm are important in ion transport, as has been shown in recent biochemical studies. For e~ample, Stanbury and Mudge have shown that isolated mitochondria are capable of maintaining high concentrations of potassium when suspended in potassium poor solutions (7), and Bartley and Davies have shown that isolated mitochondria can take up cations from the surrounding solution against a conce...

Among two flavanones [YS01, YS02] and eight prenylflavanones [YS03-YS10], preliminary screening with fifteen test bacterial strains showed that YS06 was the most active agent. YS06 exhibited highly significant antimicrobial action when tested against 228 bacterial strains comprising two Gram-positive and six Gram-negative genera. The in vitro susceptibility test was carried out by determining t...

Article history: Received on: 05/04/2015 Revised on: 11/05/2015 Accepted on: 24/05/2015 Available online: 27/06/2015 Background: Indian subcontinent is a vast repository of medicinal plants that are used in traditional medical treatments. Various indigenous systems such as Siddha, Ayurveda, Unani and Allopathy use several plant species to treat different ailments. Ayurveda includes diet and her...

The present study was carried out to elucidate the potential of, chloroform extract of Pandanus (P.) fascicularis Lamk (Family-Pandanaceae) leaves on antinociceptive, behavioral study and antiinflammatory effects using various animal models The dried, powdered leaves of, P. fascicularis were extracted successively with petroleum ether (60 80°C) and chloroform in soxhlet apparatus. The chlorofor...

Morphometric data on larval and adult specimens of Angiostrongy/us (Paras/rongy/us) costaricensis Morera & Céspedes, 1971 recovered trom Swiss albino mice experimentally infected is presented. Infective larvae were obtained trom parasitized veronicellid Sa/'asinu/a /JIo/'ginoto (Semper, 1885) maintained in the laboratory. This is the tirst complete morpho1l1etric study regarding speci1l1ens of ...

Petroleum ether, ethanol and water extracts of Trigonella foenum graecum seeds were investigated separately to determine their antiimplantation (antifertility) and estrogenic/antiestrogenic activity in female albino rats and Swiss mice. Among these, ethanol extract was found to be the most effective as antiimplantation and estrogenic agent. In preliminary phytochemical screening, ethanol extrac...

A significant correlation was shown in Rockland-Swiss albino mice between the number of fetuses and maternal nest-building performance as assessed by the amount of nesting material gathered into the cage. The greater the number of fetuses, the more nesting material was gathered. A significant correlation first appeared on Day 4 and was maintained until Day 18 of gestation.

Antilymphocyte serum given to suppress selectively the cell response to Langat virus in Swiss albino mice prolonged the average survival times. In vitro, lymph-node cells from virus-immunized mice were strongly cytotoxic for syngenic non-neuronal brain cells infected with virus. The implications of these findings are discussed, with particular reference to the concept of autoimmunity.

Objective: Oxidative stress is one of the main mechanisms epilepsy and depression. Based on our information, behavioral effects dexpanthenol in animals have not yet been demonstrated. Dexpanthenol itself a topical medicine to restore skin barrier against infections caused by microorganisms which also stimulates peristaltic movements gut when administered parenterally; however since it cheap eas...

Abstract The Indian system of medicine, Ayurveda employs Bacopa monnieri extract (BME) for memory enhancement. This study attempts to prepare and test a more potent formulation by incorporating BME in nanovesicles. BME-loaded liposomes bilosomes (bile salt-stabilized liposomes) were formulated using soy phosphatidylcholine. Liposomes had homogeneous size distribution an average 285.7 nm 84 nm, ...