12 articles in this issue
Maria Javeed, Azhar Rasul, Ghulam Hussain, Farhat Jabeen, Bilal Rasool, Ammara Riaz, Ghazala Kaukab, Muhammad Ali
This review article aims to provide an update on the sources, pharmaco-logical and biological profile of a ß-carboline alkaloid, harmine which is a major bioactive component of various plants mainly Peganum harmala. Harmine’s wide range of pharmacological... see more
Fatema Johora, Md. Sayedur Rahman
The present research was conducted to evaluate the quality of pharmaceutical promotional literature. Indications was mentioned in 88.2% promotional literature and less than half (40.0, 33.9 and 38.9%) of these contains side effects, precautions and contra... see more
Samreen Pervez, Muhammad Saeed, Haroon Khan, Muhammad Shahid, Irfan Ullah
The present study was conducted to explore the protective effect of B. baluchistanica against gentamicin-induced renal toxicity in rabbits. Phytochemical investigations lead to the isolation of berberine and palmatine. The crude hydro-methanolic extract a... see more
Anqing Jiang, Yijie Liu, Xuefeng Li, Jie Chen, Heng Wang, Huilin Yang, Weimin Jiang
This study was designed to understand whether the post-menopausal Chinese women (n=175) receiving tablet containing vitamin D (500 IU) and calcium (500 mg) had lower incidence of bone fracture compared to the post-menopausal Chinese women ((n=175) receivi... see more
Anuar Gómez Salazar, Saudy Saret Pérez Pablo, María Mirian Carmona Estévez, María Estela Camargo Meléndez
The aim of this study was to evaluate the diuretic activity of aqueous extract of Verbesina crocata at different doses in rat. The aqueous extract (100 and 400 mg/kg for decoction; 200 and 400 mg/kg for smoothie form), furosemide (4 mg/kg and vehicle were... see more
Bharati Zaware, Ritu Gilhotra, Sanjay Ravindra Chaudhari
The aim of present investigation was to validate its folk use in the treatment of ulcerative colitis in the rat model. Sprague Dawley rats were divided into nine groups with six animals in each group. The rats received seven days of pretreatment with chlo... see more
Rukhsana Anwar, Rabeea Sultan, Fasiha Batool
The aim of this study was to investigate the sub-acute nephroprotective effect of Berberis lycium root bark extracts against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. Aqueous and methanol extracts (200 and 400 mg/kg) were co-administered with cisplatin (4 mg/kg) ... see more
Qi Feng Tang, Yang Xie, Hong Xie, Wen Qiang Jiang, Zhi Yuan Fang
The effects of sevoflurane postconditioning on myocardial oncosis and autophagy were studied in 32 isolated rat heart of ischemia-reperfusion injury. The hearts were perfused by: a) Sham surgery group, b) simple sevoflurane group, c) simple ischemia-reper... see more
Pamoda B. Ratnaweera, R. Chandula Walgama, Kinkini U. Jayasundera, Suseema D. Herath, S. Abira, David E. Williams, Raymond J. Andersen, E. Dilip de Silva
In a study designed to determine the antibacterial potential of endophytic fungi inhabiting plants of Cyperaceae family, 72 morphologically distinct endophytic fungi were isolated from six plants and their antibacterial activities against two Gram positiv... see more
Maodi Xu, Qingquan Xue, Zhichen Pu, Zijing Wu, Haitang Xie
The aim of this meta-analysis was to systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of novel oral anticoagulants and vitamin K antagonists in the treatment of venous thromboembolism. A total of 6 studies met the inclusion criteria and a total of 19,350 p... see more
Haitham N. Qaralleh
The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of Origanum ramonense essential oil extracted from the air-dried leaves against ß-lactamase and extended-spectrum ß-lactamase obtained from the patients with urinary tract infection. The ess... see more
Mallikarjuna Rao Talluri, Alekhya Ketha, Ganga Rao Battu, Rajananda Swamy Tadi, Vinay Bharadwaj Tatipamula
The present work was carried out to identify the anti-oxidant and anti-diabetic activities of Aurelia aurita. The chemical profiling analysis showed that it possess different biologically active secondary metabolites like phenols, alakoids, steroids etc. ... see more