Volume 7, Issue 4

October-December 2015 · pp. 295–400 · 15 articles

Volume: 7
Issue: 4
Published: October-December 2015
Pages: 295–400
Articles: 15
Sections: 2
ISSN: ISSN: Print - 0976-4836, Online - 0974-8490
Journal: Pharmacogn. Res.

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Bioactive compounds from Carissa opaca roots and xanthine oxidase and alpha-amylase inhibitory activities of their methanolic extract and its fractions in different solvents
Ramsha Saeed, Dildar Ahmed
pp. 295–301 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.158440 · Published October-December 2015
Background Carissa opaca is known for its many ethnomedicinal uses. There was a need to study its bioactivities and identify its phytochemicals. Objective The objective was to isolate and identify phytochemicals from roo…
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Beliefs, attitudes and self-use of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy medicines among senior pharmacy students: An exploratory insight from Andhra Pradesh, India
Akram Ahmad, Muhammad Umair Khan, Bandari Deepak Kumar, Gogikar Sudhir Kumar, Stephanie Perez Rodriguez, Isha Patel
pp. 302–308 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.158438 · Published October-December 2015
Objectives To assess the beliefs, attitudes and self-use of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy (AYUSH) medicines among senior pharmacy students. Methodology This was a descriptive cross-section…
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Alpha-amylase inhibitory activity and phytochemical study of Zhumeria majdae Rech. f. and Wendelbo
Behnaz Mirshafie, Najmeh Mokhber-Dezfouli, Azadeh Manayi, Soodabeh Saeidnia, Yousef Ajani, Ahmad Reza Gohari
pp. 309–313 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.158442 · Published October-December 2015
Background Zhumeria majdae (Lamiaceae) is an endemic species growing in the South parts of Iran especially Hormozgan province. The plant is so-called Mohrekhosh locally and widely used for medicinal purposes including st…
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Alpha-amylase inhibitory activity and sterol composition of the marine algae, Sargassum glaucescens
Nasrin Payghami, Shahla Jamili, Abdolhossein Rustaiyan, Soodabeh Saeidnia, Marjan Nikan, Ahmad Reza Gohari
pp. 314–321 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.167893 · Published October-December 2015
Background Sargassum species (phaeophyceae) are economically important brown algae in southern parts of Iran. Sargassum is mainly harvested as a row material in alginate production industries and is a source of plant foo…
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Antiproliferative evaluation of terpenoids and terpenoid coumarins from Ferulago macrocarpa (Fenzl) Boiss. fruits
Seyed-Ebrahim Sajjadi, Maryam Jamali, Yalda Shokoohinia, Gisya Abdi, Behzad Shahbazi, Ali Fattahi
pp. 322–328 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.158437 · Published October-December 2015
Background Ferulago macrocarpa is a plant used as flavoring agent and protectant in the food industry and as a folk medicinal plant in Iran with no available information on its chemical identity. Ferulago spp. showed to …
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Seasonal variation in the chemical composition, antioxidant activity, and total phenolic content of Artemisia absinthium essential oils
A. Mohammadi, T. Ahmadzadeh Sani, A. A. Ameri, M. Imani, E. Golmakani, H. Kamali
pp. 329–334 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.158441 · Published October-December 2015
Background The genus Artemisia belonging to the Compositae (Asteraceae) family and many traditional uses from the Artemisia species were reported. Artemisia absinthium is one of the species in this genus and commonly use…
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Chemical constituents of Phragmanthera austroarabica A. G. Mill and J. A. Nyberg with potent antioxidant activity
Jihan M. Badr
pp. 335–340 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.158436 · Published October-December 2015
Background Phragmanthera austroarabica A.G. Mill. and J. A. Nyberg is a semi parasitic plant belonging to family Loranthaceae. It was collected from Saudi Arabia. It is widely used in folk medicine among the kingdom in t…
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Effects of mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine (the alkaloids of Mitragyna speciosa Korth) on 4-methylumbelliferone glucuronidation in rat and human liver microsomes and recombinant human uridine 5’-diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase isoforms
Munirah Haron, Sabariah Ismail
pp. 341–349 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.159580 · Published October-December 2015
Background Glucuronidation catalyzed by uridine 5’-diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) is a major phase II drug metabolism reaction which facilitates drug elimination. Inhibition of UGT activity can cause drug-drug i…
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Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorder and alternative medicine therapies among dentists of North India: A descriptive study
Devanand Gupta, Amit Mathur, Gaurav I. Patil, Harshad K. Tippanawar, Ankita Jain, Namita Jaggi, Rajendra Kumar Gupta, Purnima Garg
pp. 350–354 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157810 · Published October-December 2015
Aim Health professionals especially the dental professional are the frequent targets of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD). Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) can be of some help in managing these MSD especially i…
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Cholesterol esterase inhibitory activity of bioactives from leaves of Mangifera indica L
G. M. Gururaja, Deepak Mundkinajeddu, Shekhar M. Dethe, Gopala K. Sangli, K. Abhilash, Amit Agarwal
pp. 355–362 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.159578 · Published October-December 2015
Background In the earlier studies, methanolic extract of Mangifera indica L leaf was exhibited hypocholesterol activity. However, the bioactive compounds responsible for the same are not reported so far. Objective To iso…
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A New Antimicrobial Prenylated Benzo-lactone from the Rhizome of Cissus cornifolia
Aliyu M. Musa, Nasir Tajuddeen, Abdullahi Y. Idris, Abdurahman Y. Rafindadi, Musa I. Abdullahi, Abubakar B. Aliyu, Mikhail S. Abdullahi, Mohammed A. Ibrahim
pp. 363–366 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.159572 · Published October-December 2015
Background Medicinal plants remain one of the largest reservoirs of new bioactive compounds. In this study, a new prenylated benzo-lactone (4, 6-dihydroxy-5-methoxy-3-(1, 2, 3, 4, 5-pentahydroxypentyl)-2-benzofuran-1(3H)…
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Anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic activity of a methanol extract from Vitellaria paradoxa stem bark
Harquin Simplice Foyet, David Emery Tsala, Zogo Essono Bodo J.C, Azanfack Name Carine, Lissia Toussoumna Heroyne, Eyong Kenneth Oben
pp. 367–377 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.159569 · Published October-December 2015
Background Vitellaria paradoxa is a traditional medicinal plant of Cameroon. Several studies on this plant have focused on the cosmetic profile of its fruits. The present study focuses on the anti-inflammatory potency of…
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Preclinical screening of phyllanthus amarus ethanolic extract for its analgesic and antimicrobial activity
S. Sham Bhat, K. Sundeep Hegde, Sharath Chandrashekhar, S. N. Rao, Shyamjith Manikkoth
pp. 378–392 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.159577 · Published October-December 2015
Background To discover a new agent which possesses dual property of analgesic and antimicrobial activity, thereby reducing the burden of polypharmacy. Phyllanthus amarus was screened for its analgesic and antimicrobial a…
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The evaluation of the activity of medicinal remedies of plant and animal origin on the regeneration of the earthworms’ tail segments
Viktor Alexandrovich Bybin, Daevard Iosifovich Stom
pp. 393–396 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.159581 · Published October-December 2015
Now, in the global community there is enough hard recommendation to replace the vertebrate test animals into simpler organisms at the development, testing, and evaluation of the quality pharmaceuticals. The feature of pl…

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Ammi Visnaga in treatment of urolithiasis and hypertriglyceridemia
Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Ahed Jumah Mahmoud Al-Khatib, Asim Ahmed Elnour, Naama M. S. Al Kalbani, Abdulla Shehab
pp. 397–400 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.167894 · Published October-December 2015
Ammi visnaga is a widely distributed Ancient Egyptian medicinal plant used for treatment of several diseases including urolithiasis (kidney stones). The active chemical constituents’ khellin and visnagin obtained from th…