Rustum Roy

Roy 27_7

Multiple genetic alterations are common in cancers including those of the breast. The mechanisms leading to these alterations such as point mutations, gene amplifications, deletions and replication error are often associated with frequent and consistent loss of heterozygosity (LOH) or microsatellite instability (MSI). Several cytological and molecular studies have shown high frequency loss of g...

Roy D'Andrade

Event-based prospective memory involves remembering to perform an action in response to a particular future event (e.g., give your colleague a message when you see her). In the typical laboratory paradigm to investigate event-based prospective memory, participants perform a particular action (e.g., press the Z key) when a target word appears on a computer screen during an ongoing task (e.g., a ...

Roy Porter

K. Roy George

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is one of the commonest food additives in the developed world and it is a commonly used flavour enhancer. MSG can be found in various concentrations in numerous food products. MSG is a sodium salt of glutamic acid, a naturally occurring non-essential amino acid with trade names such as Ajinomoto, Vetsin, Ac’cent and Tasting Powder. Although, MSG could improve the pala...

1 B Roy & BR Giri.pmd

The current study was carried out to test the root hair extract of Carex baccans, a traditionally used medicinal plant by the natives (Jaintia tribes) of Northeast India, for its anthelmintic efficacy on the trematode Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex. The test parasites were exposed to different concentrations of the root hair extract of the plant and praziquantel, a broad-spectrum anthelmintic at...