Anti gastric ulcer activity of root, stem and leaves of Amaranthus spinosus Linn. was studied against ethanol, hydrochloric acid, indomethacin, stress and pyloric ligation induced gastric ulceration in albino rats. Omeprazole was used as standard anti gastric ulcer drug. Significant anti gastric ulcer activity was noted in root, stem and leaves of Amaranthus spinosus Linn. Root of the plant, ho...

New approaches to teaching introductory computer science are sorely needed. Current instruction in programming has been shown to result in relatively poor understanding of the programming language under study, little development of problem solving skills, and little progress toward the central issues of analysis and design (e. g., Dalbey & Linn, 1985; Gorman & Bourne, 1983; Kurland, Pea, Clemen...

This study demonstrates 5α-reductase inhibitory activity of certain herbs useful in the management of androgenic disorders. Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst (GL), Urtica dioica Linn. (UD), Caesalpinia bonducella Fleming. (CB), Tribulus terrestris Linn. (TT), Pedalium murex Linn. (PM), Sphaeranthus indicus Linn. (SI), Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. (CR), Citrullus colocynthis Schrad. (CC), Benincasa h...

methanol extract of dried leaves of momordica charantia linn ( cucurbitaceae ) was investigated for anxiolytic, antidepressant and anti-inflammatory activities in animal models. anxiolytic activity of methanol extract of dried leaves of momordica charantia linn was tested by elevated plus maze test and the results showed a significant anxiolytic effect comparable, with diazepam in all the teste...

androgenetic alopecia is the most common form of hair loss in men. the present study was designed to evaluate the hair growth-promoting activity of a preparation of the adiantum capillus veneris linn. (a. capillus veneris linn.) on albino mice using a testosterone-induced alopecia model. five groups of albino mice were studied: (a) testosterone solution only (n=6); (b) testosterone ‏+ finasteri...

Leaves of Dodonaea viscose Linn are used in the treatment of gout and rheumatism. This present work deals with pharmacognostical studies such as leaf constants, ash values, extractive values and also preliminary phytochemical studies of leaves of Dodonaea Viscosa Linn.

cuminum cyminum linn. (umbelliferae) is a plant, which has been used as a toothache remedy in folk medicine of iran. in this study, the potential anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of the fruit essential oil of c. cyminum has been evaluated in chemical (formalin test) and thermal (tail-flick test) models of nociception and formalin model of acute inflammation in rats and mice. th...