1. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Bahria University Medical & Dental College, Karachi. 2. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Bahria University Medical & Dental College, Karachi. 3. Professor of pharmacology, United Medical & Dental College, Karachi 4. Professor of Pharmacology, Bahria University Medical & Dental College, Karachi. ABSTRACT... Objective: To evaluate anti-inflammatory acti...

AIM The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of different cavity disinfectants on microleakage of Class V resin- based composite restorations in primary teeth. MATERIALS AND METHODS Standard non-beveled Class V cavities were prepared on 50 human primary anterior teeth with the incisal and cervical margin placed on the enamel. The crowns were randomly divided into 6 groups. Four e...

Coniothyrium-like fungi are common wood and soil inhabitants and hyperparasites on other fungi. They belong to different fungal genera within the Pleosporales. Several isolates were obtained on wood of different Prunus species (plum, peach and nectarine) from South Africa, on Actinidia species from Italy and on Laurus nobilis from Turkey. Morphological and cultural characteristics as well as DN...

There are approximately 28 species of Aerva genus, but only a few species are medicinal of which A. persica, A. lanata and A. javanica are of great value. A number of flavonol glycosides (e.g., aervanone, kaempferol-3-galactoside, isorhamnetin-3-O-β-D-glucoside) have been reported from Aerva persica as major phytoconstituents and the minor constituents are β-cyanins (glycine betaine and trigone...

Aim: The aim of the present study was to determine the cytotoxic effect of three commercial mouth washes (chlorhexidine, persica and Irsha) upon Hela cells. Methods and Material: For determination cytotoxicity of Irsha, Chlorhexidine and Persica, uninfected cells were grown in the absence and presence of various dilutions (1:2 to 1:128) of these mouth wash at different times (1,2,5,15 and 60 mi...

Nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina) is a sub-tropical fruit tree with strong cold sensitivity. In this study, flesh of nectarine (Shuguang) was used to determine the difference in transcripti...