Oral administration of aqueous leaf extract of Cassia auriculata L. (100, 200, 400 and 600 mg/kg body wt daily for 21 days) to alloxan-induced mild diabetic (MD) and severe diabetic (SD) rabbits produced dose dependent fall in fasting blood glucose up to 400 mg/kg dose from day 3 to day 21. Further, a significant elevation in the levels of insulin and reduction in glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1...

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most prevalent cancer of the oral cavity and the fifth most prevalent of all malignancies in males. Many researchers have attempted to develop new treatments that will improve the prognosis of SCC patients. Over 20% of the world's biodiversity is located within the Brazilian forests, but little is known about the chemical and/or pharmacological potential of ...

Obligate mutualistic nursery pollination systems between insects and plants have led to substantial codiversification involving at least some parallel cladogenesis, as documented in Yucca, Ficus and Phyllanthaceae. In such systems, pollinators are generally species specific thus limiting hybridization and introgression among interfertile host species. Nevertheless, in the three systems, cases o...

Objectives: The present study was undertaken to investigate the diuretic properties of the seeds of Hygrophila auriculata (Schum) (Acanthaceae) in normal Wistar Albino rats. Methods: Alcohol extracts of seeds of H. auriculata (300mg/kg and 500mg/kg p.o.) were investigated for diuretic activity by measuring the total urine output over 24hrs and electrolytes (Sodium, Potassium and Chloride) estim...

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Anthropogenic climate change may threaten many species with extinction. However, species at risk today survived global climate change in recent geological history. Describing how habitat tracking and adaptation allowed species to survive warming since the end of the Pleistocene can indicate the relative importance of dispersal and natural selection during climate change. By taking this historic...

3.1 Members Toshiyuki Imamura (Team Leader) Yoshiharu Ohi (PostDoctoral Researcher) Yusuke Hirota (PostDoctoral Researcher) Daichi Mukunoki (PostDoctoral Researcher) Daisuke Takahashi (Senior Visiting Researcher) Franz Franchetti (Visiting Researcher) Yoshio Okamoto (Visiting Researcher) Takeshi Fukaya (Visiting Researcher) Cong Li (Student Trainee) Doru Thom Popovich (Student Trainee) Yukiko A...

Wepresent a systemfor verifyingthe timing speci cations of digital interfaces. The systemis based on a static analysis of the temporal protocols on the control signals whichmake up the interface. Veri cationis performedbycheckingthat nocausal chainof events onthe control signals violates any of the protocol constraints on those same signals. While the systemdoes not performanychecking of functi...