Hepatotoxicity is a common condition of liver damage due to chemical entities or any other substances. The present study aims to explore the hepatoprotective activity of aqueous and alcoholic extracts of aerial parts of Enicostemma axillare (Lam.) Raynal against Lantana camara Linn induced hepatotoxicity in albino rats. Silymarin (100mg/kg) is used as a reference standard. The aqueous and alcoh...

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Indigofera suffruticosa is specie typical of the "Cerrado" or Brazilian savannah; it is a member of the Fabaceae family - in folkmedicine is used for gastric disorders, infection and inflammation. AIM OF THE STUDY Ethyl acetate fraction (AcF) and aqueous fraction (AqF) of the methanolic extract of I. suffruticosa leaves were evaluated against acute gastric ulcer...

Allergic asthma has emerged as an important public health problem of urban populations in developed countries. Very often herbal medicine is used to treat this widespread disease, due to the lack of efficacy and the important side effects related to the classical drugs in use. Along this line, Ocimum gratissimum (Og) is a plant widely used in Brazilian folk medicine to treat inflammatory disord...

Higher blood lead (BPb) levels have been reported in children living in communities that receive fluoride-treated water. Here, we examined whether fluoride co-administered with lead increases BPb and lead concentrations in calcified tissues in Wistar rats exposed to this metal from the beginning of gestation. We exposed female rats and their offspring to control water (Control Group), 100mg/L o...

ed by: African Index Medicus (WHO), CAB Abstracts, Index Copernicus, Global Health Abstracts, Asian Science Index, Index Veterinarius, Bioline International , African Journals online Full-text available at http://www.ajbrui.com http://www.bioline.br/md http://www.ajol.com Received: April 2006 Accepted (Revised): July 2006 Published September 2006 Full Length Research Article Anti-Inflammatory a...

Adsorption is the most versatile and widely used method for the removal of pollutants due to its high efficiency and ease of operation at large scale. In recent years nano metal oxides have been extensively used for the removal of pharmaceutical pollutants from waste water. In the present study, the adsorption behaviour of ciprofloxacin hydrochloride from aqueous medium, using CuO nanoparticles...

Paradoxical sleep deprivation (PSD) increases pain sensitivity and reduces morphine antinociception. Because dopaminergic neurons in the periaqueductal gray matter (PAG) participate in pain modulation and opioid-induced antinociception, we evaluated the effects of PSD on thermal pain sensitivity, morphine- and L-DOPA-induced antinociception and dopaminergic functionality in the PAG by assessing...

Zanthozylum zanthozyloides a common component of the rain forest vegetation is used as chewing stick. It known for its antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, antisickling, antibacterial, antiviral, antihepatoxicity, antiallegic, antitumor and antihypertensive properties. Phytochemicals present include Saponins, Tannins, Phenols, Cardiac glycoside, Flavonoids, Anthracene Alkaloids. The aqueous extrac...

The Antihypertensive Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT) just published, is the largest clinical trial so far conducted. Under the auspices of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), it included over 40 000 high-risk hypertensive patients (aged 55 years or older) who were followed over 5 years (with the exception of the doxazosin treatment arm, which was...