Twenty cases of parinamasula (duodenal ulcer) were selected for the clinical study. The patients were diagnosed on the basis of barium meal, X-ray and gastric analysis in addition to the clinical history and physical examination. All the cases were ulcer positive or with duodenal bulb deformity. Group A (15cases) was having hyperchlorhydria and hyperacidity and group B (5cases) was having norma...

Antioxidant activity of asparagus, broccoli and their juices was evaluated using 2,20-diphenyl-l-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,20-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) and b-carotene bleaching assays. Asparagus showed greater antioxidant activity than broccoli. Asparagus juice also had greater antioxidant activity than broccoli juice. Methanol and acetone extracts of asparagus and ...