Oliver St John Gogarty (1878-1957) was a celebrated Irish doctor and poet. A 'Renaissance' figure, he was renowned as a surgeon, poet, memoirist, senator, athlete and wit. His years as a medical student, although not crowned by academic success, were remarkable for many other achievements. A study of Gogarty's University career provides a number of lessons in the art of being a medical student....

Hypericin is a pigment present in the widely distributed medicinal plant Hypericum perforatum L. (Hypericaceae). In our research, hypericin was found to be an inhibitor of NADPH/Fe 2+ induced microsomal lipid peroxidation and NADPH-dependent lucigenin chemiluminescence emission in vitro. Hypericin also inhibited the microsomal CYP1Adependent 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) which participa...

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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate whether antidepressants are more effective than placebo in the primary care setting, and whether there are differences between substance classes regarding efficacy and acceptability. METHODS We conducted literature searches in MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), and PsycINFO up to December 2013. Random...

The process extraction of hypericin from the aerial parts Hypericum scabrum and perforatum was studied. On basis results research, following conditions were established: extractant – 80% ethanol, particle size raw material no more than 8 mm temperature 20–40 °C. By method mathematical planning experiment according to Box-Wilson, determined, which ensure with a yield 95%. Proposed five-fold H. n...