The seed of Croton tiglium L. (SCT) is a well known folk medicine. In China, it has used to treat gastrointestinal disorders, intestinal inflammation, rheumatism, and so on. Previous studies established its purgative and inflammation properties. In addition, the effects of essential oil of SCT on intestinal transit and gastrointestinal tract has been studied. In the present study, we evalu...

preparation prior to video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is as essential as bowel preparation prior to colonoscopy, since several factors, such as food material, air bubbles in the small bowel and delayed gastric and small bowel transit time (SBTT) influence the small bowel visualization quality (SBVQ), diagnostic yield (DY), and completion rate (CR). The 2009 Euro-pean Society of Gastrointestinal En...

Manilkara zapota “chicozapote” is an autochthonous evergreen tree from the Southern regions of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. Currently, it widely distributed extensively grown in Mexico Southeast Asia. Traditionally, different structures plant have been used for medical purposes; seeds diuretic purgative properties, aiding digestive complications eliminating bladder kidney stones. Tree bark ha...

Siddha system granting preventive, curative and rejuvenating healthcare. According to three humours- Vatham, Pitham Kapham- mediate the body’s physiological function. Derangements of trihumour lead diseases. Vatha diseases are most common presenting in hospitals nowadays. In primary goal treatment is restore balance trihumours. The first foremost for disease Bhedhi (purgation). quote ‘Bhedhiyaa...

Eating disorders, characterized by abnormal eating behaviors, are among a wide variety of psychiatric conditions that mainly affect children and adolescents. These disorders have multifactorial origin can be associated with restrictive diets, negative feelings, harmful family relationships, post-traumatic stress. Thus, this study’s objective was to evaluate the association between indicators sc...

Jaundice is recognized by increased bilirubin level of blood and yellow appearance in skin, sclera and mucous membrane. Natural products have been used for treatment of jaundice for a long time and Persian Medicine can be a good source of natural drugs for this purpose. This study was done to find the materia medica used for jaundice based on Persian medicine (PM) texts including The Canon of M...

For immunization, sennoside B was conjugated with bovine serum albumin. The hapten density in the antigen conjugate was determined to be 3 mol mol(-1) protein by matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization TOF mass spectrometry. A hybridoma secreting monoclonal antibody against sennoside B was produced by fusing splenocytes from mouse immunized with the sennoside B conjugate and mouse myeloma c...

Flourensia fiebrigii is a plant used in traditional medicine the Argentine Calchaquí Valley as purgative, expectorant, anti-rheumatic and anti-inflammatory. The aim of this study was to analyze macroscopic microscopic characteristics F. leaf stem, phytochemical composition leaves ethanolic extracts validate its use description stem carried out. Two (immersions tinctures) from were obtained. ana...