Effect of continuous administration of dried 75% methanolic extract of fruits of Terminalia belerica (Combretaceae) suspended in water was studied in alloxan induced hyperglycemia and antioxidant defense mechanism in rats. T. belerica prevented alloxan-induced hyperglycaemia significantly from 6th day of administration and there was 54% reduction on 12th day. Oxidative stress produced by alloxa...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of Ginkgo biloba leaves extract on experimental liver fibrosis induced by thioacetamide (TAA) in male albino mice. The experimental mice were divided into four groups. The mice of the first group were served as control. The experimental animals of the second group were given 150 mg/kg body weight of TAA by intraperitoneal injection, twice w...

of cases of smallpox, treated by me during the period 13th October, 1940 to 15th March, 1941, in the recent epidemic in Bezwada town. I do not claim any originality for the treatment. The chief interest of the investigation is that it combines the two remedial agents that have recently come to be recognized as of definite therapeutic value in this disease; namely, liver extract and the sulphona...

1. The feeding to dogs of a diet lacking the vitamin B(2) (G) complex results in a lowered capacity of the liver to excrete intravenously injected bilirubin. 2. Normal function can be partly restored by supplementing the diet with liver extract. 3. Normal function can be completely restored by feeding a normal diet.

We manufactured a new fermented tea by tea-rolling processing of third-crop green tea (Camellia sinensis) leaves and loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) leaves. The mixed fermented tea extract inhibited pancreatic lipase activity in vitro, and effectively suppressed postprandial hypertriacylglycerolemia in rats. Rats fed a diet containing 1% freeze-dried fermented tea extract for 4 weeks had a signifi...

Acid phosphatase activity increases above normal in the liver of whole body irradiated animals. It is considered to be one of the adverse radiation effects. Increase in the acid phosphatase activity was dose dependent. Centella asiatica extract, which increased the survival of gamma irradiated Swiss albino mouse when given prior to irradiation was tested to observe changes in the acid phosphata...

Lilium candidum L. (Liliaceae), the so called “white Madonna lily”, is well known in folk medicine for the treatment of burns, ulcers, inflammations and for healing wounds. Lilium candidum L. extract contains various biologically active compounds. As the antimutagenic activity of natural compounds often correlates with antioxidant effects and contents of phytochemical substances from the flavon...

The effects of three Ficus carica leaf extracts on the total cholesterol levels (TC) of serum and liver were investigated in experimentally-induced nutritional hyperlipidemic rats. In nine treatment groups (n=5 each group), hyperlipidemic rats were treated daily with hydromethanolic (total) extract (2.5, 5, 10 mg/kg, intraperitoneal [ip]) and its aqueous fractions, namely fraction A (10, 50, 25...

The species Asteraceae Centaurea repens (Asteraceae), known as Acroptilon repens, andTalkhe in persian is used in folk medicine as an emetic, anti-epileptic, and anti-malaria herbin many parts of the world but its toxic effects have not determined yet. This study aimed toevaluate the acute and subchronic toxicity of this extract to find its possible adverse healtheffects through clinical, hemat...

The species Asteraceae Centaurea repens (Asteraceae), known as Acroptilon repens, andTalkhe in persian is used in folk medicine as an emetic, anti-epileptic, and anti-malaria herbin many parts of the world but its toxic effects have not determined yet. This study aimed toevaluate the acute and subchronic toxicity of this extract to find its possible adverse healtheffects through clinical, hemat...