(Abstract only) These results show that the alkaloid complex used here (Reserpine free alkaloids of Rauwolfia serpentina) modifies the response of the body to general stress. Thymus atrophy, adrenal enlargement and gastrointestinal ulcers have been described as the triad of ‘alarm reaction’ by SELYE who has also shown that adrenal enlargement due to stress occurs only in the presence of adenoph...

In the present investigation, comparison of antimicrobial activities of different spices, Curcuma longa, Zingiber officinale, and Mentha arvensis, and medicinal herbs, such as Withania somnifera, Rauvolfia serpentina, Emblica officinalis, Terminalia arjuna, and Centella asiatica, was evaluated. Different extraction solvents (acetone, methanol, ethanol, and water) were used and extracts were exa...

Inhibition of Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still considered as the main therapeutic strategy against Alzheimer's disease (AD). Many plant derived phytochemicals have shown AChE inhibitory activity in addition to the currently approved drugs for AD. In the present study, methanolic extracts of 20 plants used in Indian Ayurvedic system of medicine for improving cognitive function were screened ...

Ayurvedha and Herbal medicine are two important forms of alternative medicine that are widely available. Medicinal plants have disease curing properties and this is due to the compounds presents in the extracts. This work is mainly concerned with the identification of the therapeutic properties of Indian medicinal plant extracts. So we identified the compounds of different medicinal plants like...

Freshwater turtles as a group are more resistant to anoxia than other vertebrates, but some species, such as painted turtles, for reasons not fully understood, can remain anoxic at winter temperatures far longer than others. Because buffering of lactic acid by the shell of the painted turtle is crucial to its long-term anoxic survival, we have tested the hypothesis that previously described dif...

El trampeo masivo es un método de control para plagas moscas la fruta (Diptera: Tephritidae) en áreas frutícolas. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo proveer información sobre el uso del con Cera Trap® citrícolas Guatemala. Se analizó índice “moscas por número trampas × días exposición” and proporción sexo las poblaciones mosca basados 3 tipos trampeo: una red masivo, trampa monitoreo centro sitio ...

Abstract Rauwolfia tetraphylla L., is an important medicinal plant in Apocynaceae family and recognized as alternative source to serpentina terms of anti-hypertensive alkaloid production i.e. reserpine. In view this, the present study conducted estimate reserpine content different parts (leaf, stem root) field grown plants (2 years old), tissue cultured plantlets (R 1 ) (two months old) cell su...