Corresponding Author: Ashok D.B. Vaidya Kasturba Health Society, Advanced Centre of Reverse Pharmacology (ICMR) 17, Khandubhai Desai Road, Vile Parle (West), Mumbai, 400 056, India Email: [email protected] Abstract: The current scenario of drug discovery and development is facing a model perturbation, despite significant advances in genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, combinatorial chemistry and...

Enzymes and qualitative phytochemical screening of endophytic fungi isolated from Lantana camara Linn. LeavesMbouobda Hermann Desire , Fotso Bernard Muyang Rosaline Forsah Chiatoh Thaddeus Assang, Omokolo Ndoumou Denis

Dopamine has multiple physiological functions including feed intake control in which it can act as an anorectic or orexigenic agent. This study had the objective to evaluate intra-abomasal administration of L-DOPA (levodopa; L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine) from - Mucuna pruriens on circulating catecholamines, indicators energy metabolism and cattle. Eight Holstein steers (340 ± 20 kg) fitted with...

Southern blight ( ) of soybean ( ) is an important disease throughout the world. Some soil amendments can reduce disease levels by improving soil microbial activity. The main goals of this study were to investigate the effects of soil amendments such as dried powders of kudzu ( ), velvetbean ( ), and pine bark ( ), on soil microbial population and disease caused by on soybean. Pine bark, velvet...

Catharanthus roseus (L.).G. Don, a highly valued medicinal plant suffers from a serious disease. A survey on the symptom and severity of the leaf blight of C. roseus was performed in the nurseries of the Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences (IFESCU), Bangladesh Council of Industrial Research (BCSIR) and Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI), Bangladesh. An observation was also...

BACKGROUND Herbal medicines have been used to treat PD in ancient medical systems in Asian countries such as India, China, Japan and Korea based on their own anecdotal or experience-based theories. Mucuna pruriens commonly known asvelvet beans, or cow itch, are used in case of spasms associated with Parkinsonism. PURPOSE To investigate the antiparkinsonism activity of hydro alcoholic root ext...