Doxorubicin is an anthracycline antibiotic with anti-neoplastic potentials mediated mainly by affecting the DNA synthetic machinery of cell. It found to be effective against a wide range cancers including ovary, uterus, lung, breast etc. exerts its nephrotoxicity on kidney inducing inflammatory changes leading increased capillary porousness and glomerular shrinking. This study investigated effe...

Members of the Zingiberaceae such as turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) and ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) and fenugreek accumulate at high levels in their rhizomes important pharmacologically active metabolites that appear to be derived from the phenylpropanoid pathway. The major constituens of these spices are in ginger, the gingerols, in turmeric these are the curcuminoids and in fenugreek 5, 7...

AIM To compare the effect of experimental local-drug delivery system containing 2% whole turmeric (gel form) as an adjunct to scaling and root planing (SRP) with the effect achieved using SRP alone by assessing their respective effects on plaque, gingival inflammation, bleeding on probing pocket depth, relative attachment levels and trypsin-like enzyme activity of "red complex" microorganisms, ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of turmeric (Curcuma longa) extract on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptomology in otherwise healthy adults. DESIGN Partially blinded, randomized, two-dose, pilot study. SUBJECTS Five hundred (500) volunteers were screened for IBS using the Rome II criteria. Two hundred and seven (207) suitable volunteers were randomized. INTERVENTIONS One or two tablet...

Corresponding Author: Iman Shabana, Department of Bacteriology, Immunology and Mycology, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt Email: [email protected] Abstract: Bacterial skin infections are a common problem encountered in clinical practice and causing great economic losses for sheep and goats producers. Increasing multidrug resistance of pathogens paves the way fo...

This study evaluated the efficacy of various organic solvents (80% acetone, 80% ethanol, 80% methanol) and distilled water for extracting antioxidant phenolic compounds from turmeric, curry leaf, torch ginger and lemon grass extracts. They were analyzed regarding the total phenol and flavonoid contents, antioxidant activity and concentration of some phenolic compounds. Antioxidant activity was ...

Borax (Na2B4O7.10H2O) is white crystals, odorless, thermostable substance and a derivative of Boron. used to preserve wood, braze metal, kill cockroaches. Unfortunately, borax misused as food preservative. testing in the laboratory carried out using chemicals equipment that most people do not have. Turmeric can be indicator because it contains curcumin which react with borax. It important educa...

AIMS Despite various advents in technology, the present era marks a shift to phytotherapeutics and alternative modalities to conventional endodontic treatments. Newer endodontic modalities have been developed inculcating the ancient system of medicine. The present study was done to compare and evaluate the clinical pulp response and radiographic signs after pulpotomy in four groups of primary m...

color stability throughout the functional lifetime of restorations is important for the durability of treatment and of cosmetic importance. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the discoloration properties of a silorane-based (Filtek P90) and methacrylate-based (Z100) composites upon exposure to different staining solutions that are used on day to day basis (turmeric, tea, coffee, cocoa, l...

Turmeric is an excellent example of a plant that produces large numbers of metabolites from diverse metabolic pathways or networks. It is hypothesized that these metabolic pathways or networks contain biosynthetic modules, which lead to the formation of metabolite modules-groups of metabolites whose production is co-regulated and biosynthetically linked. To test whether such co-regulated metabo...