For several reasons the present season is a convenient ono for considering the subject of cholera in the city, the effect upon its production of sanitary work already done, and the prospect of further advantage. We have lately passed through the annual period of chief cholera prevalence, and the events of this particular season have brought the subject prominently to notice. The outbreak at Goa...

neuroinflamation occurring after traumatic brain injury (tbi) is a complex phenomenon comprising distinct cellular and molecular events involving the injured cerebral tissue. mechanical injury to adult rat brain elucidated the accumulation in the affected area of trophic activity. in the tissue adjacent to the injury, trophic titers began to rise after the lesion. this study aimed to determine ...

background & aim: oleuropein has pharmacologic properties and is the main component of olive leaves which is considered to be the most pharmacologic compounds of olive (olea europaea l.). the aim of this work was to investigate the possible using of the extract of this plant in food industry (sponge cake) in order to take advantage of its medicinal properties.experimental: ethanolic extract...

garlic and onions as dietary constituents and medicines have been used for many disorders which dates back to the early civilization. it has been shown that different species of allium have immunomodulating effects. in this study, we sought to determine if methanolic and chloroformic extracts of allim fistulosum l. (leek) have any effect on cell-mediated immune response in mice. methanolic and ...

results the present study revealed that the sobt and sop extracts showed in vitro bactericidal activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. furthermore, administration of sobt and sop increased the rats’ survival rates by 66.7% and 83.33%, respectively, as compared to the untreated clp-septic rats. treatment of the clp-septic rats with sobt and sop significantly alleviated alterat...

the genus teucrium (germander) belongs to the family lamiaceae, within the subfamily ajugoideae .teucrium polium l. (labiatae) has long been recognized in folk medicine in the treatment of many pathophysiological implications, such as gastrointestinal disorders, inflammations, diabetes and rheumatism. in this study antimicrobial activity of two crude extracts obtained from teucrium polium l. wa...

sporadic alzheimer’s disease (sad) is a multi-factorial disease caused by genetic, epigenetic, environmental and metabolic factors. current understandings of the possible mechanisms of ad such as inflammation and oxidative stresses in the brain have led us to investigation of potential ad therapeutics. currently herbal medicines with fewer side effects comparing to other chemical medicine are i...

background and aims. promoting remineralization is the ultimate goal of clinical prevention of caries lesion. the present in vitro study aimed to investigate the effect of grape seed extract (gse) on artificial enamel caries in primary human teeth. materials and methods. seventeen human sound primary incisors were sectioned mesiodistally. the tooth slices were placed in a demineralizing solutio...

helminths infections are chronic illness in human being and cattle. the use of alternate drugs has been a remedial measure against the resistant strains of helminth parasites, as well as means of reducing the cost of controlling diseases caused by helminthes. pseudocedrelakotschyi is a medicinally valuable plant and possesses various pharmacological properties. p. kotschyi has been traditionall...