1 Phytomedicine, Toxicology and Reproductive Biochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, University of Ilorin, Ilorin 240003, Nigeria 2 Phytomedicine, Environmental Toxicology and Plant Biochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin 240001, Nigeria 3 Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Cape Peninsula Univer...

On March 11, 2011, an earthquake led to major problems at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. A 14-m high tsunami triggered by the earthquake disabled all AC power to Units 1, 2, and 3 of the Power Plant, and carried off fuel tanks for emergency diesel generators. Despite many efforts, cooling systems did not work and hydrogen explosions damaged the facilities, releasing a large amount o...

Development of materials for medical applications using biologically derived materials by green approaches is emerging as an important focus in the present healthcare scenario. Herein the first time, we report the plant extract mediated ultra-rapid biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using whole plant extracts of Biophytum sensitivum. Synthesized nanoparticles were immobilized in nano-micro du...

Centre for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, D–69120 Heidelberg, Germany (D.G.R.); Department of Plant Biology and Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (F.B.); Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom (C.H.); Department of Biolo...

The medicinal plants are widely used by the traditional medical practitioners for curing various diseases in their day to day practice. Flacourtia indica (Flacourtiaceae) is the most useful traditional medicinal plant in India. It is now considered as a valuable source of unique natural products for development of medicines and targeting against various diseases. Each part (leaves, bark, stem, ...

Toxicity of phytochemicals, plant-based extracts and dietary supplements, and medicinal plants in general, is of medical importance and must be considered in phytotherapy and other plant uses. We show in this report how general database analyses can provide a quantitative assessment of research and evidence related to toxicity of medicinal plants or specific phytochemicals. As examples, several...

INTRODUCTION Melissa officinalis is a medical and aromatic plant that is used for its hypnotic, sedative, and spasmolytic effects. This report presents a case study of30-year-old patient who was admitted to an emergency department with restlessness, tremor, distractibility, and sweating following a discontinuation of Melissa officinalis consumption. CASE REPORT In this case, withdrawal sympto...

The traditional medicine plays an important role in health care of the people especially in rural areas. Plants have always been exemplary sources of drug and many of the currently available drugs have been directly or indirectly obtained from plants [1]. Recently, the search for appropriate hypoglycemic agent has been focused on plants used in traditional medicine partly because of leads provi...

the massive restrain security measurements at the airports very much impress the health status of the healthy and sick passengers alike. the security check is undisputedly a harassment – the confiscation of fluids, the limited movement on the airplane results in a stressful situation and put a harmful effect on healthy traveler and an even more harmful one on the sick. this kind of problem coul...

introduction: the manual and paper-based process of production and storage of medical records in iran have led to difficulties in filing and retrieval of the medical records. one of the usual solutions is using computerized medical records via electronic storage of paper-based medical records. the aim of this study was to recognize using computerized medical records in nine selected hospitals. ...