Andrographis paniculata has been used as a traditional medicine and a predominant constituent in 26 Ayurvedic formulations over the last two decades. Its impact on the male fertility is a controversial from the past few years. In the present study we have investigated the antioxidant enzyme status and the indices of lipid peroxidation in the testis and epididymis of male wistar rats. Male wista...

Androgaphis lineate Nees., an important tribal medicinal plant of the Shevaroy Hill was noted to be restricted in its distribution due to biotic pressure. The species was successfully propagated by stem cuttings in its habitat. The percentage establishment of stem cuttings was 67.

Free radical-mediated oxidation is often linked to various degenerative diseases. Biological substrates with lipids as major components are susceptible to oxygen-derived lipid peroxidation due to their composition. Lipid peroxide products act as biomarkers in evaluating the antioxidant potential of various plants and functional foods. The study focused on evaluation of the antioxidant potential...

Introduction Andrographis paniculata is a herbaceous plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to India and Sri Lanka. It is widely cultivated in southern Asia, where it is used to treat infections and some diseases, often being used before antibiotics were created. Mostly the leaves and roots were used for medicinal purposes. Andrographis paniculata is used in traditional Siddha and Ayurvedic sy...

Positive spin polarization in Co/AlO 3 /Co tunnel junctions driven by oxygen adsorption" (2005). Using a first-principles Green's function technique, we study spin-dependent tunneling in two model real-izations of ͑111͒ fcc Co/ Al 2 O 3 / Co tunnel junctions assuming O-terminated crystalline epitaxy in the corun-dum structure. For the first model, which includes 3 O atoms at the interface, the tu...

A preliminary survey of medicinal plants conducted surrounding forest region of Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, among these abnormality of wild variegated Andrographis paniculata medicinal plant and its details are reported in this paper.

Received 10 September 2013 Received in revised from 17 September 2013 Accepted 22 October 2013 Available online 25 October 2013 ABSTRACT The efficancy of synthetic insecticides in vector control has been reduced. This leads to the search of insecticides of botanical origin which can serve as a suitable alternative biocontrol technique. Many plants have been reported to have mosqitocidal activit...

Aeromonas hydrophila was obtained from various sources and identified on the basis of growth on selective media, phenotypic and biochemical characters. The isolates (Ah1-Ah9) were subjected to antibiotic susceptibility and resistance pattern tests. The isolates showing maximum resistance to most of the commercial antibiotic discs used were selected. The selected isolate (Ah7) was further subjec...

Two randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel group clinical trials were performed to investigate the effect of a standardized extract (SHA-10) of Andrographis paniculata fixed combination (Kan jang) in the treatment of uncomplicated upper-respiratory tract infections. 46 patients in the pilot study and 179 patients in the phase III study completed the study according to the protocol...