Hypothesis / aims of study This study compares inhibition of mast cell degranulation between panels of honey preparations and conventional topical treatments used against painful bladder syndrome/ interstitial cystitis (PBS/IC). The hypothesis underpinning these experiments is that the anti-inflammatory action of honey is different from that of the conventional agents, offering the possibility ...

BACKGROUND Several studies have shown that a small but significant percentage of cancer patients decline one or more conventional cancer treatments and use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) instead. OBJECTIVES Here, drawing on the literature and on our own ongoing research, we describe why cancer patients decide to decline conventional cancer treatments, who those patients are, and...

Comparative effects of extrusion cooking and conventional processing methods (cooking and autoclaving) on anti-nutritional factors and subsequent effects on in vitro and in vivo digestibility of Vicia ervilia in broilers were investigated. Treatments had significant effect (P

Thirteen million [corrected] metric tons of poultry litter are produced annually by poultry producers in the U.S. Poultry litter contains the sex hormones estradiol and testosterone, endocrine disruptors that have been detected in surface waters. The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential impact of poultry litter applications on estradiol and testosterone concentrations in subsur...

Background: Since alkaloids are nitrogenous compounds, the availability of nitrogen (N) is expected to play an important role in the biosynthesis and accumulation of alkaloids in plants. Nitrogen has been found to increase the content of alkaloids in some of the medicinal plants. Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of nitrogen bio-fertilizers, conventional nitrogen fe...

225 clinical studies reported in three reputed Ayurvedic journals were reviewed for their qualitative outcomes. Conventional medicine diagnoses were used in nearly 90 % of studies and inconclusive outcomes were observed in most of the studies. Failure to validate claims of Ayurvedic treatments, products and or therapies otherwise regularly practiced mostly for chronic disease conditions raise c...