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Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD) is an inflammation along the mucosal lining of esophagus, stomach or duodenum or anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract. PUD is the most common gastrointestinal disorder in clinical practice because of alteration in lifestyle and food habits. The main symptoms related to PUD are Indigestion, heartburns, burning pain or abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, constipation, bloating of stomach and abdomen, not feeling of well in both body and mind. In severe cases, symptoms can be dark or black stool (due to bleeding), vomiting blood (look like “coffee-grounds”), Weight loss, and severe pain in the mid to upper abdomen. The most important complications are Hemorrhage, Bleeding, Perforation (a hole through the wall of the stomach), Gastric outlet obstruction, if not treated properly. The drugs like Antacids, H2 Receptor antagonist and Proton pump inhibitors are used for PUD all around world widely to relieve the symptoms by the allopathic medicine side. Many of Medicinal plants are used for their anti-ulcer, anti-secretory & Gastro-protective property by the practitioners of herbal...
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Cocoa and chocolate can also be rich sources of flavonoids. Flavanols isolated from cocoa exhibit strong antioxidant properties in-vitro. Flavanol-rich cocoa and chocolate increased plasma antioxidant capacity and reduced platelet reactivity. Flavonoids are phenolic substances isolated from a wide range of vascular plants, almost over 8000 individual compounds known. They act in plants as antioxidants. Many studies have suggested that flavonoids exhibit biological activities, including antiallergenic, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and vasodilating actions. Most interest has been devoted to the antioxidant activity of flavonoids, which is due to their capability to reduce the free radical formation and to scavenge free radicals. Most ingested flavonoids are extensively degraded to various phenolic acids, some of which still contain a radical scavenging ability. Both the absorbed flavonoids and their metabolites may display an in-vivo antioxidant activity. This review presents the current knowledge on structural aspects of most common flavonoids as in-vivo antioxidant and their effects on platelets, bioavailability, and cardiovascular...
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Moxifloxacin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic. Moxifloxacin is a 4th generation fluoroquinolone. Chemically it is 8-methoxy-fluoroquinolone. It acts by inhibiting DNA gyrase, a type topoisomerase II and topoisomerase IV. These are enzymes which are necessary for separation of bacterial DNA, so inhibits the replication of the cell. Its study was based on single-drug delivery, intravenous. The apparatus which have been used is a reversed-phase Li Christopher RP-18 with a column and a mobile phase comprising different solvents. Fluorescence detection was carried out at a higher wavelength of 290 nm and an emission wavelength of 550 nm. This method causes a short retention time (8.0 min) for moxifloxacin. The linear curves were obtained from 5-250 μg/L in plasma and from 0.1-2.5 μg/g of brain tissue. Limit of quantification (LOD) was 5 μg/L in plasma and 0.1 μg/g in brain tissue. The method causes the detection of systemic antimicrobial agents in plasma and CNS of infected mice by Listeria...
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Amino acids are biologically active substances, and a number of them are essential for living beings. Amino acids are found in living cells as well as in body fluids of higher animals, in amounts, which vary according to the tissue and particular amino acid. Amino acid analysis refers to the methodology used to determine the amino acid composition or content of proteins, peptides, and other pharmaceutical preparations. Proteins and peptides are macromolecules consisting of covalently bonded amino acid residues organized as a linear polymer. The sequence of the amino acids in a protein or peptide determines the properties of the molecule. Proteins are considered large molecules that commonly exist as folded structures with a specific conformation, while peptides are smaller and may consist of only a few amino acids. Amino acid analysis can be used to quantify protein and peptides, to determine the identity of proteins or peptides based on their amino acid composition, to support protein and peptide structure analysis, to evaluate fragmentation strategies for peptide mapping, and...
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Simarouba glauca is one of the important herbal drugs used against dysentery and has a long history in herbal medicine in many countries. The bark and leaf extract of Simarouba is well known for its different types of pharmacological properties such as hemostatic, antihelminthic, antiparasitic, antidysenteric, antipyretic and anti-cancerous. The bark is used to cure fever, malaria, stomach and bowel disorders, haemorrhages, amoebiasis as well as leaf, fruit pulp and seeds are possessing medicinal properties such as analgesic, antimicrobial, antiviral, astringent emmenagogue, stomachic tonic, and vermifuge. The crushed seeds are used as Antigo against snake bites. The crude drug contents and active principles such as glaucarubin, quassinoids, ailanthinone, benzoquinone, holacanthone, melamine, simaroubidin, simarolide, simarubin, simarubolide, sitosterol. These are mainly involved in the pharmacological activities of this plant. The present review summarizes pharmacological, biotechnological, ethnobotanical phytochemical aspects as well as nursery practices of this medicinal...
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