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The purpose of this study was to substantiate the use of suspension of Chlorella genus microalgae as the most valuable raw material for the preparation of carotene and chlorophyll а. The method is proposed for ultrasonication of Chlorella vulgaris microalgae suspension to increase the availability of biologically active substances and improve the microbiological performance of the prepared product. Before and after ultrasonication of samples, we determined the content of chlorophylls (a, b, c) and carotenoids using the spectrophotometric method, the level of total bacterial contamination using the method of limiting dilutions on MacConkey agar and microscopic study of microalgae and bacteria cell viability. It has been established that the ultrasonication method at wave amplitude 16 µm allows to transfer pigments into the water phase, inhibit the viability of bacteria and obtain homogenization of the Chlorella vulgaris microalgae suspension with preservation of carotenoids and green chlorophyll а. Thus, the combined use of ultrasonication and parallel plating on MacConkey agar seems to be promising given preparation and quality control of axenic...
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Ulcers are a breach in the mucosa of the alimentary tract that extends through the muscularis mucosae into the submucosa or deeper. They can occur in any portion of the gastrointestinal tract exposed to the excessive amount of acid-peptic juices. Prevalence of peptic ulcer is approximately 11% to 14% for men and 8% to 11% for women during the age of 30 to 50 years. The occurrence of peptic ulcer is very rare above 60 years but produce death in 80% of cases. This review gives an overview of the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevalence, and management of...
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India is well known as the emporium of medicinal plants harboring many plants of medicinal importance, of which Curculios orchioides is one that has been reported to possess medicinal importance for the treatment of various diseases traditionally as well as scientifically. An attempt was made herein to undertake a detailed pharmacognostical and preliminary phytochemical investigation of the root tubers of Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. for the first time. The pharmacognostic study comprises of the taxonomical characters of the root tubers of Curculigo orchioides, histochemical tests, and diagnostic characters. The phytochemical analysis consists of the determination of physicochemical constants, fluorescence analysis, and preliminary organic analysis. The diagnostic characters of the plant showed that the leaves are radical with parallel venation while flowers are solitary, trimerous, and ovary inferior. These parameters help in the standardization of the crude drug and in formulating Pharmacopoeial standards for the crude drug. Preliminary phytochemical screening of the crude drug showed the presence of carbohydrates and glycosides, phytosterols, fixed oils and fats, phenolic compounds and tannins, saponins,...
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Aqueous and ethanol ethyl acetate chloroform-methanol extracts from the leaves of Ricinus communis were investigated for their anthelmintic activity against Pheretima posthuma and three concentrations (50, 75 and 100 mg/ml) of each extract were studied for activity, in which paralysis and death time of the worm. Both the extract exhibited remarkable anthelminthic activity at all three concentrations. Albendazole suspension is used as standard reference (20 mg/ml) and distilled water as control. Therefore the aqueous and ethanol methanol extract of leaves of Ricinus communis has been demonstrated for the first...
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Background: There are very less therapeutic and reliable liver protective drugs in modern medicine to prevent and treat the liver injury caused due to drugs. Traditionally Solanum xanthocarpum Schradt. (SX) and Wendl. and Juniperus communis Linn. (JC) have been used since long for their hepatoprotective effect. The current study was carried out to explore the hepatoprotective role of SX and JC against liver toxicity in rodents induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4). Materials and Methods: The antioxidant potential of hydroalcoholic extract of SX and JC were investigated by using established DPPH in-vitro assay method. The hydroalcoholic extract of SX and JC at doses (200 and 400 mg/kg b.w.) were studied for their liver protective activity against hepatic damage induced by CCl4 in Wistar rats. An assay of the oxidative stress parameters, alkaline phosphatase, transaminase, total bilirubin, albumin and liver histopathology were performed to evaluate the hepatoprotective activity of SX and JC. The assay results were introduced as the standard error ofthe mean (SEM) for each group. Results: The ethanolic extract...
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