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African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines : AJTCAM

https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638881/aristolochia-bracteolate-retz-attenuates-hyperuricemia-in-a-metabolic-arthritis-rat-model
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yun-Peng Li, Shuang Wu, Afou Ran, Da-Yong Xu, Jing-Mei Wei, Zi-Long Zhao
BACKGROUND: The leaves of Aristolochia bracteolata Retz. has been documented in the folk medicine literature for its anti-arthritic activity. The target of the research envisaged was to elucidate the activity of A. bracteolata extract on hyperuricemic condition in arthritis rat model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Dried and powdered plant leaves were extracted using ether and chloroform. Potassium oxonate was injected intra-articularly to produce arthritis. The hyperuricemic effect, of A...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638880/efficiency-of-borage-seeds-oil-against-gamma-irradiation-induced-hepatotoxicity-in-male-rats-possible-antioxidant-activity
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hala A H Khattab, Inas Z A Abdallah, Fatimah M Yousef, Etimad A Huwait
BACKGROUND: Borage (Borago officinal L.) is an annual herbaceous plant of great interest because its oil contains a high percentage of γ-linolenic acid (GLA). The present work was carried out to detect fatty acids composition of the oil extracted from borage seeds (BO) and its potential effectiveness against γ-irradiation- induced hepatotoxicity in male rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: GC-MS analysis of fatty acids methyl esters of BO was performed to identify fatty acids composition...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638879/traditional-knowledge-of-medicinal-plants-in-tribes-of-tripura-in-northeast-india
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Maria Debbarma, Nazir A Pala, Munesh Kumar, Rainer W Bussmann
BACKGROUND: The present study was carried out in Mandwi area and its outskirts of Tripura district of tribal areas Autonomous district council to document the available ethno-medicinal plants and their traditional application among Mandwi tribes. METHODOLOGY: Field explorations were carried out during the months of March-June 2013. The ethno-medicinal survey was conducted particularly with Tripuri tribe in Mandai area, with the help of local medicine men, locally known as bhoidho (Tripuri)...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638878/effect-of-fucoidan-on-b16-murine-melanoma-cell-melanin-formation-and-apoptosis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zhi-Jiang Wang, Wei Xu, Jian-Wen Liang, Cai-Sheng Wang, Yani Kang
BACKGROUND: Fucoidan is a complex sulfated polysaccharide extracted from brown seaweed and has a wide variety of biological activities. It not only inhibits cancer cell growth but also inhibits tyrosinase in vitro. Therefore, it is of interest to investigate the effect of fucoidan on B16 murine melanoma cells as the findings may provide new insights into the underlying mechanism regarding the inhibition of melanin formation by fucoidan. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the anti-melanogenic effect of fucoidan and its inhibitory effect on B16 cells...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638877/protective-effect-of-iris-germanica-l-in-%C3%AE-amyloid-induced-animal-model-of-alzheimer-s-disease
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mona Borhani, Mohammad Sharifzadeh, Mohammad Hosein Farzaei, Zahra Narimani, Fatemeh Sabbaghziarani, Mahdi Gholami, Roja Rahimi
BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia that is an irretrievable chronic neurodegenerative disease. In the current study, we have examined the therapeutic effects of Iris germanica extract on Amyloid β (Aβ) induced memory impairment. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Wistar rats were divided into five groups of 8 per each. Groups were as followed: control group which were normal rats without induction of AD, Aβ group which received Aβ (50 ng/side), iris 100 group which received Aβ + Iris (100 mg/kg), iris 200 group which received Aβ + Iris (200 mg/kg), and iris 400 group which received Aβ + Iris (400 mg/kg)...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638876/phytochemical-screening-antimicrobial-and-cytotoxicity-studies-of-ethanol-leaf-extract-of-aphaniasenegalensis-sapindaceae
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Alioune Dior Fall, Victor Patrick Bagla, Emmanuel Bassene, Jacobus Nicolaas Eloff
BACKGROUND: Aphania senegalensis (Sapindaceae) is commonly used in Senegalese traditional medicine to treat pain, inflammation, asthenia, bacterial and fungal infections. The aim of this study was to determine the type of phytochemical constituents present in the ethanol leaf extract and its antimicrobial activity against selected bacterial and fungal pathogens. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The ethanol leaf extract of A. senegalensis was evaluated for its cytotoxic effect in the MTT assay against Vero cells...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638875/whole-body-vibration-improves-attention-and-motor-performance-in-mice-depending-on-the-duration-of-the-whole-body-vibration-session
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jan N Keijser, Marieke J G van Heuvelen, Csaba Nyakas, Kata Tóth, Regien G Schoemaker, Edzard Zeinstra, Eddy A van der Zee
BACKGROUND: Whole body vibration (WBV) is a form of physical stimulation via mechanical vibrations transmitted to a subject. It is assumed that WBV induces sensory stimulation in cortical brain regions through the activation of skin and muscle receptors responding to the vibration. The effects of WBV on muscle strength are well described. However, little is known about the impact of WBV on the brain. Recently, it was shown in humans that WBV improves attention in an acute WBV protocol...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638874/the-use-of-plants-to-protect-plants-and-food-against-fungal-pathogens-a-review
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REVIEW
D S S Shuping, J N Eloff
BACKGROUND: Plant fungal pathogens play a crucial role in the profitability, quality and quantity of plant production. These phytopathogens are persistent in avoiding plant defences causing diseases and quality losses around the world that amount to billions of US dollars annually. To control the scourge of plant fungal diseases, farmers have used fungicides to manage the damage of plant pathogenic fungi. Drawbacks such as development of resistance and environmental toxicity associated with these chemicals have motivated researchers and cultivators to investigate other possibilities...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638873/protective-effect-of-camel-milk-as-anti-diabetic-supplement-biochemical-molecular-and-immunohistochemical-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ahmed A Mansour, Mohammed A Nassan, Osama M Saleh, Mohamed M Soliman
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is a serious disease affects human health. Diabetes in advanced stages is accompanied by general weakness and alteration in fats and carbohydrates metabolism. Recently there are some scientific trends about the usage of camel milk (CM) in the treatment of diabetes and its associated alterations. CM contains vital active particles with insulin like action that cure diabetes and its complications but how these effects occur, still unclear. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy-five adult male rats of the albino type divided into five equal groups...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638872/hemorheology-index-changes-in-a-rat-acute-blood-stasis-model-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis
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REVIEW
Jun-Xiu Zhang, Yu Feng, Yin Zhang, Yi Liu, Shao-Dan Li, Ming-Hui Yang
BACKGROUND: Blood stasis has received increasing attention in research related to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and integrative Chinese and Western medicine. More than 90% of research studies use hemorheology indexes to evaluate the establishment of animal blood stasis models rather than pathological methods, as hemorheology index evaluations of blood stasis were short of the consolidated standard. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of hemorheology indexes in rat models of acute blood stasis (ABS) based on studies in which the ABS model had been confirmed by pathological methods...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638871/effect-of-yishenjianpi-recipe-on-semen-quality-and-sperm-mitochondria-in-mice-with-oligoasthenozoospermia-induced-by-tripterygium-glycosides
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wen Sheng, Yao-Sheng Zhang, Yue-Qing Li, Xiao-Ni Wu, Li-Min Chai, Li-Feng Yue, Juan-Liu, Jin Ding, Xian-Rui Li, Meng Chen, Jian-Wei Shang
BACKGROUND: Kidney tonifying - spleen strengthening method being one of the modalities for treatment of astheno-oligozoospermia is currently commonly used in the clinical setting. To investigate the mechanism of YiShenJianPi (YSJP) Recipe, used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to benefit "the kidney" and strengthen "the spleen". MATERIALS AND METHODS: Oligoasthenozoospermia, male BALB/c mice were randomly divided into normal control, disease model, positive control, low-dosage and high-dosage groups...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638870/apoptosis-induction-of-epifriedelinol-on-human-cervical-cancer-cell-line
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jie Yang, Jing Fa, Bingxing Li
BACKGROUND: Present investigation evaluates the antitumor activity of epifriedelinol for the management of cervical cancer by inducing process of apoptosis. METHODS: Human Cervical Cancer Cell Line, C33A and HeLa were selected for study and treated with epifriedelinol at a concentration of (50-1000 µg/ml). Cytotoxicity of epifriedelinol was estimated by MTT assay and induction of apoptosis was assessed by estimating the activity of caspase 3, 8 and 9 enzyme, apoptosis assay and translocation of cytochrome c...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638869/reducing-toxicity-and-increasing-efficiency-aconitine-with-liquiritin-and-glycyrrhetinic-acid-regulate-calcium-regulatory-proteins-in-rat-myocardial-cell
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yuyan Zhang, Li Yu, Weifeng Jin, Hongjing Fan, Min Li, Tianmei Zhou, Haitong Wan, Jiehong Yang
BACKGROUND: Compatibility of Radix Aconiti Carmichaeli and Liquorice is known to treat heart diseases such as heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias. This work answers the question that whether the active components (Aconitine, Liquiritin and Glycyrrhetinic Acid) of Radix Aconiti Carmichaeli and Liquorice could result in regulating intracellular calcium homeostasis and calcium cycling, and thereby verifies the therapeutic material basis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The myocardial cells were divided into twelve groups randomly as control group, Aconitine group, nine different dose groups that orthogonal combined with Aconitine, Liquiritin and Glycyrrhetinic Acid, and Verapamil group...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638868/in-vivo-effect-of-ruta-chalepensis-extract-on-hepatic-cytochrome-3a1-in-rats
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Edith Fabiola Martínez-Pérez, Fernando Hernández-Terán, Luis Benjamín Serrano-Gallardo
BACKGROUND: Since the time when drugs began to be used, it became evident that they could produce a therapeutic effect, but also a clinical condition of toxicity or no effect at all on humans, despite using the same doses in different patients. Such untoward effects were termed "drug idiosyncrasy" and also "idiosyncratic drug effects", but the factors producing such diverse responses were never taken into account. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ruta chalepensis L. (fringed rue) is an herbaceous plant of the Rutaceae family used in traditional medicine due to its properties, such as its analgesic and antipyretic effects...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638867/antitumor-effects-of-chrysanthemin-in-pc-3-human-prostate-cancer-cells-are-mediated-via-apoptosis-induction-caspase-signalling-pathway-and-loss-of-mitochondrial-membrane-potential
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
De-Kang Sun, Lin Wang, Peng Zhang
BACKGROUND: The main objective of the current research work was to investigate the antitumor and apoptotic effects of chrysanthemin in PC-3 human prostate cancer cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MTT assay was used to evaluate the effects of chrysanthemin on cell viability whereas flow cytometry along with fluorescence microscopy were used to study apoptotic induction in these cells. Effects on caspase activation were detected through western blot assay. RESULTS: Results showed that chrysanthemin inhibited cancer cell growth in PC-3 cancer cells in a time-dependent as well as concentration-dependent manner...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638866/kinetics-of-modulatory-role-of-cyperus-esculentus-l-on-the-specific-activity-of-key-carbohydrate-metabolizing-enzymes
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Saheed Sabiu, Emmanuel Oladipo Ajani, Taofik Olatunde Sunmonu, Anofi Omotayo Tom Ashafa
BACKGROUND: The continuous search for new lead compounds as viable inhibitors of specific enzymes linked to carbohydrate metabolism has intensified. Cyperus esculentus L. is one of the therapeutically implicated botanicals against several degenerative diseases including diabetes mellitus. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study evaluated the antioxidant and mechanism(s) of inhibitory potential of aqueous extract of C. esculentus on α-amylase and α-glucosidase in vitro ...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638865/some-engineering-properties-of-shelled-and-kernel-tea-camellia-sinensis-seeds
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ebubekir Altuntas, Merve Yildiz
BACKGROUND: Camellia sinensis is the source of tea leaves and it is an economic crop now grown around the World. Tea seed oil has been used for cooking in China and other Asian countries for more than a thousand years. Tea is the most widely consumed beverages after water in the world. It is mainly produced in Asia, central Africa, and exported throughout the World. Some engineering properties (size dimensions, sphericity, volume, bulk and true densities, friction coefficient, colour characteristics and mechanical behaviour as rupture force of shelled and kernel tea (Camellia sinensis) seeds were determined in this study...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638864/protective-effect-of-vanillic-acid-on-ovariectomy-induced-osteoporosis-in-rats
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yong Gui Wang, Liang Bo Jiang, Bo Gou
BACKGROUND: The need for an anti-osteoporotic agent is in high demand since osteoporosis contributes to high rates of disability or impairment (high osteoporotic fracture), morbidity and mortality. Hence, the present study is designed to evaluate the protective effects of vanillic acid (VA) against bilateral ovariectomy-induced osteoporosis in female Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty healthy female adult SD rats were separated in to four groups with sham-operated control with bilateral laprotomy (Sham; n = 10), bilateral overiectomy (OVX; n = 10) group, OVX rats were orallay administrated with 50 mg/kg b...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638863/neuroprotective-effect-of-terminalia-chebula-extracts-and-ellagic-acid-in-pc12-cells
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yuh-Chiang Shen, Chi-Wen Juan, Che-San Lin, Chien-Chih Chen, Chia-Lin Chang
BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the common neurodegenerative disorders among elderly. The purpose of this study was to determine the neuroprotective effect and mechanisms of action underlying the Terminalia chebula extracts and ellagic acid by using beta-amyloid25-35 (Aβ25-35)-induced cell toxicity in an undifferentiated pheochromocytoma (PC12) cell line. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The T. chebula extracts were prepared using the methanol, water, and 95% ethanol...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28638862/raw-rehmannia-radix-polysaccharide-can-effectively-release-peroxidative-injury-induced-by-duck-hepatitis-a-virus
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Meiyun Song, Yun Chen, Hongxu Du, Shuaibing Zhang, Yixuan Wang, Ling Zeng, Jingjing Yang, Jintong Shi, Yi Wu, Deyun Wang, Yuanliang Hu, Jiaguo Liu
BACKGROUND: Duck viral hepatitis (DVH), caused by duck hepatitis A virus (DHAV), is a fatal contagious infectious disease which spreads rapidly with high morbidity and high mortality, and there is no effective clinical drug against DVH. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Raw Rehmannia Radix Polysaccharide (RRRP), Lycii Fructus polysaccharides and Astragalus Radix polysaccharides were experimented in vitro and in vivo. Mortality rate, livers change, liver lesion scoring, peroxidative injury evaluation indexes in vitro and in vivo, and hepatic injury evaluation indexes of optimal one were detected and observed in this experiment...
2017: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines: AJTCAM
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