The antiproliferative effects of the methanol leaf extracts of Vernonia amygdalina (V. amygdalina) Del (Asteraceae) on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells (VSMC) and Human Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Cell line (HT 29) were investigated using the Cell Titer 96 MTT Proliferation Assay where...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2018/39496
Background: Cancer is the second most dreadful disease of the globe and nearly 100 different types of cancer have been identified. The main problem with the cancer is its resistance and many existed synthetic molecules are becoming clinically insignificant on exposure to cancer c...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2018/40529
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), which is produced by several bacteria, is a biodegradable polymer that has many industrial and medical applications such as heart valves, scaffold, suture and drug delivery. The aim of the present study is to isolate and identify the bacteria produci...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2018/39532
Aims: To critically review the potential side effects relating to pain and dehydration symptoms from the top 20 selling pharmaceuticals. Methodology: The Physicians’ Desk Reference medication guide and drugs.com website was used to review medication side effects. The categories o...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2018/39544
In continuation of our previous research, more than 60 microbial strains that were isolated from soil samples collected from desert, farming and mineral regions of Iran and sixteen isolated strains that produced antimicrobial metabolites were found to be effective against Escheri...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2018/39144
Introduction: Cervical cancer is the fourth most common neoplasm among women worldwide, with the majority of cases occurring in developing countries. High-risk human papilloma viruses (HPVs) types are accounted for more than 90% of cervical carcinomas. Despite standard treatment...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2018/34725
Objective: Many plants used in traditional medicine still need to be studied scientifically in order to verify their medical usefulness and standardize their pharmaceutical properties. The present study aimed at evaluating the antihyperglycemic activity of aqueous and alcoholic e...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2018/40667
Khadijah S. Balamash, Said S. Moselhy, Jehan A. Khan, Etimad H. Huwait, Nawal Helmi, Khalid O. Abulnaja, Widad M. Al-Bishri, Abdulrahman L. AL-Malki, Taha A. Kumosani & Soonham S. Yaghmoor·Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International·2018
Background: Nowadays, alternative medicinal therapy is recommended for protection and management liver diseases. Cinnamon is popular flavoring ingredient, widely used in as additive worldwide. Objective: The mechanism of hepato-protective activity of water (WE) or ethanolic extra...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2018/40272
From ancient times, herbal medicines are in use to cure the diseases due to their potential and less side effects. But difficulties in identification, processing, standardizing, extracting of herbal drugs, it rarely attracts scientists towards the development of novel delivery sy...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2018/39143
Aim: Drug combination studies are of keen interest, especially to the clinician who encounters patients with multiple disease symptoms. In our study, we tried to assess the toxic/beneficial effect of a prominent calcium channel blocker–Amlodipine, when administered with Levocetir...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2018/39268