November 2013
Biochemical and hematological evaluation of Costus speciosus as a dietary supplement to Egyptian buffaloes
Sixty Egyptian buffalo heifers ageing about one year old, with an average weight of about 250 to 260 kg were allotted randomly according to their live body weight and age into three equal groups; Group I which received a basal ration; Group II which received a basal ration with fine ground Costus speciosus roots in a concentration of 2.5 kg/ton ration and Group III which received a basal ration with fine ground C....
November 2013
A simple method for adherence evaluation to highly active antiretroviral therapy by Brazilian patients from healthcare unit: Focus on a adequately therapeutic compliance
In general, the indirect measures used to evaluate adherence to medication treatment are self-reporting, daily record of the medication use, pharmacy dispensing records, and others. This study used the indirect method analyzing the dispensing records to evaluate adherence of 295 patients treated with antiretrovirals in Health Unit of Ribeirão Preto (SP), from January 2009 to December 2011. The level of adherence,...
November 2013
Physicochemical characterisation of Irvingia wombolu gum in tramadol encapsulated granules
The objectives of the work were to evaluate the binder properties of gum from Irvingia wombolu seed cotyledons and to compare with sodium carboxymethylcellulose (SCMC) in tramadol encapsulated granules. Tramadol granules was formulated by wet granulation using gum derived from the seed cotyledons of I. wombolu as binder at concentrations of 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0 and 15.0% w/w. The binder properties of the gum were...
November 2013
Antioxidant effects of Ixora coccinea Linn. in a rat model of ovalbumin-induced asthma
Oxidative stress, speciï¬cally lipid peroxidation, contributes to the pathogenesis of asthma. A natural antioxidant could be a potential therapeutic intervention. Hydro-alcoholic extract of Ixora coccinea (ICE) exhibit the anti-asthmatic activity in an ovalbumin (OVA) induced asthmatic rat model. These facts led us to examine their antioxidant activities. The free radical 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging...
November 2013
Effect of oral ingestion of an Arctium lappa extract on the biodistribution of the radiopharmaceutical sodium pertechnetate in rats
The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of the oral ingestion of an extract of the Arctium lappa (burdock) on the bio-distribution of the radio-pharmaceutical (radio-biocomplex) sodium pertechnetate (Na99mTcO4) in rats. Male Wistar rats (3 to 4 months of age, 329 ± 16 g) were treated with a burdock extract (1 ml, 20 mg/ml, n = 5) or 0.9% NaCl solution (control: n = 5) for 7 days. After this period...
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