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An Ethnobotanical Survey Of Herbal Markets And Medicinal Plants In Lagos State Of Nigeria, J. D. Olowokudejo, A. B. Kadiri, V. A. Travih

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

An ethnobotanical survey of three largest herbal markets and medicinal plants used for treating ailments in Lagos state of Nigeria was undertaken by means of oral and written questionnaire. Traditional medicine is undoubtedly a reliable alternative approach to health care delivery in the metropolis because it is cheap, easily accessible, and efficacious. Herbs are obtained from bushes around the neighbourhood and forests from adjacent states. Recipes for the treatment of common ailments which are reported almost on daily basis such as hypertension, dysentery, low sperm count and weak erection, coated tongue, pile, menstrual disorder, leucorrhoea and fevers were given by …

Recent Trends In Ayurvedic Pharmacy Education In India, Amritpal Singh, Saurabh Singh Bhagel

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

We wish to train the student perusing career in Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Sciences both at traditional and molecular levels. The Ayurvedic/herbal /nutraceutical market is hot and it is right time to improve educational standards in Ayurvedic pharmaceutical sciences. To conclude, teaching model for Ayurvedic pharmaceutical sciences must be based on intergraded approach rather than emphasis on one mode. The need of the hour is to separate facts from myths, after all plant based medicine has definite role to offer in future healthcare system when drug resistance and cost effectiveness of synthetic drugs are posing major problem to the pharmaceutical industry.

Show Me The Shoah!: Generic Experience And Spectatorship In Popular Representations Of The Holocaust, Walter C. Metz

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This essay explores the relationship between the textual features of popular cultural artifacts pertaining to the Holocaust and their reception circumstances. Comparative cultural studies methods are deployed in analyzing a film, Life is Beautiful (Roberto Begnini, 1997); a children’s book, Dr. Seuss’ The Sneetches (1961); and the Jewish Museum Berlin, designed by Daniel Libeskind.

The Unpublished Free Exercise Opinion In Jensen V. Quaring, Paul E. Mcgreal

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

Since they were opened to the public in March 2004, the Harry A. Blackmun Papers at the Library of Congress have provided a wealth of information about the United States Supreme Court and its landmark decisions. This Essay leaves the beaten path, focusing on an unpublished Opinion of the Court in the relatively unknown case Jensen v. Quaring. In the official United States Reports, Jensen is a summary disposition–the Court split four to four and so affirmed the lower court without opinion. The Blackmun Papers, however, show that the vote after oral argument was five to three to reverse …

A Man’S Barn Is Not His Castle: Warrantless Searches Of Structures Under The “Open Fields Doctrine”, Rowan Themer

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

In 1924, the United States Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment does not require police or other government agents to obtain a warrant prior to entering upon privately owned "open fields." This exception to the warrant requirement became commonly known as the "open fields doctrine." The development of the law in this area has taken considerable time, yet has left some questions unresolved. One unanswered question is whether the Fourth Amendment protects structures that are located within open fields.

This Comment charts the development of the open fields doctrine in the United States Supreme Court, explores how other courts …

Incorporating Complexity And Uncertainty In Planning Models For Engineering: Economic Analysis Within The U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Mark B. Gravens, Keith D. Hofseth, Richard M. Males, David A. Moser, Cory M. Rogers

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Developing Total Maximum Daily Loads Under Uncertainty: Decision Analysis And The Margin Of Safety, Daniel P. Ames, Upmanu Lall

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Achyranthes Aspera Linn. (Chirchira): A Magic Herb In Folk Medicine, Sumeet Dwivedi, Raghvendra Dubey, Kushagra Mehta

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Herbs are vital source of drugs from the ancient time holding the scenario of the Indian system of medicine. Achyrantes aspera Linn., known as Chirchira in Hindi, is an indigenous herb found in India. Chirchira is the basic composition of many traditional remedies. The present paper enumerates the ethnopharmacognostic, ethnopharmacologic, traditional value and folk remedies of this herb, which may help the researchers to set their minds for approaching the utility, efficacy and potency of herb.

Ethnobotanical Applications Of Some Floral Species In Bayelsa State, Nigeria, Gordian Chibuzo Obute, Ebiare Ekiye

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The focal point of this study was documentation of indigenous uses/knowledge of the thinning populations of the valuable flora in parts of the Niger Delta. Forty-eight plant species belonging to twenty-four taxonomic families were found to have various ethnobotanical applications among the indigenous people of Bayelsa State. Some of these still enter the local economy through the services provided by the products. Harvesting of flora for these purposes was observed to be unsustainable because of lack or presence of weak institutional and legal framework and enforcement for sustainability. This study also highlights the implications of forest fragmentation and over harvesting …

Ethnobotanical Observation On Tuberous Plants From Tribal Area Of Rajasthan (India), Shweta Swarnkar, S. S. Katewa

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The present paper gives an account of 42 tuberous plants of Ethnobotanical interest from Aravalli hills of Rajasthan. Main tribes inhabiting the study area are Bhil, Meena, Garasia, Damor and Kathodi. These tribes use the tuberous plants for various purposes in their daily life. Health, vitality and longevity enjoyed by the tribals have been attributed by them to these wild tuberous plants. On account of environmental changes and lack of insight of conservation of tuberous plants, many of them have become rare, threatened and endangered. If proper attention is not given, extinction of these plant species is certain and this …

Compatibility Of Metarhizium Anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorok. With Ocimum Sanctum Linn. (Tulsi) (Lamiaceae) Extracts, J. Francis Borgio, B. Jesvin Bency, Neha Sharma

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The compatibility of Metarhizium anisopliae with Ocimum sanctum was studied in vitro. Leaves, roots, stems and seed extracts of O. sanctum were mixed in a Potato Dextrose Agar and Potato Dextrose Broth. M. anisopliae was inoculated and the mycelial dry weight and spore count were assessed. The behavior of the fungus with the extracts was similar in terms of mycelial dry weight, except for methanol extracts of leaves, ether extracts of roots, water and acetone extracts of seeds and benzene, methanol and acetone extracts of stems which reduced the mycelial dry weight of the fungal colonies. Benzene extract of …

September 2008 (Vol. 35, No.9)

Research Matters

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August 2008 (Vol. 35, No.8)

Research Matters

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Contribution Of Dravyaguna To Herbal Materia Medica, Amritpal Singh

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Dravyaguna is essentially compilation of ancient Indian medical knowledge. Dravyaguna has made significant contribution to the Herbal Materia Medica. The term ‘Herbal Materia Medica’ covers global medicinal plants and is not restricted to one or other traditional systems of medicine. Dravyaguna coupled with ‘Reverse Pharmacology’ can act as powerful tool for discovering cost-effective and potent medicines.

The Daily Egyptian Back To Summer (B), August, 2008, Daily Egyptian Staff

August 2008

No abstract provided.

Aromatherapy: The Power Of Scent, M. Sugumaran, T. Vetrichelvan

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

An alternative (in medicine) is a substance that speeds up the renewal of the tissues so that they can carry out their functions more efficiently. Aromatherapy is one such method of healing, using volatile oils. This article was prepared to give the reader more information on the usage of essential oils.

Antimicrobial And Cytotoxic Activities Of Hopea Utilis Fruits, Muthiah Maridass

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Aqueous and ethanolic crude extracts of Hopea utilis screened for antibacterial and cytotoxic activities were studied. Antibacterial activity of ethanolic extracts of H. utilis were more successful with the pathogens Salmonella typhi and Streptococcus aureus. The MICs values of ethanolic extract of Hopea utilis were active against Salmonella typhi (25 mg/ml), Salmonella typhi (25 mg/ml), and Staphylococcus aureus (36 mg/ml) respectively. The results of both extracts of aqueous and ethanolic of Hopea utilis showed the brine shrimp lethality assay LD50 values were 1.64 μg/ml and 1.34 μg/ml.

The Daily Egyptian, July 24, 2008, Daily Egyptian Staff

July 2008

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, July 22, 2008, Daily Egyptian Staff

July 2008

No abstract provided.

Fate And Transport Of Steroid Hormones In The Environment, Tolessa Deksissa

2008

This study reviews the current knowledge of the occurrence, fate and transport of 17ßestradiol and testosterone in the environment. Factors and processes that affect the mobility of these compounds in the environment are also highlighted. It appears that these hormones together with their metabolites may persist in soil or sediments for several months, and their mobility and behavior in the environment need to be well understood.

The Daily Egyptian, July 10, 2008, Daily Egyptian Staff

July 2008

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, July 08, 2008, Daily Egyptian Staff

July 2008

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, July 03, 2008, Daily Egyptian Staff

July 2008

No abstract provided.

Studies On Some Pharmacognostic Profiles Of Bauhinia Purpurea Linn. Leaves (Caesalpinaceae), M. Sugumaran, T. Vetrichelvan

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The leaves of Bauhinia purpurea Linn. were studied with the aim of determining the following pharmacognostical parameters for this species: Macroscopical characters; Leaf constants; Physico-chemical constants; Extractive values; Colour; Consistency; Extractive values with different solvents; Micro chemical tests; Fluorescence characters of liquid extracts and leaf powder after treatment with different chemical reagents under visible and UV light at 254 nm & 366 nm; Measurement of cells and tissues; Bulk density angle of repose; and, Powder microscopy. Hopefully, the determination of these characteristics will aid future investigators in their pharmacological analyses of this species. Preliminary pytochemical studies on different extracts of …

Locomotor Activity Of Leaf Extracts Of Pithecellobium Dulce Benth., M. Sugumaran, T. Vetrichelvan, S. Darline Quine

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Objective: To study Locomotor activity of aqueous and alcoholic extracts of leaves of Pithecellobium dulce Benth. Materials and methods: CNS depressant activity of leaf extracts of P. dulce was evaluated using actophotometer in albino mice. The potency of alcoholic and aqueous extracts of leaf was compared with that of chlorpromazine at a dose of 100 mg/kg. The acute toxicity was determined using albino mice. Results: Both extracts caused significant CNS depression action in albino mice. The activity of alcoholic extract was more, when compared to chlorpromazine. Conclusion: CNS depression action of extracts may be due to increase in the concentration …

Anti-Inflammatory Activity Of The Methanolic Extract Of Cinnamomum Sulphuratum Barks, Muthiah Maridass

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

In the present study, anti-inflammatory activity of the methanolic extract of Cinnamomum sulphuratum bark was investigated in Albino rats for carrageenan induced rat hind paw oedema using in vivo experimental animal model. A 200 mg dose of extract inhibited 71.43% of the carrageenan-induced oedema formation, while Ibuprofen inhibited 70.23%. The extract showed dose dependent anti-inflammatory activity, which was found to be statistically significant at p < 0.001%.

The Daily Egyptian, July 01, 2008, Daily Egyptian Staff

July 2008

No abstract provided.

A Law Library Journal Centennial Timeline: Highlights From One Hundred Years Of Llj History, Frank G. Houdek

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Professor Houdek provides a time line highlighting events, actions, and individuals that have played prominent roles in the nearly hundred-year history of Law Library Journal.

Feeding Behaviour Of The Columbretes Lizard Podarcis Atrata, In Relation To Isopoda (Crustaceae) Species: Ligia Italica And Armadillo Officinalis, Aurora M. Castilla, Bieke Vanhooydonck, Alessandro Catenazzi

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The lizard Podarcis atrata, endemic to the Columbretes archipelago (Mediterranean, Spain) occupies very small islands characterized by extreme aridity and a reduced availability of potential insect prey. The results of an experimental study have shown that adult lizards offered individuals of Ligia italica and Armadillo officinalis (marine and terrestrial isopods, respectively) consumed at high frequencies; with males consuming them at significantly higher frequencies than females. The results are discussed in light of the importance of the inclusion of marine prey into the diet in arid insular ecosystems.

Biological Monitoring And Chromosomal Aberration Of Workers In Rubber Industry, M. Indra, V. Bhuvaneshwari

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The genotoxic and biochemical characteristic effect of environmental pollutants generated in a rubber tyre industry workers was investigated on biochemical characteristic of 15 workers exposed for different periods and compared with an equal number of unexposed controls matched in respect of age, sex, social status, period of exposures, smoking habits and drug intake, if any. Chromosomal aberrations (CA), hematological parameters, selected bio-chemical parameters and enzymic antioxidants were analysed . All the parameters showed a significant increase (p < 0.05) in the exposed sample compared with controls The environmental pollutants generated in rubber industry were thus found to be genotoxic and tobacco smoke was found to enhance the genotoxic effect.