Inventi Impact - Ethnopharmacology
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Journal Scope:
Quarterly published in print and online ‘Inventi Rapid/Impact: Ethnopharmacology’ publishes high quality unpublished as well as high impact pre-published research and reviews catering to the needs of researchers and professionals. The journal covers all the areas under ethnic medicines. It welcomes articles pertaining to empirical knowledge of medicinal substances and their toxic potential as passed-on by oral tradition; scientific study of indigenous medicines; search for pharmacologically unique principles from existing indigenous remedies; formulation, manufacturing and quality control aspects of ethnic medicines.
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NOOTROPIC EFFECT OF ISOFLAVONOID RICH FRACTION OF SOLANUM TORVUM SEEDS IN MICE
Nootropics are a smart drug that enhances cognition and memory and facilitates learning. Disorders like Alzheimer's disease, Fronto-temporal Dementia, Huntington's disease, Lewy Body Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Vascular Dementia etc. these are the main cause of memory disabilities. Traditional system of herbal medicinal plants has been used to improve memory and cognitive function and to ...
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PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING, HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY OF PSYDRAX DICOCCOS AGAINST CCL4 INDUCED HEPATIC DAMAGE IN RATS
Aim of this research was to evaluate the hepatoprotective potential of different fractions P. dicoccos (Rubiaceae) in wistar rats against CCl4 intoxicated liver damage. Rats were acclimatized for 7 days, after those rats were divided into six groups, each group consisting of six animals. Group I: Served as a control. Group II: Treated with vehicle daily for 15 days followed by CCl4 on day 2nd and ...
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EVALUATION OF ANTIEPILEPTIC ACTIVITY OF THE ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF BARK OF ELAEOCARPUS GANITRUS BY USING MAXIMAL ELECTRO SHOCK INDUCED CONVULSION AND PENTYLENETETRAZOLE INDUCED CONVULSION IN MICE
The ethnic minorities of Rajasthan use the bark of E. ganitrus as a traditional medicine for curing epilepsy. This study was performed to explore the protective effect of E. ganitrus in epileptic mice. Swiss mice were fed with the different doses (1, 10, 100, 500, 1000 and 2000 mg/kg) of ethanolic extract of E. ganitrus and assessed for toxicity parameters for acute toxicity study. Psychomotor act...
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PHARMACOGNOSTICAL EVALUATION AND TOXICOLOGICAL STUDY OF HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF LEAVES OF CISSAMPELOS PAREIRA
The aim of the research was to determine the pharmacognostical characters of leaves of Cissampelos pareira Linn along with toxicological study of its hydro-alcoholic extract. The pharmacognostical characters were determined in terms of organoleptics study, physico-chemical parameters, preliminary phytochemical investigation and thin layer chromatography (TLC). The toxicological profile was determi...
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HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY OF A POLYHERBAL FORMULATION IN PARACETAMOL INDUCED HEPATOTOXICITY ALBINO RATS: A TOXICITY SCREENING APPROACH
This research investigated the hepatoprotective activity role of polyherbal formulation in paracetamol-induced hepatotoxic male albino rats, including assessement of acute toxicity evaluation. Divided into five classes (n=6) were albino rats (200-250g). The paracetamol (PCM) was diluted with saline (vehicle) before oral administration (o.p). Antioxidant enzyme activities, for example lipid peroxid...
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NEPHROPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF CLITORIA TERNATEA L. LEAVES AGAINST DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY INDUCED BY STREPTOZOTOCIN
Diabetic nephropathy is a long-term complication of diabetic mellitus. Many experimental evidences suggest that persistent hyperglycemia generates intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), which is involved of free radicals in the pathogenesis of diabetes and more importantly in the development of diabetic complications. The objective of the present investigation was to evaluate the antidiabeti...
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