Current Issue : January - March Volume : 2011 Issue Number : 1 Articles : 4 Articles
Medicinal plants play an important role in the management of Hyperlipidemia especially in the developing countries where resources are meager. This review presents the profiles of plants with antihyperlipidemic properties reported in the literature in the last years. The profiles presented include information about scientific name, family, distribution, use, experimental methodology used, effect and active agents. Many plants have been described in this review clearly demonstrating the importance of herbal plants in the treatment of Hyperlipidemia. It also shows the effort to isolate new potential antihyperlipidemic agents. The effects of these may delay the development of lipid related complications and correct the metabolic abnormalities. A focus on hyperlipidemia, lipid profile, its types, etiology, induction methods and allopathic management is also reviewed....
India accounts for 80%of total guar produced in the world .The export demand from India is 2 lakh tonnes and the domestic demand is around 30,000 tonnes. About 75% of the guar gum and its derivatives produced in India are transported to USA and European countries. Approximately, 90 percentage of the guar crop is used for the production of guar gum (31%) and the rest for culinary purpose (37%) and cattle feed (29%). Guar, being a region specific crop is largely grown in India. Unlike other agricultural commodities, guar seed is relatively less perishable. As a result, it is subjected to large scale stocking when the market is reeling under low price for guar gum production. The properties of guar gum make it suitable for different fields Like Pharmaceutical, Cosmetic and Food Industries. These wide range of utilities are increasing its demand. Market Scenario of Guar gum includes ecofriendly and bio-friendly comparison with other gums....
Liver protects the body from potentially injurious substances absorbed from intestinal tract as well as toxic by-products of the metabolism. The study was designed to evaluate the hepatoprotective activity of ethanolic extract of Zingiber officinale in acute experimental liver injury induced by Nitrobenzene in mice. The extract at the dose of 200 mg/kg BW was administered orally once every day for 30 days. The nitrobenzene induced mice (8µg/kg BW) significantly increased the levels of serum marker enzymes (aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and lipidperoxidation (LPO) levels whereas on treatment with ethanolic extract of Zingiber officinale (200 mg/kg bw) restored towards normalization. The significantly decreased antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) were increased after treatment. Histopathological analysis of nitrobenzene induced animal showed severe centrilobular necrosis, fatty infiltration and lymphocyte infiltration. After treatment with ethanolic extract of Zingiber officinale, all these factors were minimized which proved that this plant possess good hepatoprotective activity....
Probiotics and Prebiotics are specialized functional foods with physiologically active components, that reduces the risk of chronic diseases and provide health benefits, beyond basic nutrition. Compared to a Probiotic which introduces exogenous bacteria into the colon, Prebiotics are generally colonic food that enters the colon & serve as a substrate for endogenous colonic bacteria, indirectly providing the host with energy, metabolic substrate and essential micronutrients. Probiotics are administered in the form of bacterias, yeasts and moulds that are clinically useful in Infectious Diarrhea, Bacterial aginosis, Gastroenteritis, Urinary Tract Infections and Immune System Disorders. Microorganisms used as Probiotics are Lactobacillus spp., Streptococcus spp. etc. Prebiotics are available in form of various polyols, disaccharides & non-digestible oligosaccharides. Generally, Probiotics and Prebiotics are well tolerated amongst individuals, in rare cases complications may arise such as Cardiac valvular disease (lactobacillus species only), impaired intestinal epithelial barrier like intestinal inflammation, Central venous catheter in premature infants etc. Therapeutic doses of Probiotic varies with probiotic strain, test subject & delivery form, when it is taken with food. Again, effective dosages of Prebiotics, may differs for different Prebiotics, as these are generally a mixture of different chain length carbohydrates. Some of the established marketed brand of Probiotic are ‘Yogurt Drink ‘, a beverage that contains Lactobacillus acidophilus La -5, Bifidobacterium bifidum BB12 and fruit juice . The product has the combination of cranberries with biocultures, for positive balancing of friendly bacteria in the digestive system. Japan’s ‘Glico Diary’ product has Probiotics, with added values in a different way. Its constituents are Bifidobacterium containing yogurt that includes blueberries which are antioxidant polyphenols....
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