Public Health
- Basil (Ocimum spp.), belonging to the Lamiaceae family,
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Basil (Ocimum spp.), belonging to the Lamiaceae family, is a pleasent by smelling perennial shrub which grows in several regions all over the world (AKGÜL 1993; BARIAUX et al. 1992). Basil is one of the species used for the commercial seasoning. It is comm ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Oct 15 2009 - 9:01am
- Calotropis procera a plant of traditional medicine in India
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Calotropis procera (Asclepiadaceae) is a wild shrub, which grows up to a height of 1-3 m and its leaves are 10–13 cm wide by 17–19 cm long. Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br. commonly known, as ‘Akra’ is a popular medicinal plant found throughout the tropics ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Oct 15 2009 - 9:33am
- Another Second Hand Smoke Study
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While I can appreciate the usefulness of smoking bans, especially as it relates to non-smokers (or even smokers for that matter). I'm not convinced that the science is establishing a sound cause and effect linkage. There is little doubt that smoking ...
Article - Gerhard Adam - Oct 19 2009 - 4:29pm
- HAPPY DEEPAWALI
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WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A VERY HAPPY DEEPAWALI & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Oct 16 2009 - 8:25pm
- Corals have medicinal value also in traditional system of medicine
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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Oct 17 2009 - 9:57am
- CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS FRUIT HAS MEDICINAL USES.
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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Oct 19 2009 - 8:34am
- Traditional use of Medicinal Plants Among the Rural Communities of Churu District in the Thar Desert, India
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The study reveals that in absence of modern health facility, people in the area depend on plants for medicinal purposes. The general information shows that more than 80% of the rural people depend for their primary healthcare on folk medicine, mainly of pl ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Oct 19 2009 - 8:40am
- Inventory of local knowledge regarding medicinal plants of Churu district in the Thar desert.
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Table 1: Inventory of local knowledge regarding medicinal plants of Churu district in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /> Thar desert. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-m ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Oct 19 2009 - 8:46am
- BMI Should Go Bye-Bye
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While the body mass index (BMI) has been a popular yardstick for deciding who is at risk of obesity-related diseases because of their weight, since it is essentially a measure of density, identifying 'under-' and 'over-weight' risk grou ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2009 - 1:30pm
- Bacopa monniera L. (family Scrophulariaceae) (BM) is an Ayurvedic medicine, clinically used for memory enhancing
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As stress is linked to many diseases, research on an effective antistress agent (adaptogen) from plants has gained importance. We report the investigations on the adaptogenic property of a standardized extract of Bacopa monniera against acute (AS) and chro ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Oct 19 2009 - 8:55pm
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