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Fisher Folks Usage of Medicinal Plants against Gynecological Disorders
Published in Parimelazhagan Thangaraj, Phytomedicine, 2020
Vijayakumar Dhaarani, Arumugam Rajendran
A list of plants have been shown to be used against menopausal syndrome, including (Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.), Cucumis sativus L., Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn., Cucurbita maxima Duchesne, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Psidium guajava L., and Musa paradisiaca L. (Figure 25.3).
Inhibiting Low-Density Lipoproteins Intimal Deposition and Preserving Nitric Oxide Function in the Vascular System
Published in Christophe Wiart, Medicinal Plants in Asia for Metabolic Syndrome, 2017
Vascular endothelium reacts to vascular lesions induced by high-plasma glucose and low-density lipoprotein by expressing macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 and interleukin-8, which participate in the development of atherosclerosis.35 Macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 is responsible for monocyte infiltration, and interleukin-8 is a chemotactic for neutrophils.130 Aqueous extract of Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. given prophylactically at a concentration of 20 μg/mL inhibited the surface expression of intercellular-adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), vascular adhesion molecule-1, and E-selectin by human umbilical vein endothelial cells challenged with glucose.131 Hyperglycemia triggers the generation of reactive oxygen species in various cell types, which leads to nuclear factor-κB activation and atherogenesis.130 Aqueous extract of Benincasa hispida(Thunb.) Cogn. at 20 μg/mL inhibited in human umbilical vein endothelial cells translocation of nuclear factor-κB, prevented the phosphorylation of IκBα, and inhibited the expression of macrophage chemoattractant protein-8 and interleukin-8.131
Anticancer activity of Sasa borealis leaf extract-mediated gold nanoparticles
Published in Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 2018
Maheshkumar Prakash Patil, Xing Jin, Natasha Chantal Simeon, Jaymee Palma, Daniel Kim, Daniel Ngabire, Nan-Hee Kim, Naresh Hiralal Tarte, Gun-Do Kim
The XRD results are presented in Figure 4. The pattern of XRD spectrum exhibits 4 peaks which correspond to (111), (200), (220) and (311) planes on the basis of the faced-centered cubic (FCC) structure of AuNPs with its diffraction peaks at 2θ degree =38.14°, 44.31°, 64.71° and 77.70°, respectively. The crystalline nature of AuNPs was confirmed by XRD analysis. A similar pattern of peaks was reported for AuNPs synthesized by using different plants such as Rhus chinensis, Benincasa hispida and Hibiscus sabdariffa [12,25,26]; this indicates that the above findings are in good agreement with previous studies.