RESEARCH
GC-MS analysis of Ficus religiosa root extract and its effect against periodontal disease

Eswaralakshmi R, Arifa Khatoon
F. religiosa is a sacred tree native to India where it grows up to elevations of 5,000 ft (1,524 m) (Neal 1948). It is known to be a sacred plant in India and since ancient times it is widely being used to treat various ailments like skin diseases, heart diseases, constipation, dysentery, snakebite and important constituent of various traditional herbal preparations like shankha vati, chandraprabha vati, kaminivindravan rasa.
Drug Discovery, 2012, 1(1), 3-8
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Antioxidant and anticancer efficacy of D-Limonene in Benzo(A)pyrene lung carcinogenesis in mice

Anitha P, Jaikumar S, kamaraj S, Devaki T
Chemoprevention is regarded as one of the most promising and realistic approaches in the prevention of cancer, several bioactive compound present in fruit & vegetable have revealed their cancer curative potential on lung cancer. d-Limonene is one such naturally occurring terpenoid widely found in citrus fruits
Drug Discovery, 2012, 1(1), 9-16
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Development and validation of a reversed phase HPLC method for the determination of SAHA bulk drug

Balasubramanian J, Fakrudeen Ali Ahaned N, ShahulHammed Maraicar K, Azhagesh Raj K, Vijaya Kumar N
A rapid sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed for the determination of Suberoyl anilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA). The chromatographic system utilized a C18 column with the detector wavelength set at 240nm.
Drug Discovery, 2012, 1(1), 17-22
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GC-MS and in-silico analysis of Cleistanthus collinus for its activity against cancer

Pratheepa M
Cleistanthus is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae. Cleistanthus collinus plant is well known for its toxicity. All parts of the plants are reported to be highly toxic.
Drug Discovery, 2012, 1(1), 23-26
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Analyze the efficacy of Opuntia fragilis against bacteria and its effects on diabetic protein butyryl cholinesterase

John Varghese Y, Praveen Kumar C
Opuntia commonly known as prickly pears is used by humans as therapeutic medicine for past centuries. However, there is no report on the anti-microbial activity of the species Opuntia fragilis. This study concentrates on the anti-microbial activity against Gram positive and negative bacteria by disc diffusion assay method.