Publications by authors named "Aron Jacob"

dry fruits are traditionally used as folk remedy to treat conditions like urethral irritations, urine stoppage or dribbling and other urinary ailments of man in north-west India. But no study is reported to validate this ethnic practice of using fruit in urolithiasis. To evaluate anti-urolithiatic potential of , hyperoxaluria was induced in rats by supplying 0.

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The remake was in development long before the coronavirus outbreak, but it holds up a mirror to the strange times we live in today, says .

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Emergence of antiviral resistance among H5N1 avian influenza viruses is the major challenge in the control of pandemic influenza. Matrix 2 (M2) inhibitors (amantadine and rimantadine) and neuraminidase inhibitors (oseltamivir and zanamivir) are the two classes of antiviral agents that are specifically active against influenza viruses and are used for both treatment and prophylaxis of influenza infections. Amantadine targets the M2 ion channel of influenza A virus and interrupts virus life cycle through blockade of hydrogen ion influx.

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