A clinicoepidemiological study on tinea incognita with assessment of its treatment strategies and drug prescribing practices in a tertiary care hospital.

Background: The incidence of tinea incognita (TI) appears to have increased over recent years owing to the easy availability of topical corticosteroids as over-the-counter preparations.

Aim: Describing the various clinicoepidemiological aspects of TI and assessing the treatment strategies and prescribing practices followed for its management.

Materials And Methods: A prospective study was conducted with 170 patients in the department of Skin and STD of a tertiary care hospital at Salem from Jan 2022 to June 2022.

Therapeutic exploration of polyherbal formulation against letrozole induced PCOS rats: A mechanistic approach.

Objective: This study aimed to develop an effective alternative medicine with multi potential herbs against polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in rats induced by letrozole treatment.

Materials And Method: Polyherbal syrup was prepared with a combination of bark leaves aerial parts stem bark seeds, and roots ethanolic extract. cell viability study, adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK), and glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) gene expression assay were carried out on the Chinese Hamster Ovarian (CHO) cell line.

Antiproliferative Activity of Green Synthesised Silver Nanoparticles of Cassia Marginata Roxb.

Green synthesised silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been identified as a promising new therapy pathway for cancer because of their anti-angiogenic potency. In the present study, CM-AgNPs were biosynthesized using aqueous leaf extract of Cassia marginata Roxb (CM) and were confirmed by spectral studies like UV-Visible and attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopic techniques. The structure and shape of the biosynthesized CM-AgNPs were confirmed by scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDX), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) with selected area electron diffraction (SAED) studies.

Anti-Dengue Activity of ZnO Nanoparticles of Crude Fucoidan from Brown Seaweed S.marginatum.

Dengue fever is a rapidly spreading infection that affects people all over the tropics and subtropics, posing a significant public health threat. The brown seaweed Stoechospermum marginatum was found all over the world, from South Africa (Indian Ocean) to Australia (Pacific Ocean), among other places. In India, it is only available along the coast of the Bay of Bengal, which is a small region.

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its correlation with sexual dysfunction in adult psychiatric patients treated with psychotropics in a tertiary care hospital.

Background: In the past two decades, there has been a profound increase in the incidence of metabolic disorders among the general population, and psychotropics are also said to play a major role in the development of metabolic syndrome.

Aim: Determining the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and sexual dysfunction (SD) and their correlation in psychiatric patients treated with psychotropics in a tertiary care hospital in Salem region, Tamil Nadu, India.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the psychiatric department of Vinayaka Mission's Medical College and Hospitals, Salem on patients (n = 108) treated with psychotropics.