Giant Spinal Intradural Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of Unknown Primary: A Rare Case Report.

Giant intradural metastases of nonneurogenic origin involving multiple segments represent an extremely rare manifestation of an unknown primary. The respective literature is very scarce. We present a 45-year-old female with complaints of low back pain for 4 years, involuntary urination for 2 years, and difficulty in using both lower limbs for 1 month.

India Biodiversity Portal: An integrated, interactive and participatory biodiversity informatics platform.

Background: This paper describes a growing biodiversity platform, launched in 2008, which organizes knowledge on the biodiversity of India. The main objective and originality of the India Biodiversity Portal (IBP) is to aggregate curated biodiversity data of different kinds (e.g.

Evaluation of hepatoprotective activity of Kyllinga nemoralis (Hutch & Dalz) rhizomes.

Aim Of Study: In view of the use of rhizomes of Kyllinga nemoralis L., against hepatopathy in ethnomedicine the present study was aimed at evaluating the hepatoprotective activity of the rhizomes of Kyllinga nemoralis against carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4))-induced hepatotoxicity in rats.

Materials And Methods: Hepatotoxicity was induced in male Wistar rats by carbon tetrachloride and olive oil (50%, v/v).