Plumbagin triggers redox-mediated autophagy through the LC3B protein in human papillomavirus-positive cervical cancer cells.

Introduction: In this study, we analyzed the effect of plumbagin (PL) on cultured SiHa cervical cancer cells using fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry techniques to identify the mode of cell death and to elucidate whether cells die through apoptosis or non-apoptosis.

Material And Methods: The cell death was analyzed using MTT assay. The cellular morphological changes were assessed using acridine orange/ethidium bromide dual staining.

Contribution of the secretory material of caecilian (amphibia: Gymnophiona) male Mullerian gland to motility of sperm: a study in Uraeotyphlus narayani.

Caecilians are a unique group of limbless burrowing amphibians with discontinuous distribution. Several caecilian species are viviparous, and all practice internal fertilization. In amniotic vertebrates the sperm undergo post-testicular physiological maturation when they are initiated into motility under the influence of an epididymal secretion.

Secretory and basal cells of the epithelium of the tubular glands in the male Mullerian gland of the caecilian Uraeotyphlus narayani (Amphibia: Gymnophiona).

Caecilians are exceptional among the vertebrates in that males retain the Mullerian duct as a functional glandular structure. The Mullerian gland on each side is formed from a large number of tubular glands connecting to a central duct, which either connects to the urogenital duct or opens directly into the cloaca. The Mullerian gland is believed to secrete a substance to be added to the sperm during ejaculation.

Rasagenthi lehyam (RL) a novel complementary and alternative medicine for prostate cancer.

Purpose: The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in cancer has been increasing. The therapeutic modalities which originated from India, viz., Ayurveda and Siddha, have phytotherapy as their fundamental basis and, therefore, produce few side effects.