A comparative review on the anti-nutritional factors of herbal tea concoctions and their reduction strategies.

Tea is an important beverage consumed worldwide. Of the different types of tea available, herbal tea is an important beverage consumed owing to its popularity as a drink and stress relieving factors, several different herbal concoctions made from seeds, leaves, or roots are currently consumed and sold as herbal teas. The herbal teas are not the usual tea but "tisanes.

CRISPR-Cas-Led Revolution in Diagnosis and Management of Emerging Plant Viruses: New Avenues Toward Food and Nutritional Security.

Plant viruses pose a serious threat to agricultural production systems worldwide. The world's population is expected to reach the 10-billion mark by 2057. Under the scenario of declining cultivable land and challenges posed by rapidly emerging and re-emerging plant pathogens, conventional strategies could not accomplish the target of keeping pace with increasing global food demand.

Intrathyroid injection of triamcinolone acetonide in thyroid swelling disorders.

Patients with thyroid swelling disorders, particularly females, are not happy with the postoperative scar on the neck after a thyroid surgery. Medical management can restore thyroid hormones to the normal levels but cannot reduce the swelling easily. Intrathyroid injection of triamcinolone acetonide, a nonsurgical procedure was tried in 76 cases of thyroid swelling disorders.

Sinonasal and nasopharyngeal adenoidcystic carcinoma: report of four cases.

Four cases of sinonasal and nasopharyngeal adenoidcystic carcinoma that came to the RIMS Hospital, Imphal during the period of July, 2002 to March, 2003 are reported in this article. The age incidence ranged from 30 to 80 years and the mean age was 47.5 years; with male to female ratio of 1:1.

Head and neck manifestations of HIV infection: a preliminary study.

The study deals with evaluation of the head and neck manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is a preliminary, prospective study, conducted in the department of ENT and microbiology, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, Manipur. The clinical presentations for HIV infection and AIDS with head and neck involvement are shown in this paper.