Publications by authors named "Kumud Bala"

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  • Cytokines are small proteins essential for signaling and communication between immune cells and other body cells, playing a crucial role in immune responses.
  • While cytokines help manage inflammation and respond to infections, their overproduction can hinder therapeutic treatments.
  • A review of 41 articles suggests that cytokines show promise as a therapeutic approach for various diseases, particularly in future cancer treatments.
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Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths for women globally. Despite notable advancements in prevention and treatment, the identification of novel therapeutic targets remains crucial for cervical cancer. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play an essential role in innate immunity as pattern-recognition receptors.

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Current investigation deals with the gel formulation of purified polyphenol loaded nanoparticles for enhanced wound healing. Polyphenols purified using column chromatography an were characterized using HPLC in fractions. Silver nanoparticles were characterization using SEM, AFM, TEM, DLS.

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Objective: Present study was to observe the therapeutic aspects of seed cake extracts of against the oral cancer cell line with the activation of apoptotic pathway.

Method: Seed cake extracts were characterized using GC-MS analysis. Cytotoxic activity was observed on KB cells and L929 cell through MTT assay and scratch assay.

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L. is a traditional remedy with a long history of use in medicine around the globe due to its diverse phytochemical composition and bioactivities which are of utmost significance to the scientific community. With the aim to provide new insights into the antioxidant, antiproliferative and antiangiogenic properties of aqueous seed extracts, different extraction methods were employed.

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Biogenic silver nanoconjugates (AgNCs), derived from medicinal plants, have been widely explored in the field of biomedicines. AgNCs for the first-time were synthesized using ethyl acetate seed extracts of Abrus precatorius and their antiproliferative and antiangiogenic efficacies were evaluated against cervical and oral carcinoma. Ultraviolet-Visible spectrophotometry, dynamic light Scattering (DLS), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used for characterization of AgNCs.

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Abrus precatorius is a tropical medicinal plant with multiple medicinal benefits whose seeds have not yet been studied against cervical cancer. Herein, we have assessed the antioxidant and antiproliferative properties of seed extracts (ethyl acetate and 70% ethanol) prepared from Soxhlet and Maceration extraction methods against Hep2C and HeLa Cells. We observed that the APE (Sox) extract had a significantly higher total flavonoid content, APA (Mac) extract had a high total phenolic content, and APA (Sox) extract had a high total tannin content.

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The present study focuses on the antiproliferative activity of polyphenolic flavonoids found in defatted seeds of and with the regulatory function of tumor suppressor genes inducing Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Polyphenolic flavonoid in extracts was characterized using chromatographic analysis and has confirmed the presence of quercetin, rutin and tannic acid in the extracts of and . According to DPPH assay and reducing power assays, free radical scavenging was found to be high in ethanolic extract of defatted seeds.

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Agro-waste material derived from N. tabacum has shown enormous potential antioxidant and antimicrobial activity. Hence in the present study, we investigated the wound healing efficacy of ethanolic extract of stem of Nicotiana tabacum on wistar rat model.

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Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most common type of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and one of the multifactorial process that consists of most contributing factors such as tobacco smoking, chewing and alcohol consumption that altered the intracellular environment. Recent studies have shown relevance of Toll like receptor (TLR) associated with carcinogenesis. This review aim's to explore that how TLR associates with progression and suppression of OSCC.

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Objective: Present study was to observe the neuroprotective ability of TMV coat protein by observing both in vitro studies on Rat PC-12 cells and in silico studies with LRRK2 receptor by molecular docking.

Methods: TMV coat protein was extracted out from the stem of Nicotiana tabacum and was purified and identified by MALDI-TOF/MS/MS analysis. We confer antioxidant activity of TMV coat protein by enzyme activity like superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione-s-transferase (GST) and nonenzyme content by glutathione (GSH) and malondialdehyde (MDA) content.

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