Publications by authors named "N P Sarma"

Reliable point-of-care (POC) detection of the specific biomarkers responsible for different diseases is crucial for health monitoring. For the routine detection of important biomarkers, rapid, precise, and cost-effective analytical techniques are more and more in demand. Cardiovascular diseases like hypertension, myocardial infarction, and stroke can occur due to high cholesterol levels.

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Homalomena aromatica Schott is a valuable medicinal aromatic plant having wide range of applications in ethnobotany, pharmacology, perfumery and flavor industry. Traditionally, various part of H. aromatica such as leaves and rhizomes were applied to treat joint pain, skin diseases, colds, asthma, diarrhea, and jaundice.

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The unremitting pollution of our environment induced by crude oil spillage and drilling site accidents has jeopardized every living species in the biological ecosystem. Removing heavy crude oil constituents with the help of traditional and mainstream oil sorbents because of their ingrained raised viscosities is a strenuous venture. Lighter distillates of crude oil, like condensate, do not aggregate with tremulous shine on the aquatic surface nor settle at the bottom sediment of the water bodies like the heavier components do with time.

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Article Synopsis
  • The nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve (NRLN) is a rare variation of the recurrent laryngeal nerve with a prevalence of 0.3-0.8% on the right side and only 0.004% on the left.
  • A case study of a young woman with a thyroid mass revealed a NRLN during surgery, as imaging indicated vascular anomalies associated with the lesion.
  • The authors emphasize the importance of identifying NRLN during thyroid surgery to prevent nerve injury, especially when preoperative imaging suggests vascular irregularities.
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