Non-pharmacological interventions include physical activity, biofield energy therapy, reiki, Tai chi, and therapeutic touch. However, no reports analyzed the effectiveness of biofield therapy on cognition and motor function performance in adult subjects. The study aimed to investigate the impact of remote biofield energy healing therapy on cognition and motor functioning in adults with self-perceived neuropsychological impairments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: There has been accumulating interest in the application of biofield therapy as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to treat various diseases. The practices include reiki, qigong, blessing, prayer, distant healing, known as biofield therapies. This paper aims to state scientific knowledge on preclinical and clinical studies to validate its potential use as an alternative medicine in the clinic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Vitamin D Deficiency is recognized as a pandemic, which is associated with high mortality. An inadequate level of vitamin D is associated with autoimmune diseases, hypertension, and cancer. The study was aimed to assess the pharmacological effects of chronic vitamin D supplementation on the manipulation diet regiment of deprived cholecalciferol (vitamin D deficient diet, VDD) rats.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBoswellia serrata (B. serrata) is an important medicinal plant widely used as dietary supplements to provide a support for osteoarthritic and inflammatory diseases. The occurrence of triterpenes in leaves of B.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Western and Eastern cultures have practiced biofield energy therapy for thousands of years, but empirical research on effectiveness of this therapy is relatively nascent. Study was aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of biofield therapy on psychological symptoms and mental health disorders in adult subjects.
Methods: Seventy-seven participants (39 male and 38 female) underwent clinical trial.
Background: The demand for "energy healing" is growing rapidly in the United States and other developed countries. To date, scanty clinical trials have been conducted to evaluate its clinical safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness.
Primary Study Objective: The study aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of the Blessed TRI 360TM capsule (Biofield Energy Treated Proprietary Dietary Supplement Capsules Powered by the Trivedi Effect®).
Nowadays, diet plays an increasingly important role in normal physiology and mental health. Recently, many studies have shown that more use of dietary supplements in mental and psychological disorders. Study objective was to investigate safety and efficacy of proprietary nutraceutical combination (TRI 360) on psychological symptoms in adult human subjects with one or more psychological symptoms in open-label, single-center, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe study was evaluated the impact of cannabidiol (CBD) on thyroid hormones by modulation cannabinoid receptor-2 (CB2) and vitamin D receptor (VDR) in rats fed with vitamin D deficiency diet (VDD). CB2-receptors were analyzed by RT-PCR method and others biomarkers by ELISA. The relative expression of CB2 (thyroid ~ 4 folds), VDR protein (liver, 151.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe study was planned to investigate memory-enhancing, anti-inflammatory, and antiaging potential of cannabidiol (CBD) on vitamin D deficient diet (VDD)-induced rats. Cytochrome P-450 enzymes were analyzed by RT-PCR method and others biomarkers by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. and -mRNA were significantly increased by 39.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The study objective was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of cannabidiol (CBD) on a combination of caecal slurry, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and Escherichia coli (E. coli)-induced systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) in male Sprague Dawley rats.
Methods: The therapeutic activity was monitored in behavioral tests and inflammatory biomarkers by the enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA) method.
Tetrahydrocurcumin (THC) is one of the major metabolites of curcumin (CUR), an ancient bioactive natural polyphenolic compound. This research article describes both the solid and liquid state characterization of THC using advanced spectroscopic and thermo-analytical techniques. Anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and neuroprotective activities of THC were investigated using cell lines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVitamins, minerals, and nanocurcumin play a substantial role in various nutraceutical/pharmaceutical formulations that are widely used in therapeutics, cosmetics, and dietary supplements. The current study aimed to investigate the comparative in vitro immunomodulatory effect of a novel nanocurcumin-based formulation with curcumin in LPS-induced cytokine expression, NK cells' activity, and phagocytosis. The proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, and MIP-1α) and NK cells' activity were measured in cell supernatants using ELISA assay; however, phagocytosis activity was performed using colorimetric analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present paper described the immunomodulatory potential of novel nanocurcumin-based formulation enriched with trace elements and vitamins on cyclophosphamide-induced immunosuppression in rat model. Major immune-related assays were monitored such as hemagglutination assay, delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction, cellular immune response, IgG, IgE, IgM, cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, hematological study, antioxidant profile, and lipid biomarkers. Chemical characterization of novel formulation showed retention time (R ) 18.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Herbomineral formulations are momentous in an audience of worldwide by virtue of their holistic approach to life. These formulations are widely used as complementary therapies in immunocompromised patients including cancer. Still, there is the need of cost-effective and safe herbomineral-based formulation that can modulate immune response by the regulation of cytokines cascades.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this study was to investigate the role of tetrahydrocurcumin (THC) against various skin health parameters using in vitro human foreskin fibroblast and melanoma cell lines (i.e. HFF-1 and B16-F10).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe main aim of this study was to investigate the oxidative stress, genotoxicity and cytotoxicity of erythromycin (EMC) in pups of treated dams in gestation as well as the lactation period (LP). The two doses of EMC were compared using intraperitoneal (i.p.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPresently herbal medicines are being used by about 80% of the world population for primary health care as they stood the test of time for their safety, efficacy, cultural acceptability and lesser side effects. The discovery of platelet activating factor antagonists (PAF antagonists) during these decades are going on with different framework, but the researchers led their efficiency in studying in vitro test models. Since it is assumed that PAF play a central role in etiology of many diseases in humans such as asthma, neuronal damage, migraine, cardiac diseases, inflammatory, headache etc.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Adipose tissue is the key regulator of energy balance, playing an active role in lipid storage and metabolism and may be a dynamic buffer to control fatty acid flux. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma isoform-2 (PPARg2), an isoform of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily, has been implicated in almost all aspects of human metabolic alterations such as obesity, insulin resistance, type-2 diabetes and dyslipidaemia. The PPARg2 isoform is highly present in adipose tissue where it functions as a thrifty phenotype, which promotes adipocyte differentiation and triglyceride storage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe currently available diuretics increase the urinary excretion of sodium chloride by selective inhibition of specific sodium transporters in the loop of Henle and distal nephron. In recent years, the molecular cloning of the diuretic-sensitive sodium transporters at distal convoluted tubule has improved our understanding of the cellular mechanisms of action of each class of diuretics. Diuretics are tools of considerable therapeutic importance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFurosemide (FS) is a potent loop diuretic widely used in the management of fluid retention associated with cardiac, renal, and hepatic failure as well as for the treatment of hypertension. FS is a well-characterized and known hepatotoxin in both human and animal test systems. In this study, an attempt has been made to investigate the in vivo genotoxicity of FS at the hepatotoxic equivalent doses using the chromosomal aberration and the comet assay in the bone marrow cells of mice as the endpoints of evaluation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmeloblastoma is a tumor of odontogenic epithelium. It is a tumour of intermediate malignant potential which lies in the gray zone between benign and malignant neoplasm. A huge ameloblastoma revealing benign cytological features in FNAC is being reported.
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