Pattern of dyslipidemia and associated factors in coronary artery disease patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A cross-sectional secondary data analysis.

Objectives: To assess the prevalence, pattern, and associated factors of dyslipidemia in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) in the Northwest region of Pakistan.

Method: A cross-sectional secondary data analysis was performed on CAD patients visiting cardiology clinics in selected hospitals from July to December 2019. A total of 362 patients were included via consecutive sampling.

Evaluation of In-vitro Antimicrobial Potential of Daphne retusa Hemsl. Against Human Pathogenic Bacteria and Fungi.

Background: Antimicrobial drug resistance is an emerging problem, which leads to a failure in the control of infectious diseases thereby, adversely affecting patient care and reducing effective management of infectious diseases globally. Thus, search for new and more effective alternatives is needed. Daphne retusa Hemsl.

In vitro attenuation of thermal-induced protein denaturation by aerial parts of Artemisia scoparia.

The goal of this study was to explore the aerial parts of Artemisia scoparia (crude extract, total flavonoid contents, and aqueous fraction) for protein denaturation potential. The crude extract provoked marked attenuation of thermal-induced denatured protein in a concentration-dependent manner with maximum inhibition of 54.05 μg/mL at 500 μg/mL and IC50 of 449.

Antipyretic activity of decoction of Joshanda and its saponin and sterol contents: validation in an animal-based model.

Joshanda is a polyherbal product that is commonly used in the treatment of cold and flu usually accompanied by fever. The present study was designed to scrutinize the antipyretic activity of a decoction of Joshanda and its total saponin and sterol contents in brewer's yeast induced febrile mice. The results revealed marked attenuation of induced pyrexia by the decoction and its saponin contents during various assessment times (1-5 hours) in a dose-dependent manner, which were not supported by sterol contents.

Attenuation of erythrocytic acetyl cholinesterase by paracetamol and chloroquine: evidence in an in vitro study.

The present study deals with the erythrocytic acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity of paracetamol and chloroquine in an in vitro protocol using Michaelis Menten parameters (Apparent Michaelis Constant (aKm) and Apparent Maximum Velocity (aVm). Paracetamol showed marked inhibition of the erythrocytic acetylcholinesterase. The inhibitory values for aKm and aVm were 65.

Attenuation of erythrocytic actylcholinesterase by antidepressants: evidence in an in vitro experiment.

The current study was aimed to scrutinize acetylcholinesterase (AchE) inhibitory profile of two antidepressants, diazepam and phenobarbitone. The experimental designed was based on Michaelis-Menten parameters (apparent Michaelis constant (aKm) and apparent maximum velocity (aVm)) that estimate inhibition (%) as well as the type of inhibition (mechanism). The results showed marked inhibition of AchE by diazepam and the values of aKm and aVm were 65.

Urease inhibitors from Indigofera gerardiana Wall.

Three new phloroglucinol type compounds Indigoferin-A (1), Indigoferin-B (2) and Indigoferin-C (3), along with a known compound β-sitosterol were isolated from the Indegofera gerardiana Wall. The structures of Indigoferin-A (1), Indigoferin-B (2), and Indigoferin-C (3) were deduced on the basis of spectroscopic techniques (EI-MS, HREI-MS, (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR, HMQC, and HMBC). The urease inhibition studies on all the four compounds have also been carried out.

Antibacterial, antifungal, insecticidal, cytotoxicity and phytotoxicity studies on Indigofera gerardiana.

The antibacterial, antifungal, acute cytotoxicity, phytotoxicity and insecticidal profile of the crude extract and various fractions of Indigofera gerardiana have been studied. Six bacterial and fungal strains were used, of which Samonella typhi and Microsporum canis were the most susceptible strains with MICs 0.37 mg/mL and 0.