A review on recent advances in dry eye: Pathogenesis and management.

Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, more commonly known as dry eye, is an extremely common and often unrecognized disease. It is the condition in ophthalmology that in its mild grade of severity will affect most of the population at one time or other. Due to a wide variety of presentations and symptoms, it often frustrates the ophthalmologists as well as patients.

Antihyperlipidemic activity of Clitoria ternatea and Vigna mungo in rats.

Context: Hyperlipidemia is one of the major risk factors for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases. Some plants are effective in controlling hyperlipidemia.

Objective: To investigate the anti-hyperlipidemic effect of Clitoria ternatea L.

Immunostimolatory activities of Vigna mungo L. extract in male Sprague-Dawley rats.

Vigna mungo L. (Fabaceae) is a popular food legume used in the traditional Indian system of medicine for the treatment of a variety of disease conditions. The objective of the study was to evaluate any immunostimulatory activities of the extract of V.

A comparative study of DNA damage in patients suffering from diabetes and thyroid dysfunction and complications.

Objective: The apoptotic DNA levels in blood leukocytes of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and thyroid dysfunctionism were evaluated.

Materials And Methods: Single-cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay) detects migration of DNA from individual cell nuclei following alkaline treatment. Comet assay pattern was studied in individuals with T2D, hypothyroid (HT), hyperthyroid (HeT), and patients suffering from both diabetes mellitus and HT (HT + DM).

5-Hydroxytryptamine Receptor Subtypes and their Modulators with Therapeutic Potentials.

Unlabelled: 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) has become one of the most investigated and complex biogenic amines. The main receptors and their subtypes, e.g.

Gastroprotective effect of Benincasa hispida fruit extract.

Objectives: The antiulcer activity of Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. fruit was evaluated in rats against ethanol-induced gastric mucosal damage, pylorus ligated (PL) gastric ulcers, and cold restraint-stress (CRS)-induced gastric ulcer models.