A Systematic Review of the Efficacy and Safety of Mulberry Formulations for Chemotherapy- and/or Radiotherapy-Induced Oral Mucositis.

Oral mucositis (OM) is one of the common side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. It is an extremely painful condition characterized by erythema, edema, and ulceration of the oral mucosa. Many plant-based and chemical formulations are used to prevent OM.

Empirical system of image enhancement for digital microscopic pneumonia bacteria images.

In this paper the image processing method is used to enhance the pneumonia bacteria images. This paper recognized the bacteria images based on two domains. The enhancement techniques used for bacteria image enhancement were median filter, wiener filter, single scale retinex and multiscale retinex.

Preparation of an efficient and safe polymeric-magnetic nanoparticle delivery system for sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Aims: Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs), as drug delivery vehicles, offer to eliminate the concerns associated with hydrophobic anti-cancer agents. The current study was intended to fabricate a SPION based delivery system for sorafenib that can simultaneously enable targeted delivery of sorafenib and expand its therapeutic index against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Main Methods: Co-precipitation and physical entrapment methods were employed for the synthesis of sorafenib loaded PVA coated SPIONs.

Gluten-free starch noodles from sweet potato with reduced starch digestibility and enhanced protein content.

Sweet potato starch (SPS) noodles despite being gluten-free, has low nutritional value as it lacks proteins, minerals, vitamins etc. The objective of this study was to develop gluten-free starch noodles from sweet potato with enhanced protein content through fortification with whey protein concentrate (WPC) and to study the effect of protein fortification and blending SPS with banana (BS), cassava (CS) and mung bean (MBS) starches and annealed cassava starch (ACS) in reducing the starch digestibility. The highest protein retention in cooked noodles was obtained for 20 % WPC fortification, while the lowest starch digestibility was observed for 40 % BS fortified noodles followed by 50 % ACS fortified noodles.

Evaluation of efficacy of aloe vera in the treatment of oral submucous fibrosis - a clinical study.

Background: Oral submucous fibrosis is a chronic disease, treatment of which has largely been symptomatic. Aloe vera has immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, wound healing, antioxidant, and antineoplastic activities. All such properties of aloe vera suggest the possibility of its use in the management of oral submucous fibrosis.