Cassia fistula suppresses fertility in male rats. Withdrawal of extract restored all the altered parameters, including organ weights, fertility, circulatory level of hormones and tissue biochemistry, to control levels after 120 days.
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J Ethnopharmacol
January 2025
Phytomedicine Programme, Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, 0110, Pretoria, South Africa. Electronic address:
Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Zimbabwe is a key biodiversity domain in sub-Saharan Africa and ethnoveterinary medicines play an integral role in livestock health. However, knowledge on whether plants are used by only a small proportion of people or whether similar uses exist in different communities and in a more regional context is incompletely documented.
Aim Of The Study: Firstly, the study documented plant-based complementary medicines used for managing goat ailments.
J Clin Virol
January 2025
Departmento de Doenças Dermatológicas, Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA. Electronic address:
Background: In dengue hyperendemic regions, the evolution of the virus is marked by frequent virus introduction/reintroduction and clade replacement events, occasionally linked to an epidemic outbreak. From 2023 onwards, an increase in the detection of DENV-3 cases has been reported in different regions of Brazil. Thus, molecular and genomic surveillance of circulating DENV strains is crucial for public health preparedness and response efforts for the disease.
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January 2025
Nutritional Biochemistry Program, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
This study assessed the anti-diabetic potential and bioactive constituents of ten Sri Lankan medicinal herbs. Initial screening of aqueous extracts for starch-digesting enzyme inhibition prioritised three plants with notable activity ( ≤ 0.05), for further assessment using methanolic extracts: (PE), (CA), and (HI).
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December 2024
Institute of Herbal Medicine, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila.
Objectives: The aim of this study is to establish a Reversed Phase - High Performance Liquid Chromatographic (RP-HPLC) method for the quantification of Rhein from L. leaves.
Methods: A Shimadzu system equipped with a C18 Column (150 x 4.
Soc Sci Med
January 2025
University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA, 92521, United States. Electronic address:
In 1888, Brazil became the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery. Historians have outlined the racialized health disparities of people of African descent in the post-abolition period. Epidemiologists have shown that twenty-first-century health disparities continue to mirror patterns from over a century ago.
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