Mohd Aslam

National Institute of Technology, Silchar | NIT Silchar · Department of Mechanical Engineering

Background: A lyophilized bovine-human rotavirus reassortant pentavalent vaccine (BRV-PV, Rotasiil®) was licensed in 2016. A liquid formulation of this vaccine (LBRV-PV, Rotasiil - Liquid) was subsequently developed and was tested for non-inferiority to Rotasiil® and for lot-to-lot consistency. Methods: This Phase II/III, open label, randomized...

Tukhm Khashkhaash is the seeds of Papaver somniferum belonging to the family Papaveraceae. The description of Poppy seeds is mentioned in various classical Unani books. Renowned Unani scholar Avicenna had also described poppy seeds in his famous book “The Canon of Medicine”. He wrote that Tukhme Khashkhaash safaid are the small white seeds obtained...

Hansraj(Adiantum capillus-veneris) is an herbal plant used in Unanisystem of medicine since ancient time. Leaf, roots, stem of the plant are mainly used in the treatment ofkidney stone, diabetes, fungal infection, thyroid and respiratory disorder. This review article is presented to compose all the new information on its phytochemical and pharmacol...

The seed of Cucumis melo Linn. is having diuretic, lithotriptic, laxative, demulcent and cooling properties. The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the nephroprotective activity of methanolic extract of Cucumis melo (ME-CM) seed kernel in gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity. The ME-CM was administrated orally (190 mg/kg/d) for 8 day...

Large scale exploitation coupled with dysgenic selection of ecologically and commercially important Pinus wallichiana though has eroded its gene pool but it still exhibits wide spectrum of variability which could be utilized for its genetic improvement. The available natural resource of wild genes has an immense potential for utilization of the spe...

Rotavirus is the most common cause of moderate-to-severe infant diarrhoea in developing countries, resulting in enormous morbidity, mortality, and economic burden. A bovine-human reassortant pentavalent rotavirus vaccine (BRV-PV) targeting the globally most common strains was developed in India and tested in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-cont...

Himalayan yew ( Taxus wallichiana Zucc.), is an economically valuable plant and critically endangered due to overexploitation for the isolation of Taxol,an exciting anticancer drug from its bark and leaves. Since the species is unisexual and due to its long seed dormancy period and rapid loss of viability coupled with low survival percentage, its n...

Taxus wallichiana is gaining more importance and popularity across the globe because of its amazing therapeutic and other properties. It holds the potential of a high revenue generating cash crop of immense medicinal value. Besides being the source of an exciting ant-cancerous drug taxol, it also contains essential oils, diterpenoids, lignans, ster...

Computer docking provides the necessary data for biochemists, chemists, and pharmacologists to design and study ligands for various proteins and identifying the ligands that bind effectively in the active site of these protein structures. There are varieties of docking strategies which are based different algorithms but herein authors used genetic...

Cucumis melo which is commonly known as musk melon belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae and it is known as kharbuzah in Unani medicine. It is an annual climbing or creeping herb with angular, scabrous stem, simple soft hairy orbicular-reniform leaves and bears tendrils, by which it is readily trained over trellises. The aim of this review is to expl...

Khatmi (Althaea officinalis), commonly known as Marsh Mallow is one of the important medicinal plant used in Unani medicine. Khatmi is a perennial plant with light brown coloured, long and thick root, ovate-cordate, slightly toothed leaves and pale pink or pale purple coloured flowers. Root, leaves, flowers and seeds are mainly used in medicine. Al...

Althaea rosea is a stately ornamental plant, producing large single, semi-double, double or frilled flowers of many colours belongs to the family Malvaceae. It is commonly known as Hollyhock. The aim of this review is to reveal the comprehensive information about Althaea rosea, to highlight the areas of research have been carried out in this d rug...

Aims: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is considered to be one of the important risk factors for cardiac diseases. Frank diabetes is usually preceded by long term abnormality in glucose homeostasis which is called pre-diabetes. The hypothesis that diabetic patients have greater risk and worse prognosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) than pre-diabetics...

There is no restriction on using the automated teller machines and ATMs are prominent habitat for bacterial colonization on the key pads and touch screen. The present study is focused on the group of bacterial strains present in the tocuh screen and key pad of machines. Following three main highly crowded areas were selected in Jeddah city: industr...

CASE REPORT ABSTRACT ARTICLE INFORMATION Hyperkalemia is a common clinical condition associated with serious cardiac arrhythmias and at times may lead to death. Timely detection of hyperkalemia in a susceptible patient is crucial for patient survival. The emergence of new medications that specifically target hyperkalaemia could lead to new therapeu...

Left atrial myxomas are commonly missed clinically and often lead to grave consequences. A high degree of suspicion is required for diagnosing myxomas clinically. We present here a series of three cases which presented with absolutely different clinical signs and came out to be myxomas on echocardiography. The first case was a female who presented...

Stroke is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world and in recent years a lot of emphasis has been given to the role of newer drugs in stroke which increase neuroprotection. Citicholine (CDP-Choline; or Cytidine 5'-Diphosphocholine) has been shown to possess efficacy in the management of cognitive impairment in stroke as wel...

Regimental therapies are mostly non medicinal procedures for health promotion in Unani system of medicine. Several regimens have been used by Unani physicians since ancient time, among which Dalak (massage) is the most common and widely practiced regimen that is used for restorative, preventive as well as for therapeutic purposes. Massage which has...

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE ABSTRACT ARTICLE INFORMATION Background: In recent years there has been much focus on the existence of generalized endothelial dysfunction in Essential hypertension. Also atherosclerosis, which is a key contributor to Essential hypertension, has been firmly established to be an inflammatory process. High blood pressure [HB...

This work evaluates the potential of Phyllanthus debilis for the adsorption of Zn2+ and Ni2+ ions using synthetic solutions. Adsorption experiments were performed in order to examine the effect of pH, contact time, biomass concentration and initial metal ion concentration in the removal process, in a batch mode. The results revealed that the adsorp...

Microscopic colitis may be defined as a clinical syndrome, of unknown etiology, consisting of chronic watery diarrhea, with no or minimal changes seen on colonoscopy. Therefore, a definitive diagnosis is only possible by histology. The epidemiological characteristics of this disease have become more elaborate over the past few years, and most of th...

ARTICLE INFORMATION Ranolazine is a relatively new drug having effects on cardiac metabolic pathways and it is known to improve cardiac functions by favourably inhibiting fatty acid oxidation. Ranolazine inhibits free fatty acid oxidation and improves glucose metabolism in the heart. The mechanism of action is not fully known. It is thought that th...

Herbicide usage has increased dramatically during the last two decades coinciding with the change in farming practices and increasingly intensive agriculture. This study thus assesses herbicide occurrence in the ground water of Delhi i.e. Atrazine and Simazine herbicide. Liquid-liquid extraction with dichloromethane and methanol as extracting solve...

The ability of Adulsa leaves powder (ALP) to adsorb Hg(II) from aqueous solutions has been investigated through batch experiments. The ALP biomass was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The experimental parameters that were investigated in this study included pH, adsorbent dosage, and effect o...

The ill effects of green revolution include residues of extensively used chemical pesticides in various environmental components. The present study was designed to analyze the levels of organochlorine pesticide residues along with chemical composition in buffalo milk samples collected from different localities of Delhi. Milk monitoring can yield in...

Natural products and dietary components have earlier been proven as potential chemoprotective agents, and continuous efforts are in progress to search for such new products. Gentamicin, an aminoglycoside antibiotic, is widely used for treating the infections caused by many gram negative bacteria. However, besides other unwanted effects, the drug ca...

The suitability of groundwater quality for drinking and agricultural purposes was assessed in the rural areas of Delhi based on the various water quality parameters. A total of 50 ground water samples were collected randomly from different sources viz. hand pump, tube well, boring and analyzed for major ion chemistry to understand the operating mec...

Renal disorders have always remained a major area of concern for physicians since a long time. It is the 9th leading cause of death in United States. Incidence of kidney diseases leading to kidney failure is increasing day by day. A large number of chemicals in common use are potential renal toxins. The use of herbal drugs for the prevention and tr...

Studies were undertaken to assess the extent of genetic divergence among the progenies of eighty-eight plus trees selected from the entire distributional range of Pinus wallichiana in Kashmir Himalaya at the age of one year to identify the promising selections for use in future improvement programmes. The study resolved the eighty eight plus tree p...

The removal of nickel(II) from aqueous solution by different Azadirachta indica (Neem) biomass; neem leaves fresh (NLF), neem leaves activated (NLA), leaves ash (LA), neem bark fresh (NBF) and neem bark activated (NBA) were used for adsorption studies. Neem leaves and neem bark were activated by giving heat treatment and with the use of concentrate...

Pinus wallichiana seeds were subjected to tetrazolium test in order to evaluate their viability characteristics. Seeds were soaked in distilled water for 24 hours followed by soaking in 1% tetrazolium salt and incubated at 30°C ±1 temperature in dark for 36 hours. Six staining patterns were recognized. Root mean square method was applied to determi...

Eighty eight plus trees representing the entire distributional range of Pinus wallichiana (Blue pine or Kail) in Kashmir Himalaya were sampled to determine the extent and nature of variability and character association in eight cone and seed traits. Wide variations were observed in cone weight (28.16-46.0 g), number of seeds/cone (41.6-90.6) and 10...

The physicochemical parameters and trace metal contents of water samples from Delhi were assessed. A total of 20 water samples were collected from boring, tube well and hand pump and analyzed for the various physicochemical parameters like pH, conductivity, total dissolved solid, total alkalinity, Ca2+ and Mg2+ hardness, chloride ion, dissolved oxy...