Previous reports state that the flour of palmyrah (Borassus flabellfer L), called odiyal, on heating at 80·C for 45 minutes caused removal of hepatotoxic and neurotoxic factors effectively, and that odiyal flour originated ...

Palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer L.) shoot has been proved to give a neurotoxic effect. This study using male Wistar rats shows that the time for advent of neurotoxic symptoms is affected by the location from which the ...

In one of the Ayurvedic treatise' Patoladi' decoction (PD) consisting of five ingredients (Terminalia chebula Retz, Terminalia belerica Roxb, Phyllenthus emblica Linn. Tricosenthes cucumarina Linn. Azadirachta indica A. ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of aqueous leaf extract (WE), of Ficus benghalensis Linn. (Family: Moraceae) on nociception and sedation using male rats. Different doses of the WE (0,125, 250, 500 ...

Residual pattern of highly toxic dioxins, included with polychlorinated dibenzo -p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and coplanar PCBs, were determined in biota from two locations in western costal area of Sri Lanka. The concentrations ...

Pythagorean numbers have captured the imagination of the man for their beauty from the times of Pythagoras (i.e., from 582 BC) or possibly before. The most familiar Pythagorean triples are (3,4,5) and (5,12,13). ...