Life Sciences

Introduction: Amavata occurs in all over the world in all races, sexes, age and climates and is equated with Rheumatoid Arthritis. It is one of the main ailments of modern era of sedentary life style due to its crippling, lingering and relapsing nature. According to Modern system of Medicine, Amavata can be compared to Rheumatoid Arthritis (R.A.). R.A is auto immune disease Aim: To evaluate the role of Shunthi Churna in the disease Amavata. Material and Methods: Total 30 patients of age group 20-60 years were registered in Group A.

Philosophy is ‘distinctive knowledge' that tries answering the problems that can not be answered by ordinary science because these problems out the reach of ordinary science. "Philosophy of Law" is a belief or philosophical appreciation adhered by people or society or State on the nature of characteristics and the cornerstone of enactment of the law. One is the natural law school (nature), who believed that a good law is a law that can apply universal and timeless.

Degradation of air quality at the city Jabalpur has been estimated by Air Quality Index (AQI). The method used to measure quality of air with respect to national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). Through the study of two years, the level of air pollutants (O3, CO, NO2, PM2.5 and PM10) was observed. As a result it was found that; O3, CO, PM2.5 and PM10 shown better AQI in 2015 than 2014 whereas, NO2 shows reverse AQI i.e. good AQI result in 2014. However, all the air pollutants didn’t cross its standard.

Pluchea lanceolata commonly known as ‘Rasna’, belonging to genus Pluchea of family Asteraceae, is an important xerophytic medicinal herb. Whole plant has been used traditionally as astringent, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, hepato-protective, diaphoretic in fevers, smooth muscle relaxant, nerve tonics, laxatives and for the treatment of dysentery, lumbago, leucorrhoea, dysuria, haemorrhoids, gangrenous ulcer and disorders causing cachexia.

The present study was to assess the status of phytoplankton diversity and biomass in order to know the productivity of Uppanar River. A total 58 species were recorded out of 34 species belonged to Bacillariophyceae (diatoms), 13 species to Dinophyceae (Dinoflagellates), 6 species to Cyanophyceae (Blue-greens), 4 species to Chlorophyceae (Green) and 1 species to Chrysophyceae (Silicoflagellates).

There are growing evidences indicating that climate change is one of the top issues facing the world today. Extreme climatic events such as typhoons, heavy storms and droughts are becoming more frequent and destructive. It is important to realize that climate change will affect the future rainfall pattern which is directly related to the water balance, hence leading to water related issues, consequently threatening local livelihoods. The historical rainfall data for Colombo City, Sri Lanka and Taipei City, Taiwan, are compared in this study.

The present study was conducted to prepare a food product in form of chikkis with rice flakes flour and figs. The chikkis weight was 100gms after the whole processing was carried out.The chikki is high in IRON, CALCIUM and PHOSPHORUS required by human body for supporting metabolism and healthy bones. This chikki could be helpful in treating/managing the Iron deficiency Anemia & Bone disorders such as Osteoporosis, Rickets, Hypocalcaemia, Arthritis etc. This can be helpful for poor people as well whose nutritional needs are not completed with food daily.

In the present study we propose new modified ratio estimators for estimating the population variance by using auxiliary information of non conventional location measures, non conventional measures of dispersion and coefficient of kurtosis. The properties associated with the proposed estimators are assessed by mean square error and compare with the existing estimators. By this comparison we conclude that our proposed estimators are more efficient than existing estimators. Numerical study is also provided to support the theoretical results.

Aldose reductase is an NADPH-dependent oxidoreductase that catalyzes the reduction of glucose to sorbitol, the first step in Aldose polyol pathway and this enzyme has been implicated in the development of late diabetic complications . As a consequence, inhibition of this enzyme has gained therapeutic significance and has been the drug target. Conjugated enone moiety present in natural product curcumin shows excellent inhibitory activity for aldose reductase and along these lines we have synthesised a series of conjucated enones and tested their activity.

Cirrhosis is an abnormal liver condition in which there is irreversible scarring of the liver. In cirrhosis the liver tissue is replaced by a scar tissue and fibrosis. The main cause of liver cirrhosis is excessive alcohol consumption, viral hepatitis B and hepatitis C, and non alcoholic fatty liver disease, biliary cirrhosis. Ascites is the most common complication of cirrhosis. Symptoms of liver cirrhosis includes jaundice, redness of the palms of the hands, spider angiomas etc. About 3% of the world’s population is affected due to cirrhosis.