{"title":"Antimycobacterial and anti-oxidant potential of the bioactive metabolite isolated from the endophytic fungus Daldinia eschscholtzii","authors":"G. Shylaja, K. Sasikumar, A. Sathiavelu","doi":"10.3329/bjp.v13i4.38593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjp.v13i4.38593","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8719,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2018-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3329/bjp.v13i4.38593","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46219664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lymphocyte active immunotherapy for unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion","authors":"Xianjiang Wei, X. Fang, Ling Tong","doi":"10.3329/BJP.V13I4.37278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/BJP.V13I4.37278","url":null,"abstract":"This study is to evaluate the curative effect of lymphocyte active immune treatment for unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion. Fourteen randomized controlled trials of 994 subjects were included. Blocking antibody positive rate of patients who experienced a new pregnancy showed significant differences between immunotherapy and placebo. Moreover, live birth rate among paternal or third-party donor lymphocytes and placebo groups had significant difference [RR= 1.63, 95% CI (1.38-1.92), p<0.05]. Trial sequential analysis showed that the Z-curve crosses the trial sequential monitoring boundaries, confirming that the clinical benefit of active immunotherapy was significant. Subgroup analysis suggests that immunotherapy with lymphocytes might be more effective for primary recurrent spontaneous abortion than for secondary recurrent miscarriage. Taken together, women with primary recurrent spontaneous abortion who are negative for blocking antibody prior to treatment seemed most likely to obtain a potential beneficial effect of lymphocyte active immunotherapy, but not secondary recurrent spontaneous abortion.","PeriodicalId":8719,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2018-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3329/BJP.V13I4.37278","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45782396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Solanum melongena peel extract in the treatment of arsenic-induced Bowen’s disease","authors":"Q. S. Sarah, M. Misbahuddin","doi":"10.3329/BJP.V13I4.38273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/BJP.V13I4.38273","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to see the effectiveness of Solanum melongena peel extract in the treatment of arsenic-induced Bowen’s disease. In total 8 patients of arsenic-induced Bowen’s disease were selected from the two arsenic-endemic areas. The peel extract containing ointment was provided to each patient and instructed him/her to apply twice daily on the site of the lesion for 12 weeks. The measurement of the lesion size as well as photograph were collected both before and at the end of the study. The mean (± SD) diameter of the lesion was 3.8 ± 1.9 cm which reduced to 2.5 ± 1.7 cm (reduction 34%). The result was statistically significant.","PeriodicalId":8719,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2018-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3329/BJP.V13I4.38273","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42870780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tanzila Arshad, H. Sheikh, M. Kazmi, Sadia Farheen, Tehmina Sohail, M. Lateef
{"title":"New bioactive triaryl triglyceride esters: Synthesis, characterization and biological activities","authors":"Tanzila Arshad, H. Sheikh, M. Kazmi, Sadia Farheen, Tehmina Sohail, M. Lateef","doi":"10.3329/BJP.V13I4.37210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/BJP.V13I4.37210","url":null,"abstract":"<p class=\"Abstract\">Four new bioactive aryl triester derivatives of glycerol and benzoic acids were synthesized. The synthetic compounds were studied for their antimicrobial and urease inhibition activities. Esterification was carried out by using carbonyldiimidazole to enhance the acyl elimination addition reaction with benzoic acid derivatives. The structure of triglycerides were studied by EI-MS, <sup>1</sup>H, <sup>13</sup>C-NMR, FT-IR and elemental analysis. All synthetic compounds showed urease inhibition activity with highest value of IC<sub>50 </sub>value 22.4 ± 0.45 μM which is nearest to standard thiourea IC<sub>50 </sub>value (21.6 ± 0.12 μM). Except compound (3d), all other compounds exhibited antimicrobial activity against <em>Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Bacillus pumilus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em> and <em>Candida albican</em>.</p><p><strong>Video Clip of Methodology:</strong></p><p>7 min 59 sec <a href=\"https://youtube.com/v/PvGTYUxO7-4\">Full Screen</a> <a href=\"https://youtube.com/watch?v=PvGTYUxO7-4\">Alternate</a> </p>","PeriodicalId":8719,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2018-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3329/BJP.V13I4.37210","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46161591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hypoglycemic potential of Elaeagnus angustifolia fruit polysaccharide on streptozotocin-induced type 2 diabetic mice","authors":"Ya Wang, H. Zou, Cui Sun, Tao Guo, Zaiping Feng","doi":"10.3329/BJP.V13I4.37069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/BJP.V13I4.37069","url":null,"abstract":"<p class=\"Abstract\">In this study, the hyperglycemic potential of Elaeagnus angustifolia fruit polysaccharide in both normal healthy and streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice was investigated. Results showed no significant effect of E. angustifolia fruit polysaccharide on blood glucose level in normal control group, while E. angustifolia significantly suppressed the rise in blood glucose of diabetic mice. In addition, in the first two weeks of administration, the body weight was decreased both in negative control group and E. angustifolia groups, however, E. angustifolia (800 mg/kg) was recovered to the began weight in the fourth week. E. angustifolia (800 mg/kg) could markedly reduce the levels of total cholesterol, triglyceride and improve the level of high density lipoprotein-cholesterol. The results suggest that E. angustifolia could be considered as an ingredient of functional foods for diabetes.</p><p><strong>Video Clip of Methodology:</strong></p><p>10 min 19 sec <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/v/a3ikXeeByP8\">Full Screen</a> <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ikXeeByP8\">Alternate</a> </p>","PeriodicalId":8719,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2018-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3329/BJP.V13I4.37069","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44956661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. R. Talluri, Alekhya Ketha, G. Battu, Rajananda Swamy Tadi, V. B. Tatipamula
{"title":"Protective effect of Aurelia aurita against free radicals and streptozotocin-induced diabetes","authors":"M. R. Talluri, Alekhya Ketha, G. Battu, Rajananda Swamy Tadi, V. B. Tatipamula","doi":"10.3329/BJP.V13I3.36907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/BJP.V13I3.36907","url":null,"abstract":"The present work was carried out to identify the anti-oxidant and anti-diabetic activities of Aurelia aurita. The chemical profiling analysis showed that it possess different biologically active secondary metabolites like phenols, alakoids, steroids etc. The methanolic extract showed different free radical scavenging activity as ascorbic acid with IC50 values 202, 205, 153 µg on DPPH, hydroxyl and superoxide free radicals. The extract significantly reduced the hyperglycemic conditions with percentage of reduction 18.7 ± 1.3 to 53.5 ±1.5 of streptozotocin-induced animals and the positive result of in-vitro aldose reductase enzyme inhibition with IC50 value 163 µg suggests that A. aurita have potential to cure the diabetic complications.","PeriodicalId":8719,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2018-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3329/BJP.V13I3.36907","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44911692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of Origanum ramonense essential oil on the β-lactamase and extended- spectrum β-lactamase urinary tract isolates","authors":"H. Qaralleh","doi":"10.3329/BJP.V13I3.36897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/BJP.V13I3.36897","url":null,"abstract":"<p class=\"Abstract\">The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of <em>Origanum ramonense</em> essential oil extracted from the air-dried leaves against β-lactamase and extended-spectrum β-lactamase obtained from the patients with urinary tract infection. The essential oil was extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC–MS. In vitro antibacterial activity was studied using disc diffusion and microdilution methods. Twenty compounds were identified representing 97.8% of the total oil. The major components were carvacrol (84.6%), p-cymene (4.3%) and γ-terpinene (3.3%). The oil showed a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity against all tested isolates. <em>Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, Klebsiella pneumoniae</em> and <em>Enterobacter aerogenes</em> had the lowest minimum inhibitory concentration values (0.015 µg/mL) followed by <em>Escherichia coli</em> (0.14 µg/mL). The lowest susceptible strains to oil were <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus mirabilis, E. coli</em> 25922 and <em>P. aeruginosa</em> 10145. The bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects at concentrations as low as 0.015 µg/mL indicated the potent antibacterial activity of <em>O. ramonense</em>. </p><p><strong>Video Clip of Methodology:</strong></p><p>Disc Diffusion method: 2 min 16 sec <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/v/HUZqSngRvmQ\">Full Screen</a> <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUZqSngRvmQ\">Alternate</a></p>","PeriodicalId":8719,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2018-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3329/BJP.V13I3.36897","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43689409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficacy and safety of novel oral anticoagulants versus vitamin K antagonists in the treatment of venous thromboembolism","authors":"Maodi Xu, Qingquan Xue, Zhichen Pu, Zijing Wu, Haitang Xie","doi":"10.3329/BJP.V13I3.37124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/BJP.V13I3.37124","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this meta-analysis was to systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of novel oral anticoagulants and vitamin K antagonists in the treatment of venous thromboembolism. A total of 6 studies met the inclusion criteria and a total of 19,350 patients with venous thromboembolism were included. Among them, rivaroxaban (3 RCTs, n=90/3,449/4,832); dabigatran (2 RCTs, n=200/2,539); edoxaban (1 RCT, n=8,240). The results of meta-analysis showed that the total bleeding rate after treatment with the vitamin K antagonist group was higher than with the new oral anticoagulant group (OR=0.82, 95% confidence interval 0.75-0.90, p<0.0001), and the difference was highly statistically significant. Overall, new oral anticoagulants are compara-ble to vitamin K antagonists, but new oral anticoagulants can reduce the occurrence of bleeding events and the safety was superior to vitamin K antagonists.","PeriodicalId":8719,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2018-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3329/BJP.V13I3.37124","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43868867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Ratnaweera, R. C. Walgama, Kinkini U. Jayasundera, Suseema D. Herath, S. Abira, David E. Williams, R. Andersen, E. D. De Silva
{"title":"Antibacterial activities of endophytic fungi isolated from six Sri Lankan plants of the family Cyperaceae","authors":"P. Ratnaweera, R. C. Walgama, Kinkini U. Jayasundera, Suseema D. Herath, S. Abira, David E. Williams, R. Andersen, E. D. De Silva","doi":"10.3329/BJP.V13I3.36716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/BJP.V13I3.36716","url":null,"abstract":"<p class=\"Abstract\">In a study designed to determine the antibacterial potential of endophytic fungi inhabiting plants of Cyperaceae family, 72 morphologically distinct endophytic fungi were isolated from six plants and their antibacterial activities against two Gram positive and three Gram negative pathogenic bacterial species were examined. Two antibacterial metabolites from two endophytes were also isolated and their chemical structures and minimum inhibitory concentrations were determined. Sixty six fungal extracts (92%) were active against at least one bacterium tested. Butyrolactone I isolated from the Aspergillus terreus and 9-epi viridol isolated from Trichoderma virens exhibited MIC values in the range 128-256 µg/mL against Gram positive Bacillus subtilits, Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and Escherichia coli. Both compounds were inactive against other micro-organisms tested. This study confirmed that Cyperaceae plants harbor numerous endophytes that produce antibacterial metabolites active against both Gram positive and, to a lesser extent, Gram negative bacteria.</p><p><strong>Video Clip of Methodology:</strong></p><p>Column Chromatogrpahy: 15 min 34 sec <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/v/CqF3GmhSHN4\">Full Screen</a> <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqF3GmhSHN4\">Alternate</a></p>","PeriodicalId":8719,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2018-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3329/BJP.V13I3.36716","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41437903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Q. Tang, Yang Xie, Hong Xie, Wenqiang Jiang, Z. Fang
{"title":"Effect of sevoflurane postconditioning on myocardial oncosis and autophagy in ischemia-reperfusion injury in isolated rat heart","authors":"Q. Tang, Yang Xie, Hong Xie, Wenqiang Jiang, Z. Fang","doi":"10.3329/BJP.V13I3.36437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/BJP.V13I3.36437","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The effects of sevoflurane postconditioning on myocardial oncosis and autophagy were studied in 32 isolated rat heart of ischemia-reperfusion injury. The hearts were perfused by: a) Sham surgery group, b) simple sevoflurane group, c) simple ischemia-reperfusion group (I/R) group, and d) sevoflurane postconditioning group. The ratios between the gray density values of the target bands to the gray density value of GADPH were used to reflect the Beclin-1, LC3II/I, and porimin expression levels. The LC3II/I level in the sevoflurane postconditioning group was lower than the level in the I/R group. The porimin level in the sevoflurane postconditioning group was lower than the level in the I/R group. The myocardial infarction range in the sevoflurane postconditioning group (33 ± 5%) was significantly diminished compared with the range in the I/R group (53 ± 6%) (p<0.05). Sevoflurane decreased the occurrence of oncosis and alleviated myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by inhibiting MPTP opening.</p><p><strong>Video Clip of Methodology:</strong></p><p>14 min 31 sec <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/v/i7dssx_6Jsk\">Full Screen</a> <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7dssx_6Jsk\">Alternate</a></p>","PeriodicalId":8719,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2018-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3329/BJP.V13I3.36437","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49398981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}