7 research outputs found

    Impact of Turmeric as Dietary approach on HER2 expression in blood of Gastric cancer Patients

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    Curcumin as an active ingredient of turmeric acts as repressor against proteins expressed in cancerous cell. However, due to poor absorption, little is known about the effect of curcumin on HER2 expression in blood. A blood samples were drawn from ten subjects of gastric cancer aged 37 to 80 years using turmeric as random doses in diet. For hypothesising of study, subjects were convinced to use a constant dose (500 mg) of turmeric twice in a day till the five days and then blood was drawn. Out of ten, three subjects had detectable curcumin, whereas in blood of nine subjects including three showed overexpression of HER2 status (>15 ng/ml) at random doses of turmeric. At constant dose (500 mg) of turmeric, six subjects out of ten had increasing curcumin level with decreasing HER2 status in blood, whereas in two subjects, HER2 status was remain unchanged due to no detection of curcumin. In other two subject underwent for chemotherapy had low HER2 status without curcumin detection. An inverse relation of curcumin holds on HER2 status in blood of four subjects with different body mass of same age group after taking constant doses of turmeric powder. The curcumin bioavailability in blood depending on higher doses of turmeric and physical status of subjects may inhibit the HER2 expression

    Biotechnological aspects of plants metabolites in the treatment of ulcer: A new prospective

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    Ulcer is one of the most common diseases affecting throughout the world population. The allopathic treatment of ulcer adversely affects the health by causing harmful side effects. Currently, many herbal plants and secondary metabolites have been used for the ulcer treatment. In the present review, many herbal plants and their parts (root, rhizome, bark, leaves and fruits) have been listed in the table are currently being used for ulcer treatment. These metabolites are responsible for ulcer-neutralization or anti-inflammatory properties. In silico study, plant metabolites showed interaction between protodioscin (secondary metabolites of Asparagus racemosus) and interferon-γ (virulent factor of gastric ulcer) during molecular docking. All the residues of interferon-γ exhibited hydrophobic interactions with plant metabolites. These interactions helps in understanding the plant secondary metabolites vis a vis will open a new door in the research field of new drug discovery and designing for the ulcer treatment

    Potential Anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis Activity of Plant Secondary Metabolites: Insight with Molecular Docking Interactions

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    Tuberculosis (TB) is a recurrent and progressive disease, with high mortality rates worldwide. The drug-resistance phenomenon of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a major obstruction of allelopathy treatment. An adverse side effect of allelopathic treatment is that it causes serious health complications. The search for suitable alternatives of conventional regimens is needed, i.e., by considering medicinal plant secondary metabolites to explore anti-TB drugs, targeting the action site of M. tuberculosis. Nowadays, plant-derived secondary metabolites are widely known for their beneficial uses, i.e., as antioxidants, antimicrobial agents, and in the treatment of a wide range of chronic human diseases (e.g., tuberculosis), and are known to “thwart” disease virulence. In this regard, in silico studies can reveal the inhibitory potential of plant-derived secondary metabolites against Mycobacterium at the very early stage of infection. Computational approaches based on different algorithms could play a significant role in screening plant metabolites against disease virulence of tuberculosis for drug designing
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