IN VITRO ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF VARIOUS LEAF EXTRACTS OF CANTHIUM COROMANDELICUM(BURM.F.) ALSTON.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to estimate the total phenolic and flavonoid contents and to explore the antioxidant potential of various leaf extracts (chloroform, ethyl acetate, and ethanol) of Canthium coromandelicum, which is considered traditionally as an important medicinal plant.Methods: Antioxidant properties of the extracts were assessed using 1, 1- diphenyl -2- picrylhydrazyl and hydrogen peroxide radical scavenging assays for ascorbic acid equivalents. The total phenolic and flavonoid contents were also investigated to determine their correlation with the antioxidant activity of the leaf extracts and expressed in Gallic acid and quercetin equivalents, respectively.Results: The results showed that the content of total phenols and flavonoids was found to be high in ethyl acetate extract which was recorded as 61.02±1.30 mg Gallic acid equivalent (GAE/g) and 81.72±0.61 QE/g, respectively. Compared to other extracts, ethyl acetate leaf extract was found to possess high antioxidant activity at p<0.05 level, with high percentage of inhibition at 100 μg/ml concentration (82.70%) toward hydrogen peroxide radical scavenging with IC50 value 62.94 μg/ml. Statistically, two-tailed Pearson's correlation showed strong positive correlations between hydrogenperoxide radical scavenging activity and total phenolic contents (TPC) (r=1.000) at p<0.05 level.Conclusion: The results obtained in this study clearly signifies that the ethyl acetate leaf extract of C. coromandelicum has high content of total phenols which are correlated to its antioxidant activity and thus has the potential to use as a source of natural antioxidants and can be explored as a therapeutic agent in free radical induced diseases.Â

The Management of Patient with Oligodontia Associated With Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder – A Rare Case Report

Oligodontia is characterized by missing six or more teeth in primary and permanent dentition exclusive of the third molars. Hereditary is the main etiologic factor and the principal clinical features are reduction in number of teeth, changes in the morphology of teeth, their eruption time and improper development of alveolar ridges. Prevalence of Oligodontia is 0.35% in Indian population. Treatment of Oligodontia is through a multidisciplinary approach. Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diag-nosed behavioural disorder of childhood. It is a problem with inattentiveness, over-activity, impulsivity, or a combination. It affects about 3-5% of school aged children. ADHD may run in families, but the etiology is unknown. Depression, lack of sleep, learning disability and behavioural problems may appear with ADHD.The aim of this study was to describe a clinical case of 7 year old child with multiple congenital missing teeth associated with ADHD syndrome. &nbsp

The Binding Number of a Zero Divisor Graph

Abstract In this paper, we evaluate b(Γ(Z n )). Our main result is, we give maximum value of b(Γ(Z n )) is 0.99999999796427626489236243072661, where n is any positive integer upto fiftieth million. Mathematics Subject Classification: 05C25, 05C35, 05C7

Synthesis, antibacterial activities and molecular docking studies of ethyl 3-(4-substituted phenyl) propanoates as targeted antibiotics

Type II fatty acid synthesis (FAS II) pathway has been recently reported as an attractive targeting for their efficacy against infections caused by multi-resistant Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Among the related FAS II enzymes, beta ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase (KAS), is an essential target for novel antibacterial drug design. Five novel Ethyl-3-(4-substituted phenyl) propanoates have been synthesized, characterized and screened for antibacterial activity. The inhibitory activities against Escherichia coli b-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III (ecKAS III) were investigated by molecular docking simulation. Compounds which posses both good inhibitory activity and well binding affinities were compared their antibacterial activities against gram negative and gram-positive bacterial strains were tested, expecting to exploit potent antibacterial agent with broad-spectrum antibiotics activity. Compounds 4b, 4c, 4d exhibits significant activity and ethyl-3-(4-chlorophenyl)propanaoate (4b) exhibits highest antibacterial activity against all the bacteria among the synthesized compounds.Colegio de Farmacéuticos de la Provincia de Buenos Aire

Design and Development of Thermoplastic Polyurethane Based Composite Membranes

Polymer electrolyte membranes used in fuel cells are proton selective and hence allows only protons to pass through it. The electrolyte composition, morphology and water absorption properties of the membrane greatly influence the performance of the fuel cell. For example the membranes used in fuel cells should meet following requirements. • Good thermal stability above 250°C. • Proton conductivity greater than 10^-2 S/cm. • Good water absorption and water retaining capacity. • mechanical strength and flexibility. The present paper is focused on design and development of a membrane suitable for fuel cell application. The base polymer chosen in this present work has been thermoplastic polyurethane because of its high flexibility, temperature resistance and solubility in organic solvent such as DMF. Fabrication of the coating machine was done and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) based Composite membranes with an average thickness of 40 microns were cast. Sulphonation of polystyrene was carried out to get SPS with assay 98%. TPU based composite membranes with conducting resins of 25% SPEEK, 4%SPS and 10% PANI were cast and characterized by FTIR, DSC, four probe conductivity and SEM. The composite membranes were studied for fuel cell suitability. The studies show that a current in the range of 0.5×10−4 A to 0.8344×10−4 A and about 0.5V can be drawn out of these membranes. The results were compared with that of NAFION membrane.</jats:p

Nucleation parameters for polymer crystallization from non-isothermal thermal analysis

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) has been used to obtain kinetic and nucleation parameters for polymer crystallization under a non-isothermal mode of operation. The available isothermal nucleation growth-rate equation has been modified for non-isothermal kinetic analysis. The values of the nucleation constant (Kg ) and surface free energies (&#963;, &#963;e) have been obtained for i-polybutene-1, i-polypropylene, poly(L-lactic acid), and polyoxymethylene and are compared with those obtained from isothermal kinetic analysis; a good agreement in both is seen