Which method is best to induce liver damage for study hepatoprotective activity of plant extracts on mice/rat?

Literature says that Paracetamol and Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) induced damages can be used to find out the antioxidant potential/ hepatoprotective activity. Which is best method among these two?

04 May 2018 5,479 2 View

What are the methods to find out anti inflammatory acitivity of plant extracts?

02 March 2016 1,612 8 View

Which mask is best against inhalation of organic solvents?

11 December 2015 384 10 View

Can any one help me to find applications of plant crude polysaccharide isolated from malvaceae family ?

I have plant polysaccharide in isolated form (crude). I need to find an application(s) of this polysaccharide. Can any one suggest some possible application (Pharmacological as well as other...

09 October 2015 3,175 2 View

Can anybody help me to remove free sugars from crude plant extracts?

I need to remove free sugars from plant crude extracts (metahanol). is there any method to achieve this?

08 September 2015 7,147 10 View

How do I remove mucilage from plant crude extracts?

Hi, can any body tell how to separate mucilage from crude methanolic extracts of bark and leaves of Malvaceae member.? Is it possible to use the separated non mucilage part and mucilage part for...

07 August 2015 3,166 9 View

Can anyone explain the logic behind acidifying crude extract for fractionation?

Please explain the reason behind acidifying extract before fractionation? will it make any difference in extraction, with or with out acidifying?

07 August 2015 1,243 4 View

Can anyone suggest which solvent combination can be used to separate compounds from crude methanolic plant extract by TLC method ?

I am trying to separate and isolate all individual compounds from different plant extracts (extracted with methanol, ethyl acetate, chloroform, water). I tried chloroform-methane, hexane- ethyl...

05 June 2015 9,839 22 View

Which solvent is better to dissolve different solvent extracts for antimicrobial assay (Disc diffussion method) ?

Hi, I am doing antibacterial activity of plant extracts (Methanol, chloroform, ethyl acetate and water.). And I am using DMSO as solvent to dissolve extracts, but some extracts are not dissolving...

02 March 2015 8,883 12 View

Which is the best method to separate and characterize compounds from Crude plant extracts with polar and non polar solvents?

Which is the best method to separate and characterize compounds from Crude plant extracts (Polar and non polar solvents )? Please suggest different techniques.

11 December 2014 3,454 7 View

How can plant phytochemistry be included in discussions about whole plant traits?

I am using the concept of plant functional traits (Cornellisen et al., 2003) in a paper. Considering descriptions for whole plant traits (life history; life form; growth form; plant height;...

24 February 2021 6,831 5 View

Which Journals would you advise to submit a Letter which briefly talks about neurosurgical treatment of neuro-oncological patient during Sars-COV-2?

Possibily not an open access journal which does not add any publishing costs once being accepted. Thank you in advance

09 February 2021 717 6 View

How editors and reviewers evaluate the innovative idea of article ?

In peer review, Does the innovative of idea in article is besed on methodolgy , or study area, or the used dataset or all of them? How editors and reviewers evaluate the innovative idea of...

21 January 2021 1,206 11 View

What is the ACTUAL COST OF A PUBLICATION??

Hi. It's 2021 January. Recently, I got to know that Elsevier has converted around 160 journals into some "Transformative Journals" and follow the recommendations under "Plan S"...

19 January 2021 9,985 2 View

Suggest some good journals having Impact factor more than 3 which is not an open access one for alternative and complimentary medicine?

Suggest some good journals having Impact factor more than 3 which is not an open access one for alternative and complimentary medicine?

11 January 2021 7,782 1 View

What are the (extrinsic) factors that influence the citation rate of a research article?

Dear RG members, Excluding the (intrinsic) factors such as quality and content of an article, what are the extrinsic factors/predicors that influence the citation rate of a research article? Is...

07 January 2021 3,410 3 View

Is the quality of the article published in Renowned Journal (Elsevier, Wiley etc.)and open access renowned journals (MDPI,Frontiers etc.)are the same?

It is well known that the quality of the article published in renowned journals like Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, Tailor& Francis etc. are very good. Besides, several renowned open access...

28 December 2020 6,256 58 View

How to use 4 probe system for two probe measurement?

I am trying to do 2 probe measyrement using 4 probe system. I am applying to the force terminal to the outermost probe tips. Each tip is separated by 0.5 mm. I tries with lateral configuration...

17 December 2020 9,604 1 View

Open Access Journal Research Center, a predatory publisher?

Dear Peers, I recently received an invitation as a guest editor from a journal under Open Access Journal Research Center (OAJRC). The OAJRC is not listed in the predatory publishers, but the...

09 November 2020 1,575 7 View

What is the chemical composition of Cucumis melo roots?

I have found an old pharmaceutical research from 1833 in which emetic power of Cucumis melo roots was confirmed. I cannot find data about chemical constituents of the Cucumis melo roots. Their...

30 October 2020 3,633 3 View