Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsMolecular Medicine-Prospects and ChallengesC. N. Ramchand, R. Sripathy, N. Somashekara et al.Drug discovery and development is a process that rationally leads to instigation of compound or formulation for the treatment of particular disease/diseased condition by acting on its specific target (s). Most of the drugs identified by conventional drug discovery process were as a result of unsystematic, random and serendipitous approach. Enhancement of knowledge in the field of biotechnology, molecular biology … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 23 Feb 2012 · 7,473 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Review on Ramie (Boehmeria nivea L. Gaudich.): From Textile to Medicine and the Threats of Pests and DiseasesVictor Corbita, Mari Neila Seco, Leny Galvez et al.Ramie (Boehmeria nivea L. Gaud.), also known as “China grass”, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Urticaceae family. Ramie is considered one of the ancient and important economic and natural fiber crops today. Indeed, ramie fiber ranks first in durability, tensile strength, length of fiber cells, fineness, and color. Aside from its role in the textile industry, ramie is … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 25, Issue 4 · 2 Dec 2025 · 3,960 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractProtective Role of Ganoderma lucidum Polysaccharides Against Stress Induced by Heavy Metals in Caenorhabditis elegansHuixiu Ma, Dehui Dai, Guicai Chen, Weilian HuAli, H., Khan, E., & Ilahi, I. (2019). Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of Hazardous Heavy Metals: Environmental Persistence, Toxicity, and Bioaccumulation. Journal of Chemistry, 2019, 6730305. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/6730305 Aljerf, L., & Aljerf, N. (2023). Food products quality and nutrition in relation to public. Balancing health and disease. Progress in Nutrition, 25(1), e2023024. https://doi.org/10.23751/pn.v25i1.13928 Aljerf, L., Williams, M., Ajong, A. B., Onydinma, … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 20, Issue 2 · 18 May 2024 · 6,947 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractReverse Pharmacology-A Paradigm Shift for Drug Discovery and DevelopmentAshok D.B. VaidyaThe current scenario of drug discovery and development is facing a model perturbation, despite significant advances in genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, combinatorial chemistry and high through put assays. There is an urgent need of a paradigm shift in approaches to drug discovery. Natural products of Ayurveda offer a vast potential for novel phytomolecules with clinical activity. In India, Ayurveda is availed … …Current Research in Drug Discovery, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 26 Jan 2015 · 15,398 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAcute and Subchronic Toxicity of Mulberry FruitsJintanaporn Wattanathorn, Wipawee Thukummee, Cholathip Thipkaew et al.At present, the application of phytomedicine worldwide is substantial increase. The data of the acute and subchronic toxicity studies on medicinal plants or fruits and vegetables used for medicinal purposes should be obtained in order to increase the confidence in its safety to human, particularly for the application as functional food. Despite the widely consumption of mulberry (Morus alba L, … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 19 Sep 2012 · 33,868 accessesView PDFCite