By G. Sobota. Loyola Marymount University.

Study on the antihypertensive activity and chemical constituents of Millingtonia hortensis Linn cheap ramipril 5 mg on-line. The effect of watery extract of the whole plant on blood glucose level was tested on adrenaline-induced hyperglycaemic rabbit models purchase ramipril 5mg otc. Oral administration of aqueous extract significantly reduced the blood glucose levels in the tested models within 1 cheap ramipril 10mg otc, 2, 3 and 4 hour. The plant extract reduced both systolic and diastolic blood pressure and the hypotensive activity was significant at the dosage levels of mg/kg at 10, 20, 30 and 40. The effect of alcoholic plant extract on urine formation was investigated in rats and was found to exhibit significant diuretic effect at 3, 4 and 5hr. The chemical that could affect the health of man was not recorded in the data obtained from phytochemical analysis. A study on the hypotensive action of leaves and root bark of Millingtonia hortensis Linn. The hypotensive action of aqueous extract of leaves and that of root bark of Millingtonia hortensis Linn. The hypotensive effect of extracts was studied on adult normal anaesthetized dogs of either sex. The blood pressure of the dog was recorded on smoked drum of Kymograph and measurements were obtained from mercury manometer. Both of the extracts suppressed the myocardial contraction in isolated rabbit heart. The extracts were also found to have diuretic action with a significant potassium loss in urine. Phytochemical analysis showed that both extracts have glycosides, saponins, tanninoids, carbohydrates and steroids. Most of the people living in various parts of Myanmar, especially in Shan State, use Cydonia cathayensis Hemsl. However, it has never been subjected to scientifically controlled trial in human volunteers. Thus, a randomized two way cross over study was conducted on twenty apparently healthy subjects of both sexes and ages between 25-55 years. Subjects were randomly divided into two groups and allopurinol 100mg three times a day (standard hypouricaemic drug) was administered to the first group for 14 days. It was followed successively by the washout period of 7 days and csOfapmfum;oD; (5gm of dried fruits was mixed with 150ml of water, over night and watery mixture (excluding dry fruits) was administered daily for 14 days. For the second group, csOfapmfum;oD; was administered in the first 14 days and after a washout period of 7 days, it was followed by allopurinol for 14days. Blood samples were collected on Day0, Day14, Day21 and Day 35 to determine the serum uric acid level before and after administration of drugs. Serum uric acid level of first group before and after administration of allopurinol was 4. Serum uric acid level of first group before and after administration of csOfapmfum;oD; was 4. Thus it seems that csOfapmfum;oD; had no hypouricaemic action and the mechanism of action for relief of aches and pains may be due to other actions of csOfapmfum;oD;. Study on the larvicidal activity and chemical constituents of Calotropis procera R. The main aim of this work is to develop environmentally safe, biodegradable, low cost, indigenous methods for vector control, which can be used with minimum care by individual and communicaties in specific situations. However, the larvicidal activities of this compound were much lower than that of synthetic larvicide (Deltamethrin). C and D could be considered as natural larvicidal agent and used as alternatives for conventional control that is environmentally safe and biodegradable. Water extract of Tagetes errecta show on lethality of the mice up to 7 days with a maximum giving dose level of 7g/kg indicating it has no harmful effects and hoped to be safety used as larvicide. Study on the organic chemical constituents & antibacterial activity of Azadirachta indica A. This thesis described about the investigation of phytoconstituents from two selected Myanmar medicinal plants and their pharmacological effects. Rotundine isolated from Taung-kya was also determined its analgesic activity in vivo compared with that of standard morphine by using tail clip method. Analgesic effect was measured by determining tail-pinch pressure needed to elicit a withdrawal response. As a result, the time onset of pain response of post treatment with rotundine was significant delayed (p<0. Comparative effect of pain response on pre and post treatment showed significant delayed the onset of pain response (p<0. Study on the potential use of preparation of Artemisia annua plants and its extracts on malaria infections.

The papilloma was cauterized by specific application of silver nitrate discount ramipril 2.5mg with mastercard, and the cloaca was flushed with a dilute povidone-iodine solution cheap ramipril 5mg without prescription. Papillomas that protrude from the cloaca must not be confused with a cloacal prolapse discount ramipril 10mg online, as initially occurred in this case. Various techniques have been used to treat cloacal papillomas, including cryosurgery, chemical cautery, radiosurgery and autogenous vaccination,173 but the The Pancreas reported spontaneous remissions and intermittent nature of the disease67,69,129,200 makes evaluation of the various treatments difficult. The introduction of birds with papillomas to a breeding facility should be Anatomy and Physiology prevented by performing a thorough physical exami- nation at the beginning and end of the quarantine The pancreas is situated on the left ventral side of period. Of 41 papillomatous lesions, growth was be- the abdominal cavity between the descending and nign in 40, but one single case was diagnosed as ascending loops of the duodenum. There are one, silver nitrate must come in contact only with the two or three pancreatic ducts, which usually drain tissue intended to be removed to prevent severe the pancreatic secretions into the ascending part of burns of normal cloacal mucosa (Color 19. The exocrine pancreatic enzymes that are present in the duodenum include amylase, lipase, trypsin and chymotrypsin, which facilitate degradation of carbohydrates, fats and proteins, re- spectively. Trypsin and chymotrypsin are secreted as inactive precursors, and they become active only when they enter the duodenum. The activator is the locally produced enzyme, enterokinase, which changes trypsinogen to trypsin. Many may occur as the result of a chronic inflammatory postmortem lesions have been reported in avian pan- process and cause clinical changes suggestive of pan- creata. If no pancreatic enzymes are studies on the relation between pancreatic disease available in the duodenum, maldigestion and pass- and plasma amylase and plasma lipase activities in ing of feces with excessive amylum and fat will occur. Fat in the feces can be amylase and lipase levels may respond to therapy demonstrated by Sudan staining. Pancre- such as fat, starch grains and muscle fibers is compli- atic fibrosis was reported in two psittacine birds with cated by variation in diets and by changes due to 70 chronic chlamydiosis. Measurement of fecal proteolytic activity can be performed in several High dietary levels of zinc may cause dilation of ways. The X-ray film gelatin digestion test is an acinar lumina and degenerative changes in acinar unreliable assay of fecal proteolytic activity. Dilatation of the small intestine may be synonyms including runting and leg weakness,104 visible due to an accompanying ileus. Increased runting syndrome,147 infectious stunting,19,171 pale plasma amylase activity (secondary to destruction of bird syndrome,65,116,142 malabsorption syndrome,142 exocrine pancreatic cells) has been reported in brittle bone disease,199 diarrhea and stunting,93 runt- chronic active pancreatitis in birds. Elevated plasma ing and stunting syndrome,165 and stunting and runt- amylase may also occur with occlusion of the main ing syndrome. Treatment should include withholding Although the etiology of this disease is not known, a food and oral medication for 72 hours, correction of virus is likely to be the etiologic agent,170 but myco- fluid and electrolyte balance and prophylactic use of toxins, other toxins, Campylobacter spp. Most birds develop enteritis and inflamma- tion of the pancreatic ducts and recover completely after a prolonged period of diarrhea. They have two pleural cavities and five flammatory reactions in the pancreatic ducts, which peritoneal cavities (Table 19. Clinically, these cavi- may result in complete blockage of the pancreatic ties dictate the location and spread of pathologic ducts in a small proportion of affected birds. Blockage processes within the coelomic cavity and are impor- leads to vacuolization and shrinkage of exocrine cells tant when considering surgical approaches to the and atrophy of the acini. The changes are similar to those induced after experimental ligation of the pancreatic ducts. The degree of develop a yellow-to-white chalky stool that contains obliteration of the pleural space depends on the spe- large amounts of starch. Histologically, the lesions tensive areas of pleural cavity persist in the adult (in can vary from a few lymphoid follicles to massive the chicken, dorsolateral). In can collapse inward when the pleural cavity is some cases, this is clinically manifested as pancreatic opened. Campylobacter infections in Estrildidae cause simi- The pericardium in birds is essentially similar to lar discoloration of the feces. Because the lungs are situated of the microvilli of the small intestine, which may dorsally and there is no diaphragm, the heart is not cause a malabsorption syndrome, can be found. The liver lies on both sides of the heart, and the parietal pericardium becomes con- Pancreatic Tumors tinuous with the peritoneum. During embryonic de- A high correlation between neoplasia of bile ducts velopment, the pleural cavity becomes separated and pancreatic ducts and internal papillomatous dis- 41,69,86,159 from the peritoneal cavity by the pulmonary fold, eases in psittacine birds has been suggested. The cranial and caudal thoracic air sacs develop as dilatations from the bronchi and penetrate into this double-layered sheet, splitting the dorsal from The Pleuro-peritoneum the ventral layer. The dorsal layer becomes fused with the adjacent wall of the thoracic air sac, be- comes tough and tendinous and acquires fascicles of 101,130 striated muscle along its lateral edge that attach to Anatomy and Physiology the ribs (costoseptal muscle). This is called the hori- The coelomic cavity in birds is subdivided by perito- zontal septum, saccopleural membrane or pulmo- neal, pleural and pericardial reflections into eight nary aponeurosis. The ventral layer becomes fused different cavities, excluding the eight cavities that with the ventral walls of the thoracic air sacs and is are formed by the air sacs. Peritoneal injuries normally heal The partitions in the peritoneal cavity proper are without the formation of adhesions, but in the pres- formed by five sheets of peritoneum which, apart ence of infection, ischemia or foreign bodies, fibrous from the mesentery, do not occur in mammals. The peritoneal surface allows the passive diffusion of water and solutes of low The combined dorsal and ventral mesentery form a molecular weight between the peritoneal cavities continuous midline vertical sheet from the dorsal to and the subperitoneal vasculature.

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