What is meant by Breast Cancer? Who gets Breast Cancer Mostly? Breast cancer is a cancerous growth deep in the breast tissue. It is most common in women. Less frequently it is also seen in about 1% of cancers occurring in men. Breast cancer is the major cause of death of cancer in women. Because […]
Sources of Steroidal Alkaloids Important drugs which belong to steroidal alkaloids belongs to Solanum species, kurchi bark and veratrum. Chemical Principles of Steroidal Alkaloids: The active chemical principles of these drugs contain mainly steroidal entity (cyclopenteno phenanthrene) and a basic nitrogen. Uses of Steroidal Alkaloids: Steroidal Alkaloids are used as medicines in many instances such […]
Importance of Calcium in our Body Calcium is an essential mineral of the body. It is required for keeping the bones and teeth strong and healthy. Most of the calcium up to 90% is stored in the bones of the body. Only a small portion circulates in the blood stream. Calcium is needed in high […]
HIV Infection, its First Occurrence and Transmission Human Immune deficiency Virus (HIV) is responsible to produce AIDS in human beings. The virus was first detected in certain primates in Africa. The virus was later transmitted through the monkey bites to Humans. In humans it is mostly transmitted through unprotected sexual intercourse. Once entered into the body […]
Distribution and Uses of Purine Alkaloids: Purine alkaloids occur in various parts of the world and are used in stimulant beverages as it consists of caffeine, a CNS stimulant principle. Sources of Purine Alkaloids: Various plants like tea, coffee, cola, cocoa, guavana and mate contains the derivatives of xanthine, they are called purine alkaloids. Purine […]
Some of the medicinally important plants which are used for treating the blood pressure and heart problems are Jivanti, Tilpusphi, Hawthorn berries, Tea, Guggul, Baigan, Pitpara, Ephedra, Green Hellebore and Potato etc,. 1. Jivanti for treating Blood Pressure and Heart Problems Biological Name : Dendrobium macraci Jivanti lowers the blood pressure in acute and chronic […]
Working of Heart: The heart is the very important organ in our body and pumps blood to all the systems through the arteries of our body. The blood is passed through the arterial vessels which are elastic in nature. Blood pressure Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by the blood on the vessels’ walls. There […]
Heart is very sensitive and it works continuously. While performing heart operations, artificial circulation is given by the Heart Lung Machine (Cardiopulmonary bypass pump) which became the initiative for the Open Heart Surgery. Open Heart Surgery To perform the Open Heart Surgery, rib bones are to be cut and 10-12 inches should be cut on […]
What is a Black Head? A blackhead is generally an opening on skin with a blackened mass of skin debris covering the opening. In general terms, these are small dark spots on the skin caused due to blockage in the opening of the follicle. These are usually the first stage of pimples and acne. What […]
What are Psychotropic drugs? Psychotropic drugs are those drugs which affect the mood and behaviour. Classification of Psychotropic drugs: Classification is done in many ways as there is no proper indices of brain function to define and measure it. 1. Psychotropic drugs can be classified on the basis of the: Chemical Structure: Benzodiazepines, butyrophenones etc, […]