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Sengupta S, Akbar A, Mukhopadhyay P, Ganguly S, Sen P, Das P. Role of excretory-secretory products of Entamoeba histolytica in human amebiasis. Arch Med Res 2000; 31:S226-8. [PMID: 11070294 DOI: 10.1016/s0188-4409(00)00229-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mukhopadhyay P, Sengupta S, Akbar A, Sengupta K, Bhattacharya S, Debnath A, Ganguly S, Das P. Characterization of plasma membrane-associated antigens of diagnostic and prophylactic importance in Entamoeba histolytica. Arch Med Res 2000; 31:S21-2. [PMID: 11070208 DOI: 10.1016/s0188-4409(00)00228-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A 2.5 year old girl with metachromatic leukodystrophy presented with acute respiratory distress and was initially wrongly diagnosed with pneumothorax. Barium meal showed bowel loops in the left hemithorax, which prompted surgical intervention; spontaneous rupture of the diaphragm was diagnosed at surgery.
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Akbar A, Rees JH, Nyamugunduru G, English MW, Spencer DA, Weller PH. Aminoglycoside-associated hypomagnesaemia in children with cystic fibrosis. Acta Paediatr 1999; 88:783-5. [PMID: 10447142 DOI: 10.1080/08035259950169116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2022]
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Hypomagnesaemia in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) is under-recognized. We report a child with CF who developed significant hypomagnesaemia following intravenous (i.v.) treatment with aminoglycosides for exacerbations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. Three additional cases have also been observed. Investigations in two patients have revealed excessive renal loss of magnesium. It is postulated that renal tubular damage secondary to the cumulative effects of repeated courses of aminoglycosides resulted in hypomagnesaemia, and we suggest screening for this problem by monitoring serum magnesium regularly in all patients with CF receiving multiple courses of aminoglycosides.
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Kipling D, Wynford-Thomas D, Jones CJ, Akbar A, Aspinall R, Bacchetti S, Blasco MA, Broccoli D, DePinho RA, Edwards DR, Effros RB, Harley CB, Lansdorp PM, Linskens MH, Prowse KR, Newbold RF, Olovnikov AM, Parkinson EK, Pawelec G, Pontén J, Shall S, Zijlmans M, Faragher RG. Telomere-dependent senescence. Nat Biotechnol 1999; 17:313-4. [PMID: 10207859 DOI: 10.1038/7827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Snape J, Flynn B, Akbar A. Inappropriate acute admissions from nursing homes. Age Ageing 1999; 28:239-40. [PMID: 10350431 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/28.2.239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Akbar A, Sharma JN, Yusof AP, Gan EK. Potentiation of bradykinin-induced responses by indomethacin in the intact and denuded epithelium of guinea pig tracheal preparations. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TISSUE REACTIONS 1999; 20:95-100. [PMID: 9894182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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We studied the effect of indomethacin, a cyclooxygenase inhibitor, on bradykinin-induced responses in the intact and denuded epithelium of the isolated tracheal smooth muscle in guinea pigs. Epithelium removal alone did not alter the responsiveness to bradykinin. Indomethacin (2.8 microM) enhanced the sensitivity to bradykinin of both intact and denuded preparations. This finding suggests that the tracheal epithelial may have no protective effect on the contractile responses induced by bradykinin. This may be due to the presence of high amounts of bradykinin-inactivating enzymes in the tracheal smooth muscle. Indomethacin-medicated potentiation caused by bradykinin in epithelium intact and denuded preparations may be an indication of removal of the bronchodilator prostaglandin biosynthesis. The significance of these findings is discussed.
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Howie D, Spencer J, DeLord D, Pitzalis C, Wathen NC, Dogan A, Akbar A, MacDonald TT. Extrathymic T cell differentiation in the human intestine early in life. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 1998; 161:5862-72. [PMID: 9834065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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It is clear from experimental studies in mice that T cell maturation can occur outside the thymus, especially in the intestine. There is little sound evidence so far that extrathymic T cell maturation occurs to any significant extent in human gut, and, postnatally, there is abundant evidence that the gut mucosa is an immune effector organ. Here, we describe a large population of T lymphocytes in human fetal intestinal mucosa that are proliferating (Ki67+) in the absence of foreign Ag (CD3+, Ki67+ lamina propria lymphocytes (LPL) 22 +/- 1.8% and CD3+, Ki67+ intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) 9.1 +/- 1.4%), that express the T cell activation markers CD103, HLA-DR, and L-selectin(low), and that express mRNA transcripts for pre-TCR-alpha. There is also a substantial proportion of CD7+ LPLs that do not express CD3 (CD3-7+, 14 +/- 7% of all LPLs) in the fetal gut that may be differentiating into CD3+ cells. Rearranged TCR-beta transcripts of fetal LPLs, IELs, and paired blood lymphocytes were cloned and sequenced, and virtually no overlap of clonality was observed between blood and intestine, suggesting that gut T cells may not be derived from the blood. In addition, 30 days after engraftment of SCID mice with fetal intestine, CD3-7+ cells, proliferating T cells, and pre-TCR-alpha transcripts were abundant, and there is a threefold increase in CD3+ IELs. These data show that in the human intestine before birth a population of precursor T cells exists that may be differentiating into mature T cells in situ.
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Akbar A, Qureshi A, Jooma R. Moyamoya disease presenting with intracranial haemorrhage. J PAK MED ASSOC 1998; 48:349-51. [PMID: 10323061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Navaratnam V, Mansor SM, Mordi MN, Akbar A, Abdullah MN. Comparative pharmacokinetic study of oral and rectal formulations of artesunic acid in healthy volunteers. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 1998; 54:411-4. [PMID: 9754985 DOI: 10.1007/s002280050484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE A single cross-over, comparative pharmacokinetic study of oral and rectal formulations of 200 mg artesunic acid in 12 healthy Malaysian volunteers is reported. METHODS Plasma concentrations of artesunic acid and dihydroartemisinin were determined simultaneously by HPLC with electrochemical detection. The test drug was well tolerated and no undesirable adverse effects were observed. RESULTS Comparison of pharmacokinetic parameters of artesunic acid after oral and rectal administration showed statistically significant differences in t(max) and AUC, with no changes for Cmax and t1/2. As for dihydroartemisinin, differences were observed for t(max) and Cmax but not for AUC. CONCLUSION There appear to be pharmacokinetic differences between oral and rectal modes of administration. The significance of these findings should be explored in malaria patients before appropriate therapeutic regimens are devised.
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Hassan IS, Bannister BA, Akbar A, Weir W, Bofill M. A study of the immunology of the chronic fatigue syndrome: correlation of immunologic parameters to health dysfunction. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1998; 87:60-7. [PMID: 9576011 DOI: 10.1006/clin.1997.4512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Surface and intracellular immunologic and apoptotic markers and functional lymphocyte assays after stimulation with anti-CD3/anti-CD28 antibodies or phytohemagglutinin (PHA) were studied in 44 patients fulfilling the Oxford criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Results were then correlated to scores for the Short Form-36 health questionnaire (SF-36), which assesses eight aspects of patient's well-being, and for the general health questionnaire (GHQ), which detects current psychiatric disorder. Patients had significantly increased mean fluorescence intensity readings of HLA-DR in CD4 and CD8 cells (P < 0.05). Expression of the costimulatory receptor CD28 in CD8 cells was significantly reduced, and the apoptosis repressor ratio of bcl-2/bax in both CD4 and CD8 was increased in patients (P < 0.05). Patients with increased HLA-DR expression had significantly lower SF-36 total scores, worse body pains, and poorer general health perception and physical functioning scores. Increased spontaneous lymphocyte proliferation was associated with poor general health perception. PHA proliferative responses were lower in patients with poor emotional and mental health scores, and the anti-CD3/anti-CD28 response was low in those with low general health perception scores. Higher spontaneous proliferation and reduced PHA responses correlated with higher GHQ scores. Similarly, GHQ scores were significantly higher, indicating worse mental health, in those with lower total SF-36 scores and worse general and mental health scores in the SF-36 questionnaire. Finally, higher expression of the costimulatory molecule CD28 correlated with higher total SF-36 scores, general health perception and social functioning scores, and with lower role limitation due to physical health. The increased expression of class II antigens and the reduced expression of the costimulatory receptor CD28, which is a marker of terminally differentiated cells, lend further support to the concept of immunoactivation of T-lymphocytes in CFS and may be consistent with the notion of a viral etiopathogenesis in the illness. We report, for the first time, increased expression of the apoptosis repressor protein bcl-2, which may contribute to enhanced survival of activated lymphocytes. Using the SF-36 health assessment questionnaire and the GHQ, we demonstrated changes in different immunological parameters, each of which correlated with particular aspects of disease symptomatology.
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Orteu CH, Akbar A, Rustin MHA, Poulter LW. T cell apoptosis in mantoux reactions and atopic eczema. J Dermatol Sci 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-1811(98)84003-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Akbar A. Abnormal stromal microenvironments maintain chronic inflammation. Immunol Lett 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(97)88436-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Akbar A. The characterization of apoptosis in neonatal T lymphocytes. Immunol Lett 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(97)87185-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Matthews N, Emery P, Pilling D, Akbar A, Salmon M. Subpopulations of primed T helper cells in rheumatoid arthritis. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1993; 36:603-7. [PMID: 8098214 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780360505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze subsets of primed T helper cells, defined by expression of the CD45RB isoform of the leukocyte common antigen, in the blood and synovial fluid (SF) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS Three-color immunofluorescence was used to study CD45 isoform expression by peripheral blood and SF CD4+ T cells. RESULTS CD45 isoform expression in the peripheral blood of patients with either RA or reactive arthritis did not differ from that in healthy controls. SF T cells from both RA patients and reactive arthritis patients were almost exclusively primed (CD45RO+) cells. RA SF T cells expressed very low levels of CD45RB; this is the most highly differentiated subset of primed cells. Patients with acute reactive arthritis showed higher levels of CD45RBbright cells in their synovial fluid. CONCLUSION The highly selected cell population in SF, representing one subset of primed cells, may relate to the apparent functional abnormalities of cells from this site in patients with RA.
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Rahim Z, Ali A, Kay BA, Zeaur R, Akbar A, Bradford AK. Prevalence of Plesiomonas shigelloides among diarrhoeal patients in Bangladesh. Eur J Epidemiol 1992; 8:753-6. [PMID: 1296610 DOI: 10.1007/bf00145397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The incidence of Plesiomonas shigelloides among diarrhoeal patients attending the Dhaka Treatment Centre of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B) from January through December 1987, has been reported. Using bile peptone broth (pH 8.8) as an enrichment medium and Salmonella-Shigella agar to isolate the organism, P. shigelloides was isolated from 838 (6.4%) of 13,142 patients, 523 (4.0%) of whom had no other pathogen isolated. The percentage of isolation was higher from stool (9.2%) than from rectal swab (5.9%) specimens (P < 0.005). The incidence of P. shigelloides was higher among male (64.0%) than female (36.0%) patients (P < 0.005). Isolation was highest among children less than five years. P. shigelloides was isolated most often in March (11.0%) and September (7.7%), indicating two seasonal peaks of incidence before and after the monsoons. All the strains were uniformly sensitive to chloramphenicol, furazolidon, gentamicin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Sensitivity of the organism to ampicillin and tetracycline was 27.0% and 89.0%, respectively. This indicates that P. shigelloides may be an important agent of diarrhoea in our patient population.
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Akbar A, Sharma JN. Influence of indomethacin on histamine- and acetylcholine-induced responses in the intact and denuded epithelium of guinea pig tracheal smooth muscle. Pharmacol Res 1992; 25:279-86. [PMID: 1518772 DOI: 10.1016/s1043-6618(05)80077-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We have investigated the effect of indomethacin on histamine- and acetylcholine (ACh)-induced responses in the intact and denuded epithelium of guinea pig isolated tracheal smooth muscle. Epithelium removal resulted in increased responsiveness to ACh and histamine. Indomethacin (2.8 microM) enhanced the sensitivity of both intact and denuded preparations to histamine and ACh. These findings suggest that the tracheal epithelium of guinea pig plays a protective role against bronchoconstrictors, such as ACh and histamine. Furthermore, indomethacin-mediated hyperresponsiveness caused by these agonists in epithelium denuded preparations might be a reflection of removal of prostaglandin (PG) biosynthesis. A similar process of interaction in indomethacin-treated asthmatic patients (with damaged airway epithelium) might take place. The significance of these findings is discussed.
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Heinrich G, Gram H, Kocher HP, Schreier MH, Ryffel B, Akbar A, Amlot PL, Janossy G. Characterization of a human T cell-specific chimeric antibody (CD7) with human constant and mouse variable regions. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 1989; 143:3589-97. [PMID: 2479683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A chimeric human-mouse anti-T lymphocyte mAb (CHT2; SDZ 214-380) has been constructed by cloning the variable region exons of both the L and H chains from the murine hybridoma RFT2 which have CD7 specificity and reactivity with a 40-kDa Ag. The variable L chain exon was joined to the human C kappa, and the variable H chain exon was joined to the human IgG1 region exon encoding the human allotype nGlm(z), nGlm(a). The gene constructs were introduced by electroporation into SP2/0, a non-Ig-producing murine myeloma. The identical tissue reactivity of the newly made CHT2 and the original murine RFT2 mAb (CD7) was confirmed by blocking experiments as well as by immunohistology and flow cytometry. Because this new mAb may have clinical use, the CD7 Ag expression of T lineage cells has also been quantitated in double and triple immunofluorescence assays in combinations with mAb to restricted forms of leukocyte common Ag that designate unprimed (CD45R+) and primed T lymphocyte populations (UCHL1+). CHT2 shows very strong reactivity with large thymic blast cells and cortical thymocytes from which T-ALL originates. Strong staining is seen on CD45R+ unprimed "virgin" T lymphocytes, whereas the expression on UCHL1+ primed "memory" cell types is weaker unless these cells are reactivated by mitogens or Ag. Thus CHT2 may spare a substantial population of resting memory T cells which is relevant to its potential therapeutic use. In addition the chimeric antibody had a greater in vitro antibody dependent cytotoxicity and a prolonged half-life (4.2 to 5.0 days) in Rhesus monkeys.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/genetics
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/isolation & purification
- Antibody Specificity
- Antigens, CD7
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites, Antibody
- Binding, Competitive
- Chimera
- Cloning, Molecular
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Constant Regions/genetics
- Immunoglobulin Constant Regions/isolation & purification
- Immunoglobulin G/genetics
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/genetics
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/isolation & purification
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Recombinant Proteins/isolation & purification
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Transfection
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Heinrich G, Gram H, Kocher HP, Schreier MH, Ryffel B, Akbar A, Amlot PL, Janossy G. Characterization of a human T cell-specific chimeric antibody (CD7) with human constant and mouse variable regions. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1989. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.143.11.3589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A chimeric human-mouse anti-T lymphocyte mAb (CHT2; SDZ 214-380) has been constructed by cloning the variable region exons of both the L and H chains from the murine hybridoma RFT2 which have CD7 specificity and reactivity with a 40-kDa Ag. The variable L chain exon was joined to the human C kappa, and the variable H chain exon was joined to the human IgG1 region exon encoding the human allotype nGlm(z), nGlm(a). The gene constructs were introduced by electroporation into SP2/0, a non-Ig-producing murine myeloma. The identical tissue reactivity of the newly made CHT2 and the original murine RFT2 mAb (CD7) was confirmed by blocking experiments as well as by immunohistology and flow cytometry. Because this new mAb may have clinical use, the CD7 Ag expression of T lineage cells has also been quantitated in double and triple immunofluorescence assays in combinations with mAb to restricted forms of leukocyte common Ag that designate unprimed (CD45R+) and primed T lymphocyte populations (UCHL1+). CHT2 shows very strong reactivity with large thymic blast cells and cortical thymocytes from which T-ALL originates. Strong staining is seen on CD45R+ unprimed "virgin" T lymphocytes, whereas the expression on UCHL1+ primed "memory" cell types is weaker unless these cells are reactivated by mitogens or Ag. Thus CHT2 may spare a substantial population of resting memory T cells which is relevant to its potential therapeutic use. In addition the chimeric antibody had a greater in vitro antibody dependent cytotoxicity and a prolonged half-life (4.2 to 5.0 days) in Rhesus monkeys.
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Janossy G, Campana D, Akbar A. Kinetics of T lymphocyte development. CURRENT TOPICS IN PATHOLOGY. ERGEBNISSE DER PATHOLOGIE 1989; 79:59-99. [PMID: 2644087 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-73855-5_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Akbar A, Tariq M, Nisa M. Pharmacological studies on Salvia haematodes Wall. Acta Trop 1985; 42:371-4. [PMID: 2868639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The aqueous extract of the root of Salvia haematodes has been investigated for its pharmacological actions on the cardiovascular and central nervous system. It was found to possess significant cardiotonic and anticonvulsant activities. It was not found toxic up to the dose of 5 g/kg given orally in order to evaluate its acute toxicity.
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Parkes JD, Marsden CD, Rees JE, Curzon G, Kantamaneni BD, Knill-Jones R, Akbar A, Das S, Kataria M. Parkinson's disease, cerebral arteriosclerosis, and senile dementia. Clinical features and response to levodopa. THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 1974; 43:49-61. [PMID: 4822972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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