Biofilm forming ability of a new bacterial isolate from dental caries: An atomic force microscopic study

Biofilm forming ability of a new bacterial isolate from dental caries: An atomic force microscopic study

July 8, 2014

A Sri Kennath J Arul, Peramachi PalaniveluDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.136162 ABSTRACT     Background: Dental plaque being one of the most-studied biofilm communities, is particularly complex because it consists of thousands of bacterial…

Comparative efficacy of cedarwood oil and xylene in hematoxylin and eosin staining procedures: An experimental study

Comparative efficacy of cedarwood oil and xylene in hematoxylin and eosin staining procedures: An experimental study

July 8, 2014

Sudip Indu1, V Ramesh1, Priyanka Chakravarty Indu2, Karthikshree V Prashad1, B Premalatha1, K Ramadoss11 Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry, India2 Department of Nutrition and Dietitics, Achariya Arts and Science College, Puducherry, India DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.136167 ABSTRACT     Background: Xylene is used…

Evaluation of metformin hydrochloride in Wistar rats by FTIR-ATR spectroscopy: A convenient tool in the clinical study of diabetes

Evaluation of metformin hydrochloride in Wistar rats by FTIR-ATR spectroscopy: A convenient tool in the clinical study of diabetes

July 8, 2014

P Ramalingam1, Y Padmanabha Reddy2, K Vinod Kumar2, Babu Rao Chandu3, K Rajendran11 College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, UAE2 Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Assurance, Raghavendra Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Anantapur, India3 Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Zawiya University, Zawiya, Lybia DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.136168 ABSTRACT    …

Glutathione S-transferase T1 and myeloperoxidase −463 G>A genotypes in lung cancer patients of Kumaun region

Glutathione S-transferase T1 and myeloperoxidase −463 G>A genotypes in lung cancer patients of Kumaun region

July 8, 2014

Arundhati Bag1, Niladri Bag2, Lalit Mohan Jeena1, Narayan Singh Jyala31 Institute of Allied Health (Paramedical) Services, Education and Training, Goverment Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India2 Horticulture Department, Sikkim University, Gangtok, India3 Department of Biochemistry, Goverment Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.136169 ABSTRACT     Background: Null genetic polymorphism of…

The reliability of Fishman method of skeletal maturation for age estimation in children of South Indian population

The reliability of Fishman method of skeletal maturation for age estimation in children of South Indian population

July 8, 2014

Rezwana Begum Mohammed1, V Siva Kalyan2, Saritha Tircouveluri3, Goutham Chakravarthy Vegesna4, Anil Chirla4, D Maruthi Varma51 Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, GITAM Dental College and Hospital, Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India2 Department of Public Health Dentistry, Mamata Dental College and Hospital, Andhra Pradesh, India3 Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial…

HIV/AIDS knowledge and its implications on dentists

HIV/AIDS knowledge and its implications on dentists

July 8, 2014

Anand Prabhu, Arun Prasad Rao, Venugopal Reddy, Ramalingam Krishnakumar, Shanmugam Thayumanavan, Silla Swarna SwathiDepartment of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Rajah Muthiah Dental College and Hospital, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.136171 ABSTRACT     Aims and Objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the…

Association between mental well-being, depression, and periodontal attachment level among young adults of the postwar Sebha city, Libya: A pilot study

Association between mental well-being, depression, and periodontal attachment level among young adults of the postwar Sebha city, Libya: A pilot study

July 8, 2014

Syed Wali Peeran1, Naveen P.G. Kumar2, Faiza Abdelkader Ahmed Azaruk3, Fatma Mojtaba Alsaid3, Khaled Awidat Abdalla4, Marei Hamed Mugrabi5, Syed Ali Peeran61 Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya2 Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, College of Dental Sciences, Davengere, India3 Faculty of Dentistry, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya4 Department…

Pesticide use pattern among farmers in a rural district of West Bengal, India

Pesticide use pattern among farmers in a rural district of West Bengal, India

July 8, 2014

Indranil Banerjee1, SK Tripathi1, A Sinha Roy2, Parama Sengupta31 Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal, India2 Department of Medicine, R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India3 Department of Pharmacology, N.R.S. Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.136173 ABSTRACT  …

Detection of tallow adulteration in cow ghee by derivative spectrophotometry

Detection of tallow adulteration in cow ghee by derivative spectrophotometry

July 8, 2014

Nikhil M Jirankalgikar, Subrata DeRMD Research and Development Center, Valsad, Gujarat, India DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.136174 ABSTRACT     Context: Ghee is a widely consumed dairy product in India and that prepared from cow milk is mentioned in ayurvedic texts as an ingredient of many formulations/additive as…

Pattern and distribution of pedestrian injuries in fatal road traffic accidental cases in Dharan, Nepal

Pattern and distribution of pedestrian injuries in fatal road traffic accidental cases in Dharan, Nepal

July 8, 2014

Birendra Kumar Mandal1, Biswa Nath Yadav21 Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal2 Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.136175 ABSTRACT     Background and Objectives: Road traffic injuries are one of…