American Journal of Life Sciences

Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2017

  • A Review on the General Features, Current Status, Opportunities of Threatened Yeheb (Cordeauxia edulis H.) Plant in Ethiopia

    Yeneayehu Fenetahun Mihertu, Girma Eshetu Teshome

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 1-6
    Received: Nov. 30, 2016
    Accepted: Dec. 27, 2016
    Published: Jan. 18, 2017
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    Abstract: This paper reviews and discusses on the general features, current status and opportunities of threatened yeheb (Cordeauxia edulis Hemsl. Plant in Ethiopia. The literature review was done by collecting relevant information from journal articles, books and electronic resources. The review sums up the following key points on the general feature, curre... Show More
  • Phytoecdysteroids: Isolation and Biological Applications

    Yahya Al Naggar, Mohamed Ghorab, Kariman Mohamed

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 7-10
    Received: Dec. 21, 2016
    Accepted: Jan. 23, 2017
    Published: Feb. 24, 2017
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    Abstract: Phytoecdysteroids are analogues of arthropod steroid hormones found in plants, where they deter predation by non-adapted predators. Their discovery in several plant species displayed a wide array of rather beneficial agricultural impact. An overview is given on both well-known and recently discovered phytoecdyteroids including a sophisticated isola... Show More
  • Evaluation of the Trivedi Effect®- Energy of Consciousness Energy Healing Treatment on the Physical, Spectral, and Thermal Properties of Zinc Chloride

    Mahendra Kumar Trivedi, Alice Branton, Dahryn Trivedi, Gopal Nayak, Cathryn Dawn Nykvist, Celine Lavelle, Daniel Paul Przybylski, Dianne Heather Vincent, Dorothy Felger, Douglas Jay Konersman, Elizabeth Ann Feeney, Jay Anthony Prague, Joanne Lydia Starodub, Karan Rasdan, Karen Mie Strassman, Leonid Soboleff, Maire Anne Mayne, Mary M. Keesee, Padmanabha Narayana Pillai, Pamela Clarkson Ansley, Ronald David Schmitz, Sharyn Marie Sodomora, Kalyan Kumar Sethi, Parthasarathi Panda, Snehasis Jana

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 11-20
    Received: Jan. 31, 2017
    Accepted: Feb. 14, 2017
    Published: Feb. 25, 2017
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    Abstract: Zinc chloride has the importance in pharmaceutical/nutraceutical industries for the prevention and treatment of several diseases. The objective of the current study was to investigate the impact of The Trivedi Effect®-Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment (Biofield Energy Healing Treatment) on physical, structural, and thermal properties of zin... Show More
  • Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Properties of Vitex nigundo L. Leaves

    Most. Fatimatuz Zahura Falguni, Md. Amirul Islam, Md. Mahmudul Hasan, S. M. M. Mahmud Hossain Mousum, Md. Ashraduzzaman, Shahanaz Khatun

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 21-26
    Received: Dec. 25, 2016
    Accepted: Jan. 10, 2017
    Published: Mar. 06, 2017
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    Abstract: Vitex Nigundo Linn. is credited with important medicinal activities such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anticonvulsant etc. The purpose of the presents study was to assess the therapy effect of V. Nigundo leaves extract on glucose level, total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, SGPT and SGOT in blood serum o... Show More
  • Investigation of Physicochemical, Spectral, and Thermal Properties of Sodium Selenate Treated with the Energy of Consciousness (The Trivedi Effect®)

    Mahendra Kumar Trivedi, Alice Branton, Dahryn Trivedi, Gopal Nayak, Aileen Carol Lee, Aksana Hancharuk, Carola Marina Sand, Debra Jane Schnitzer, Rudina Thanasi, Eileen Mary Meagher, Faith Ann Pyka, Gary Richard Gerber, Johanna Catharina Stromsnas, Judith Marian Shapiro, Laura Nelson Streicher, Lorraine Marie Hachfeld, Matthew Charles Hornung, Patricia M. Rowe, Sally Jean Henderson, Sheila Maureen Benson, Shirley Theresa Holmlund, Stephen P. Salters, Parthasarathi Panda, Snehasis Jana

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 27-37
    Received: Feb. 06, 2017
    Accepted: Feb. 18, 2017
    Published: Mar. 07, 2017
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    Abstract: Sodium selenate is used for the prevention and treatment of various disorders like cancer, diabetes, inflammation diseases, etc. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effect of The Trivedi Effect®-Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment (Biofield Energy Treatment) on physicochemical, spectral, and thermal properties of The Trived... Show More