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J Prakash

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PubMed1998

Delayed manifestation of ultra violet radiation induced erythema in guinea pigs by sodium pyruvate--a free radical scavenger.

Sodium pyruvate, a free radical scavenger was evaluated for anti-inflammatory activity using UV radiation induced dermal erythema on guinea pig and compared with that of standard naproxen. Oral as well as topical pyruvate exhibited significant activity against UV induced dermal erythema model and the activity was comparable to that of naproxen. In the other pharmacodynamic studies, such as the studies on rat blood pressure, isolated guinea pig ileum and rat uterus, it showed no effect on any of these. In conclusion, sodium pyruvate showed a significant protection in the UV induced dermal erythema in guinea pigs. It also showed good absorption in UV-B range and this property can be utilised to develop the sodium pyruvate as a sunscreening agent.

Animals↗
PubMed1997

Acute renal failure in the elderly: a demographic and clinical study of patients in eastern India.

A total of 638 patients with acute renal failure (ARF) of diverse etiology were studied over a period of 9 years (July 1985-Dec, 1994) of which 96 (15%) patients were classified as elderly ARF with mean age of 72.5 years. Medical causes accounted for 80% of geriatric ARF while 20% patients, had ARF of surgical origin. Decreased renal perfusion resulting from gastroenteritis was the predominant (52.8%) cause of ARF in the medical group. Nephrotoxic ARF and ARF due to F. malaria were seen in 10 and 7 patients respectively. Obstructive uropathy was observed in 12 patients in surgical group and in remaining 8 patients ARF developed following various surgical procedures. ARF in association with multiorgan failure was not observed in our study. Mortality was seen in 24 patients (25%). The causes of mortality were GI bleed (6), peripheral circulatory failure (5), hyperkalemia (4) and sepsis (4). Thus medical ARF remains the major cause of acute renal failure in elderly patients in our study in contrast to ARF associated with multiorgan failure and surgery in developed countries.

Acute Kidney Injury↗
PubMed1997

Functional properties of thermally treated legume flours.

Functional properties of four thermally treated decorticated legume flours namely, bengal gram (Cicer arietinum), black gram (Phaseolus f1p4o Roxb.), green gram (Phaseolus aureus Roxb.) and lentils (Lens esculenta) were studied. Samples with moisture levels of 3.2, 3.3, 1.3 and 5.0% for all four were subjected to dry heat treatment in a covered vessel in pressure cooker. (Untreated flours served as controls. Thermal treatment lowered nitrogen solubility profiles of all flours and increased water absorption capacities in bengal gram (146) black gram (451) and lentil (206) over control values of 138, 441 and 180 ml/100 g of flour respectively. Fat absorption capacities decreased in thermally treated bengal gram and black gram (242 and 292) as against 298 and 303 ml/100 g for untreated samples respectively. Foaming capacity also showed a decrease in thermally treated bengal gram and black gram by 28 and 53% respectively over controls. Two deep fat fried Indian products namely, 'Seviya' and 'Chakli' were prepared using two of the legumes. Proximate compositional analysis revealed that products prepared with thermally treated flours absorbed less fat. The sensory scores for appearance, texture, flavour and overall quality obtained by Seviya were 6.04, 6.20, 5.98 and 6.40 for products prepared with untreated flour and 5.74, 5.78, 5.70 and 5.68 for product prepared with treated flour respectively. Chakli prepared with thermally treated flour obtained significantly lower scores of 6.08, 5.2, 5.42, and 5.88 as against 6.78, 6.68, 6.68 and 6.88 obtained by products prepared with untreated flour for similar attributes.

Absorption↗
PubMed1996

Anti-inflammatory activity of topical nimesulide gel in various experimental models.

OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN: The anti-inflammatory activity of topically applied nimesulide gel was compared in different experimental models with that of diclofenac and piroxicam gels. MATERIAL: Wistar albino rats of either sex were used. TREATMENT: In acute models, 50 mg of nimesulide or diclofenac were applied to right hind paws 1 h (carrageenan) or immediately before (formalin) irritant injection (sub-plantar). In adjuvant arthritis, 50 mg of nimesulide, diclofenac or piroxicam were applied daily to injected paws for 14 days. METHODS: Paw volume was measured by plethysmograph. Statistical significance was tested with Student's t-test. RESULTS: In the carrageenan paw odema, topical nimesulide gel exhibited similar anti-inflammatory activity to diclofenac gel, and was more effective than diclofenac gel in formalin-paw odema. In both acute (18 h) and chronic (14 d) phases of adjuvant arthritis, nimesulide gel was more effective than diclofenac or piroxicam gels. CONCLUSION: Topical nimesulide gel possesses higher anti-inflammatory activity than that of diclofenac or piroxicam gels.

Administration, Topical↗
PubMed1996

Rice bran proteins: properties and food uses.

Rice bran, a good source of protein and fat, is at present underutilized as a food material. The potential of producing rice bran at the global level is 27.3 million t. The presence of enzyme lipase in rice bran causes rapid deterioration of oil to free fatty acids and glycerol. Various stabilization techniques involving heat treatment, low-temperature storage, chemical treatment, control of relative humidity during storage, and simultaneous milling and extraction were evolved to inactivate lipase. Multiple forms of rice bran lipase have been identified. Fractional classification of proteins reveals a high percentage of albumins and globulins. Proteins can be extracted from full-fat or defatted rice bran by alkaline extraction and acid or heat precipitation. Extraction procedures influence the protein content of concentrates, which ranged from 19.4 to 76.1% in concentrates from full-fat rice bran and 17.5 to 85.0% in concentrates from defatted rice bran. The PER of rice bran ranges from 1.59 to 2.04 and that of protein concentrates from 1.99 to 2.19. Available lysine contents of protein concentrates ranged from 54 to 58.8%. The essential amino acid profiles of protein concentrates indicate that threonine and isoleucine are limiting amino acids. Various functional properties of rice bran protein concentrates have also been investigated that are known to be influenced by drying technique and stabilization treatment of rice bran. Rice bran has been used in food as full-fat rice bran, defatted rice bran, and in the form of rice bran oil and protein concentrates. Full-fat and defatted rice bran have been used in bakery products, breakfast cereals, wafers, as a protein supplement, binder ingredients for meats and sausages, and as a beverage base. Incorporation of protein concentrates have been studied in bread, beverages, confections, and weaning foods.

Chemical Phenomena↗
PubMed1996

Acute renal failure in falciparum malaria--increasing prevalence in some areas of India--a need for awareness.

Twenty-six cases (4.8%) from a total of 540 patients with acute renal failure (ARF) of diverse aetiology had ARF in association with falciparum malaria. Their ages ranged from 15 to 85 years (mean 31.2). Urinary sediment abnormalities and proteinuria (less than 1 g/24 h) were observed in 15 (57.7%) cases. The probable underlying factors leading to ARF were: volume depletion 17 (65.3%), intravascular haemolysis 8 (30.8%), hyperparasitaemia 8 (30.8%), cholestatic jaundice 6 (23%), and hypotension 5 (19.2%). Dialysis therapy was required in 15 patients (57.7%) as they had severe renal failure, and the remaining 11 patients improved with supportive measures. All patients received antimalarial therapy. The clinical course of ARF was consistent with acute tubular necrosis in 20 patients. Six cases were subjected to percutaneous renal biopsy. One patient showed histological features of necrotizing glomerulonephritis along with acute tubulointerstitial nephritis. The biopsies in the other five patients showed features of acute tubular necrosis in three, and acute interstitial oedema with patchy tubular necrosis in two. The mortality rate was 30.8%. Thus falciparum malaria, which has been an important cause of ARF in certain highly endemic zones of India, is showing an increasing prevalence in other parts such as Eastern Uttar Pradesh due to an imbalance between the increasing population and inadequate sanitary facilities, which further worsen during floods.

Acute Kidney Injury↗
PubMed1996

Renal cortical necrosis in pregnancy-related acute renal failure.

Of 63 patients of obstetrical acute renal failure, 15 cases (23.8%) had biopsy proven bilateral renal cortical necrosis. Remaining 48 patients (76.2%) had acute tubular necrosis. Eight of 39 cases in early pregnancy had cortical necrosis (postabortum) and 7 of 24 patients in late pregnancy revealed cortical necrosis. Diffuse and patchy cortical necroses were seen in 12 and 3 patients respectively. The incidence of cortical necrosis was almost equal in both early as well as late pregnancies. The high incidence (20.5%) of cortical necrosis following septic abortion remains the interesting feature of the present study in contrast to very low incidence (1.5%) of cortical necrosis in postabortum group in developed countries. The death occurred in most patients (14 ie, 93.3%) of cortical necrosis because of uraemic complications and sepsis.

Abortion, Septic↗
PubMed1995

In vitro digestibility of proteins in black gram (Phaseolus mungo) and green gram (Phaseolus radiatus) papads.

'Papads', a traditional food of India, were prepared with decorticated black gram and green gram flours and toasted, microwaved or deep fat fried. Toasting was done by holding the papads over direct flame for 1-2 min. Sharp carousal microwave oven was used for microwaving at high temperature for 30-40 s. Deep fat frying was done by immersing the product in preheated refined groundnut oil for 5-10 s. In vitro digestibility of proteins in prepared papads was investigated by pepsin and pepsin + pancreatin. The percent protein hydrolysed in black gram papads was 80.5, 75.3 and 72.5 for toasted, microwaved and fried papads respectively. They were not significantly different from each other. Green gram papads exhibited significantly higher hydrolysis in microwaved product (79.3%) when compared to toasted (65.2%) or fried products (65.0%). Pepsin digestibilities were not influenced to a significant extent by cooking method and were in the range of 51.4-54.6% for black gram papads and 34.4-35.6% for green gram papads.

Cooking↗
PubMed1995

Spectrum of renal cortical necrosis in acute renal failure in eastern India.

Renal cortical necrosis is an uncommon cause of acute renal failure. We report 23 cases of biopsy-proven renal cortical necrosis which constituted 6.3% (23/363) of all cases of acute renal failure studied over a period of seven years (1985-92). The patients were divided into two groups: obstetric and non-obstetric. Obstetric complications were responsible for renal cortical necrosis in 15 (65.2%) patients while non-obstetric conditions accounted for the remaining eight (34.8%) cases. The overall incidence of cortical necrosis in obstetric acute renal failure was 15/63 (23.8%) patients, the incidence being nearly equal in early (20.5%) and late (29%) pregnancy. Post-abortum renal failure was the sole cause of cortical necrosis in early pregnancy in the obstetric group. Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (three patients) and septicaemia (two patients) were the main cause of necrosis in the non-obstetric group. The cortical necrosis was diffuse and patchy in 17 and six patients, respectively. The disease had a fatal prognosis in 20 (87%) patients; mortality was due to uraemic complications and infections in the majority of patients. The high frequency of post-abortum renal cortical necrosis in our patients is similar to the experience of other Indian workers.

Abortion, Spontaneous↗
PubMed1995

Effect of stabilisation treatment of rice bran on nutritional quality of protein concentrates.

Protein concentrates were prepared from unstabilised, acid stabilised, heat stabilised and parboiled rice bran, either freeze dried or roller dried. They were assessed for their nutritional quality by both in vivo and in vitro assays. The essential amino acid profile of protein concentrates was comparable to rice proteins or rice bran proteins as such. Limiting amino acids of concentrates were threonine and isoleucine. Essential amino acid indices for different samples ranged from 72.4 to 77.6. Lysine content was high (4.32-5.55 g/16 g N) of which 52-57% was available. Freeze dried protein concentrate from untreated and acid stabilised rice bran exhibited very high in vitro digestibility (84.1 and 86%, respectively) whereas protein concentrates from heat stabilised and parboiled rice bran had lower digestibility of 57.3 and 61.2%, respectively. Roller dried samples from untreated and acid stabilised rice bran showed high digestibility with pepsin and pancreatin but low value with pepsin, indicating effect of heat on pepsin digestibility. The results of animal assays can be summarised as follows. The PER values of diets based on protein concentrates from untreated and acid stabilised rice bran at 10% protein level were 2.16 and 2.34 and at 15% protein level were 2.20 and 2.11, respectively. Net protein ratio and nitrogen utilisation from both protein concentrates were also high and not significantly different from the standard protein.

Amino Acids↗
PubMed1995

Acute renal failure in eastern India.

The present study included 426 patients with acute renal failure age range 7 months to 85 years, during 8-year period (1984-1992). Medical, surgical and obstetric causes were responsible for ARF in 68.3, 17.8, and 14% of cases respectively. The main aetiological factors encountered were volume depletion secondary to gastrointestinal fluid loss (35.2%), acute glomerulonephritis (10.3%), nephrotoxin (8.6%), falciparum malaria (4.2%), obstructive uropathy (13%), post-abortal (10.5%), and miscellaneous factors (1.4%) of patients. The overall mortality was 19.2%. Thus our observation revealed that diarrhoeal diseases (35.2%), obstructive uropathy (13.3%), and septic abortion (10.5%) were the main causes for ARF in medical, surgical, and obstetric groups respectively. In contrast to our studies, acute renal failure associated with diarrhoeal diseases, septicaemia, falciparum malaria and septic abortion are rare in European countries.

Acute Kidney Injury↗
PubMed1994

Availability of calcium from kilkeerai (Amaranthus tricolor) and drumstick (Moringa oleifera) greens in weanling rats.

The present study was undertaken to determine the extent of calcium absorption in weanling rats from two types of greens rich in oxalates. The edible portions of greens namely kilkeerai (Amaranthus tricolor) and drumstick (Moringa oleifera) were analysed for moisture, calcium and total and soluble oxalates. Three groups of 6 male weanling albino rats were fed ad libitum on milk diet and two experimental diets containing greens. Urine and faecal samples were collected for a period of 7 days after 5 days of acclimatization period and were analysed for calcium. From the values obtained percent absorption and retention of calcium were calculated. Results revealed that calcium absorption and retention from milk diet (92 and 78%, respectively) were significantly higher than greens. Average calcium absorption and retention from greens diet were 75.5 and 60%, respectively. Presence of oxalates inhibited intestinal absorption of calcium.

Animals↗