Alkaloid

radiation, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hormone therapy or gene therapy depending on the type and stage of the cancer, age, health status, and additional personal characteristics. Anticancer drugs such as alkylating agents, - antimetabolites, - plant alkaloids, - topoisomerase inhibitors , and cytotoxic antibiotics have been used extensively in cancer chemotherapy. Among these, natural products hold good promises in the development of anticancer molecules , and curcumin is one such class…

The use of drugs by Native American Indians is a prevalent issue in today’s society and by looking at the history of these drugs we can find out why this problem remains (“Native American Drug Use Highest Among Teens, New Study Finds,” 1). There are three main drugs that American Indians used before European settlers began their voyages to America. They are, coca leaves, peyote, and tobacco. These three main drugs all have early origins among the American Indian people and are used as stimulants…

Opioids are among most abused high addictive medications in the USA; mainly they are used to relief pain. Opioids are an umbrella that covers many different drug substances, both natural and synthetic. Opiates are alkaloid compounds naturally found in the opium poppy plant. It has been used for numerous different reasons such as medical, recreational, and religious. Historians reference the opium discovery and use is in 3400 B.C. when the opium poppy was cultivated in lower Mesopotamia,…

It contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms. Opium is poisonous in large doses. Opium is also a word used for anything that causes dullness or inaction or that soothes the mind or emotions. In this report, we will go over the history,…

Coca Cola is one of the world’s most known beverage company that engages in manufacturing and distributing non-alcoholic beverages. They own one of the world’s most valuable brand which is Coca Cola, while also marketing much more. For example, the top five most marketable brands are Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta, and Sprite. Coca Cola license or owns more than 500 brands in the category of sparkling beverages, water, enhanced water, juices and juice drinks, teas and coffee, and energy drinks.…

it can cause many different effects on the body whether that be negative or positive, but either way caffeine is a big part of everyday life. To understand the effects of caffeine, it is important to know what it is. "Caffeine is a bitter plant alkaloid that acts as a mild central nervous system…

Coelogyne flaccida seed culture in vitro reveals that there are two pathways of asymbiotic seedling development from seeds. On one pathway, the seeds obtained from green capsules germinated readily asymbiotically in the nutrient medium supplemented with 0.5 – 2 mg/l NAA and IAA plus 15% coconut water and charcoal, 2 gm/l. During the usual germination process, the undifferentiated embryo of the seed produces a large number of protocorm-like bodies (PLBs) without forming the intermediate callus…

Diagnosis of a chronic illness brings about a wide array of emotions from the individual who will now be tasked with managing the symptoms of this disease without a cure. Epilepsy is a chronic illness characterized by frequent seizure activity; individuals diagnosed with epilepsy have excessive, uncontrolled, electrical discharge of neurons within the brain that can cause temporary loss of consciousness, jerking, muscle rigidity, automatisms, and even complete loss of muscle tone. There exist…

Nowadays, clinicians and psychologists are not using anymore the word "addiction". DSM-5 diagnostic criteria uses the word "Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders" or 'Substance Use Disorders". According with DSM-5, substance use disorders is defined as a chronic, relapsing brain disease which characteristics are compulsive seeking and drug use, despite its harmful consequences. It is considered a brain disease because drugs change this body: its structure and operation are affected. These…

with high energy intake in rats. Seed extract of Cichorium intybus (CIE) (250mg/kg & 500mg/kg) was administered orally once a day for 3 weeks. Phytochemical investigations of seed extract revealed the presence of some active ingredients such as alkaloids, tannins, saponin, phenols, glycosides, steroids, terpenoids and flavonoids. An elevation of the…