The objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the Anthelmintic activity of methanolic extract of Picrorrhiza kurroa Royle ex. Benth (Scrophhulariaceae). Picrorrhiza kurroa is a small perennial herb growing in the hilly parts of the Northwestern Himalayan region in India and Nepal. Earth worms were used for Anthelmintic activity. Piperazine citrate was used as standard drug. Time required for paralysis and death of the earth worms were noted for each sample.

Crude methanolic extracts of leaves of Sophora interrupta (Fabaceae) were evaluated for in vitro anthelmintic activity on the Indian adult earthworms Pheritima posthuma. Albendazole was used as a standard drug to compare the test results. The results were interpreted as time taken for paralysis and death of the earth worms. The study concluded that the methanolic leaf extract of Sophora interrupta showed significant Anthelmintic activity in a dose dependent inhibition of spontaneous motility of earthworms.

Traditional medicine has a long history of serving people all over the world. In recent years, the use of traditional medicine information in cancer research received considerable interest. Solanum pubescens has been used in traditional and folklore medicine for the treatment of cancer. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of methanol extract of the leaves against intraperitoneally injected Dalton's Ascitic Lymphoma (DAL) cell line in swiss albino mice. DAL cells were injected intraperitoneally (1 ×10 6 cells / ml / mouse) to the mice. The MESP at a dose of 100 mg / kg and 200 mg / kg body weight were administered orally for 14 consecutive days to the tumor bearing group of animals. Derived parameters, haematological parameters, serum enzyme and lipid parameters were measured and compared to the cancer control group. 5-Flurouracil (20 mg / kg) was used as a standard. Both the dose of MESP decreased average increase in body weight, reduced the packed cell volume, viable tumor cell count and increased the life span of DAL treated mice and brought back the haematological parameters, serum enzyme and lipid profile near to normal values. All the values were found to be statistically significant with cancer control group at P < 0.01. These observations are suggestive of the protective effect of extracts in Dalton's Ascitic Lymphoma (DAL). All these findings enable to conclude that MESP at 200 mg / kg dose possess a protective effect against DAL.

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It is found based on the research that 'sentana rajeg' has become the term to be the problem solver within the wedding system in Bali. This term is obviously based on the teaching of Hinduism in Rg. Veda. The sentana rajeg is caused to be effective in accordance with the Hindu script of law, Manawadharmasastra IX.127-140. Considering the Balinese traditional regulation, the condition of sentana rajeg has given an opportunity for the position of the anak sentana to be legalized through the traditional process in a sentana institution because of the philosophical values and the teaching of Hinduism embedded within. One of its functions is that the sentana rajeg may be used to avoid the revocation of right called camput as well as to maintain the traditional obligations, ayahan, on the parahyangan, the pawongan, and the pawongan. AbstrakSentana rajeg merupakan temuan dalam penelitian yang mengatasi salah satu permasalahan perkawinan di Bali. Istilah ini ternyata bersumber pada ajaran agama Hindu, yaitu Rg Veda. Sentana rajeg diberlakukan berdasarkan hukum Hindu, yakni Manawadharmasastra IX.127-140. Menurut perspektif adat, istilah sentana rajeg memberi peluang bagi anak sentana dibentuk dari proses adat dalam wujud lembaga sentana karena memiliki nilai filsafat dan dijiwai dari ajaran agama Hindu. Salah satu fungsi dari sentana rajeg adalah untuk menghindari hak camput serta agar tetap bisa melanjutkan kewajiban-kewajiban ayahan terhadap parahyangan, palemahan, dan pawongan.