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and full-text of published articles. The journal is devoted to the promotion of health sciences and related disciplines (including medicine, pharmacy, nursing, biotechnology, cell and molecular biology, and related engineering fields). It seeks particularly (but not exclusively) to encourage multidisciplinary research and collaboration among scientists, the industry and the healthcare professionals. It will also provide an international forum for the communication and evaluation of data, methods and findings in health sciences and related disciplines. The journal welcomes original research papers, reviews and case reports on current topics of special interest and relevance. All manuscripts will be subject to rapid peer review. Those of high quality (not previously published and not under consideration for publication) will be published without delay. The maximum length of manuscripts should normally be 10,000 words (20 single-spaced typewritten pages) for review, 6,000 words for research articles, 3,000 for technical notes, case reports, commentaries and short communications.

Context: Chronic arsenic toxicity (arsenicosis) is considered a serious public health menace worldwide, as there is no specific, safe, and efficacious therapeutic management of arsenicosis.Objectives: To collate the studies on medicinal plants and natural products with arsenic toxicity ameliorative effect, active pre-clinically and/or clinically.Methods: Literature survey was carried out by using Google, Scholar Google and Pub-Med. Only the scientific journal articles found on the internet for last two decades were considered. Minerals and semi-synthetic or synthetic analogs of natural products were excluded.Results: Literature study revealed that 34 medicinal plants and 14 natural products exhibited significant protection from arsenic toxicity, mostly in preclinical trials and a few in clinical studies.Conclusion: This research could lead to development of a potentially useful agent in clinical management of arsenicosis in humans.

the development of modern medicine. Recently traditional medicine worldwide is being re-evaluated by extensive research on different plant species and their active therapeutic principles. The rich wealth of plant kingdom can represent a novel source of newer compounds with significant antiinflammatory activities. The major merits of herbal medicine seem to be their perceived efficacy, low incidence of serious adverse effects and low cost. Ashwagandha, also known as Indian ginseng and winter cherry, consists of dried roots of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal. (Family: Solanaceae). It is a perennial plant indigenous to India, grown and cultivated throughout subtropical India. It has been recognized as an important herb in the Ayurveda, the traditional system of Indian medicine for more than 3000 years. Traditionally it has been used for several important medicinal purposes in the Indian subcontinent. Recently there has been renewed interest on ashwagandha for its effectiveness in several disease conditions, adaptogenic, immunomodulator and other health benefits. [4,5] Previous researchers have reported several pharmacological properties of ashwagandha on animals and humans. [6-10] The present study was conducted to evaluate the anti-inflammatory effect of ashwagandha extract against the denaturation of protein in vitro.