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R. N. Chopra

Bio: R. N. Chopra is an academic researcher from Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malaria & Holarrhena. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 61 publications receiving 6823 citations.


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TL;DR: Like atebrin these compounds are mainly excreted through the kidneys and traces of them were found in the urine for a considerable time, and they destroy all the stages of the three species of malarial parasites.
Abstract: formula, was prepared and successfully tested, while in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ' acriquine ' a similar compound was synthesized. A comparative study of the actions of these two compounds on malarial infections reveals no difference. They destroy all the stages of the three species of malarial parasites with the exception of the gametocytes of P. falciparum. Like atebrin these compounds are mainly excreted through the kidneys and traces of them were found in the urine for a considerable

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TL;DR: 45 plants and their products that have been mentioned/used in the Indian traditional system of medicine and have shown experimental or clinical anti-diabetic activity are reviewed.

1,641 citations

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TL;DR: Qualitative phytochemical tests, thin layer chromatography and TLC-bioautography of certain active extracts demonstrated the presence of common phytocompounds in the plant extracts including phenols, tannins and flavonoids as major active constituents.

1,247 citations

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01 Jan 1981

1,053 citations

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TL;DR: Among various extracts, only alcoholic extracts of Emblica officinalis, terminalia chebula, Terminalia belerica, Plumbago zeylanica and Holarrhena antidysenterica were found to show potentially interesting activity against test bacteria.

1,040 citations