Official organ of the Association of Physiologist and Pharmacologists of India


 

 

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

VOLUME     52    –    Number  2    –  April- June 2008

 
CONTENTS
 

Editorial -  Fundamentalism in Science 

... 103

                 

               

                        

Review Article -  Dietary Spices in Health and Diseases  :  I

 K. P. Kochhar ... 106

 

Original Articles

Effect of  Yoga Based Lifestyle Intervention on Subjective Well - Being

 

 Ratna Sharma, Nidhi Gupta and R. L. Bijlani ...123


Effects of Exogenous Selenium on Nicotine Induced Hyperlipidemia in Rats

  S. Sreekala and M. Indira... 132

 

Effects of Nigella Sativa Supplementation for one month on Cardiac Reserve in Rats

  T. Yar, M. El - Hariri , M. N. El - Bahai and A. O. Bamosa... 141

 

 

Antioxidants and Lipid Peroxidation in Gestational Diabetes- A Preliminary Study

 Prasenjit Dey , Preeti Gupta , Nimish Kumar Acharya, Srinivasa Nageswara Rao, Swagat Ray, Sanjiban Chakrabarty , Sharanya Ramprasad , Tina Ann Kurian, Anatoli Mawroh, Aishwarya Kundu, Geetha Bhaktha , Christy Philip Joseph, Pratap Kumar, Lavanya Rai and Anjali Rao ...149

 

 
Ptychodiscus Brevis Toxic Decreases the Spontaneous Activity of Rat Right Atria Involving  Muscarinic Receptors and Potassium Channels

Jitendra N. Singh , Maloy B. Mandal and Shripad B. Deshpande ... 157

 

Effect of Six weeks Yoga Training on Weight Loss Following Step Test, Respiratory Pressures, Handgrip Strength and Handgrip Endurance in Young Healthy Subjects 

 Madanmohan, Sivasubraminyan K. Mahadevan, Selvakumar Balakrishnan, Maya Gopalkrishnan and E.S Prakash ...163


Attenuation of the Effect of Lindane on Immune Responses and Oxidative Stress by Ocimum Sanctum Seed Oil (OSSO) in Rats

  Pramod K. Mediratta , Krishna Tanwar, Reeta KH , Rajni Mathur , Basu D. Benerjee, Surender Singh and Krishna K. Sharma  ...171

 

 

Effect of Extract of Benincasa Hispida on Oxidative Stress in Rats with Indomethacin Induced Gastric Ulcers 

 Beena V. Shetty, Albina Arjuman , Aparna Jorapur, Rajshree Samanth , Sudhir Kumar Yadav, Valliammai N, Anna Deepthy Tharian, Sudha K. and  Gayathri M. Rao...177

 

 

A Comparative Study of Median Nerve Somatosensory Evoked Potential in the Totally Blind and Normal Subjects

 Dayananda G. , Roopakala M. S. , Srinivasa R and Rajeev Sharma ...183

 

 

 

Sensory Nerve Conduction Velocity is Greater in Left Handed Persons

Navin Gupta, Sharmila Sanyal and Rashmi Babbar ...189

 

 

Comparative Study of Pulmonary Function Variables in Relation to Type of Smoking

 K. M. Padmavathy ...193

 

 

Short Communications  

Immediate Effects of Right and Left Nostril Breathing on Verbal and Spatial Scores

 Meesha Joshi and Shirley Telles ...197

 


Blood Leukocyte Profile in Different Phases of Menstrual Cycle 

  Swati N. Tikare , Kusal K. Das and Salim A. Dhundasi  ...201

 

 Letter to the Editor  

Atherogenic Lipid Risk Factors in Men Classified as Overweight and Obese According to the Preliminary WHO Guidelines for Asians

Hanumanthappa Nandeesha , Viswanathan Sathiyapriya, Zachariah Bobby, Nambiar selvaraj, Purushothaman Pavithran and Aparna Agarawal ...205

 


Are Fresh water Fish Safe to Eat ?

 R. G. Cooper  ...209

 

Transport of Glucose in Isolated Goat Ileum Preparation : An Alternative Research Tool for Absorption Study

S. V. Tembhurne and D. M . Sakarkar  ...211

 

 

News and Announcements     

 

...214

                 

 

 

 
 
For more queries contact : Executive editor, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, N.Delhi - 29.