Recombinant DNA technology: It is the joining or recombining of two or more DNA pieces from different sources to yield a single (piece of) fragment.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Protoporphyrin
Protoporphyrin: A porphyrin acid that upon combination with iron forms iron containing proteins such as hemoglobin and cytochrome.
Porphyrin
Porphyrin: Compound in plants and animals consisted of four pyrrole rings that are linked with methylene group.
Polyglutamic acid
Polyglutamic acid: It is an acid made by the repeating molecules of glutamic acid residues in the normal peptide linkage.
Polycythemia vera
Polycythemia vera:
A chronic type of polycythemia without any known cause. Polyceythemia is the disease of excessive production of red blood cells in the body produced from the bone marrow.
Treatment for Polycythemia Vera:
Although allopathy is still unable to treat polycythemia vera but it works on the other conditions of the polycythemia vera like reduction of red blood cells and hemoglobin resulting in the reduction of the thickness of the blood.
Phlebotomy is normally done for the treatment of polycythemia vera. It is the procedure of removing some amount of blood from the body to reduce the amount of red blood cells.
Hydroxyurea and interferon alpha are also sometimes used in the treatment of polycythemia vera.
Herbal drugs for polycythemia:
Following most commonly occuring herbs may help in the treatment of polycythemia vera:
1. Garlic: as it may result in thinning of the blood.
2. Turmeric
3. Aloe vera
References:
Polycythemia Vera. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/poly/poly_treatments.html Accessed April 02, 2011.
A chronic type of polycythemia without any known cause. Polyceythemia is the disease of excessive production of red blood cells in the body produced from the bone marrow.
Treatment for Polycythemia Vera:
Although allopathy is still unable to treat polycythemia vera but it works on the other conditions of the polycythemia vera like reduction of red blood cells and hemoglobin resulting in the reduction of the thickness of the blood.
Phlebotomy is normally done for the treatment of polycythemia vera. It is the procedure of removing some amount of blood from the body to reduce the amount of red blood cells.
Hydroxyurea and interferon alpha are also sometimes used in the treatment of polycythemia vera.
Herbal drugs for polycythemia:
Following most commonly occuring herbs may help in the treatment of polycythemia vera:
1. Garlic: as it may result in thinning of the blood.
2. Turmeric
3. Aloe vera
References:
Polycythemia Vera. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/poly/poly_treatments.html Accessed April 02, 2011.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
-
Q: What do you know about ergot alkaloids? Ans: These include alkaloids which we get from the ergot fungus Claviceps purpurea or derived ...
-
(For detailed study of Pharmaceutical Incompatibility Click here) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) from Pharmaceutical Incompatibility in ...
-
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) of Powders and Granules from Pharmaceutics 1. _______ powders consist of more than one ingredients. a. Si...
