(n.) A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic.
Example Sentences:
(1) Seizures occurred in all animals given valproic acid, margosa oil and 4-pentenoic acid, and in 25% of those given 5% glucose solution + anti-diuretic hormone.
(2) While glucose and carnitine supplements appear to be beneficial, the other modes of therapy do not seem to hold much promise in the treatment of Reye-like syndrome in the margosa-oil-induced animal model.
(3) A statistically significant increase in brain water content was observed following injection of 5% glucose solution, valproic acid, acetyl salicylic acid, calcium hopantenate, margosa oil, 4-pentenoic acid, linolenate and arachidonate.
(4) Linoleic acid, a polyunsaturated fatty acid, is a constituent of margosa oil which has been implicated as a cause of Reye's syndrome (RS) in infants.
(5) Margosa oil (MO), a fatty acid-rich extract of the seeds of the neem tree and a reported cause of Reye's syndrome, has been used in the induction of an experimental model of Reye's syndrome in rats.
(6) Evaluation of coenzyme Q10 and carnitine on histopathologic parameters in the liver after a sublethal dose of margosa oil showed no obvious ameliorating effect on liver pathology.
(7) Margosa oil (MO), a long-chain fatty acid compound, has been shown to cause a Reye-like syndrome with death from hepatoencephalopathy, in children in Malaysia and India.
(8) We report here two infants with Margosa Oil poisoning presenting with encephalopathy.
(9) Margosa Oil is an extract of the seed of the Neem tree and is widely used as a traditional medicine by Indians in India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
(10) This accords with the reports of reduced glutamic dehydrogenase activities in the livers of both patients with Reye's syndrome and rats treated with margosa oil.
(11) Changes in the mitochondria, ribosomes and endoplasmic reticulum were unaltered from the groups treated with margosa oil alone.
(12) Margosa Oil causes toxic encephalopathy particularly in infants and young children.
(13) Glucose and steroids have been used in the treatment of children with Reye's syndrome, while carnitine and coenzyme Q10 have been the subject of some recent studies which suggest that these agents may have a role in the treatment of Reye's syndrome and Reye-like syndrome due to margosa oil poisoning.
(14) Following reports of a Reye-like syndrome in children resulting from Margosa oil (MO) ingestion, we administered MO to laboratory rats in an attempt to produce an animal model of Reye's syndrome.
(15) These caveats were overcome by evaluation of these four treatment modalities in an established margosa-oil-induced animal model of Reye's syndrome.
Neem
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Example Sentences:
(1) Intrauterine application of neem oil appears to induce a pre-implantation block in fertility; the possible mechanisms of the antifertility action are discussed.
(2) Only samples of neem giving over 90% bioassay mortality were used in field trials.
(3) Peritoneal lavage, collected on subsequent days, showed a maximum number of leukocytic cells on day 3 following treatment with neem oil; peritoneal macrophages exhibited enhanced phagocytic activity and expression of MHC class-II antigens.
(4) It was concluded that the histological and biochemical alterations observed were due to the toxicological potential of the neem oil rather than to hormonal properties.
(5) Neem oil, a natural product of Azadirachta indica was investigated for various hormonal properties in relation to its post-coital contraceptive action.
(6) The results of this study indicate that neem oil acts as a non-specific immunostimulant and that it selectively activates the cell-mediated immune (CMI) mechanisms to elicit an enhanced response to subsequent mitogenic or antigenic challenge.
(7) In the Ayurvedha and Sidha system of medicine (Indian system of medicine) Azadirachta indica ADR ('Neem') and Curcuma longa ('Turmeric') has been used for healing chronic ulcers and scabies.
(8) Margosa oil (MO), a fatty acid-rich extract of the seeds of the neem tree and a reported cause of Reye's syndrome, has been used in the induction of an experimental model of Reye's syndrome in rats.
(9) Though a number of plants and their parts are used for dental ailments among population in rural and urban areas of developing countries, in India however, the most common house-hold, road-side plants are mango (Mangifera indica), neem (Azadirachta indica; Melia azadirachta), ocimum (Ocimum basilicum), tea-dust (Camellia sinensis) and uncommonly murayya, i.e., currey leaf (Murayya koenigi) [Chopra et al.
(10) Effects of azadirachtin, a triterpenoid extracted from neem seed, Azadirachta indica A.
(11) Larval abundance in plots under water management alone did not differ significantly from the controls, but was significantly reduced when water management was combined with neem products.
(12) In group C the neem oil was administered on days 4-6, and in group D on days 7-9, i.e., after implantation.
(13) Histological studies in ovariectomized rats also supported the relatively inert action of neem oil when given with hormones.
(14) with neem oil; control animals received the emulsifying agent with or without peanut oil.
(15) That was because the music seemed to flow through this person, through Hickox or Neeme Järvi, through Jerzy Maksymiuk or Jukka-Pekka Saraste, into the musicians, and then into the audience.
(16) Spermicides enhance the effectiveness of barrier contraceptives, and new approaches--including use of neem oil and in vitro cobaltous ions--are under development.
(17) The seed oil of Azadirachta indica (neem oil) is well known for its medicinal properties in the indigenous Indian system of medicine.
(18) Since the post-coital contraceptive effect of neem oil seems to be non-hormonal, neem oil would be expected to elicit less side effects than the steroidal contraceptives.
(19) Current effort is directed towards structure-activity studies and synthesis of the extraordinarily potent antifeedant and growth-disrupting agent azadirachtin, isolated from the Neem tree, Azadirachta indica (A. Juss).
(20) The animals treated with neem oil showed a significant leukocytic infiltration in the uterine epithelium between days 3 and 5 post coitum, i.e.