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Heydarirad G, Mirzaei HR, Gharehgozlou R, Buentzel J, Namazi MR, Pasalar M. Exploring the Effectiveness of Ajwain Cream in Treating Taxane-induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Cancer Patients: A Pilot, Randomised and Double-blind Clinical Trial. Indian J Palliat Care 2024; 30:71-76. [PMID: 38633679 PMCID: PMC11021054 DOI: 10.25259/ijpc_32_2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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Objectives Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is a common disorder among cancer patients receiving various chemotherapeutic protocols. The present study aimed to explore the feasibility of ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi [L.] Sprague) cream in treating peripheral neuropathy symptoms triggered by taxane chemotherapeutic agents. Materials and Methods This was a pilot, double-blind, and randomised clinical trial on patients with peripheral neuropathy attributable to chemotherapy with taxane drugs during 2021-2022 in Tehran. Patients received ajwain or placebo cream for four weeks and filled out the chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy assessment tool (CIPNAT) at the start and end finale of the trial. Side effects were also noted. Results Thirty patients suffering from breast, lung, gastro-intestinal, or prostate cancer were allocated to each of the drug and placebo groups. The mean difference in CIPNAT score between the groups was 0.83, demonstrating the statistical ineffectiveness of the drug compared with the placebo (P = 0.372). The safety profile showed promising outcomes at the end of the trial. Conclusion Although the effectiveness of ajwain cream was unacceptable in treating chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy symptoms, multicentre controlled trials with ample sample size are mandatory for an all-inclusive inference.
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- Ghazaleh Heydarirad
- Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cancer Research Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cancer Research Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Molecular Dermatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Sowmya RS, Sugriv G, Annapure US. Effect of basil herb on cookies development and its effect on the nutritive, elemental, phytochemical, textural and sensory quality. J Food Sci Technol 2022; 59:3482-3491. [PMID: 35875208 PMCID: PMC9304522 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-021-05338-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The present study aimed to determine their nutritional, elemental, bioactive compounds, textural, and sensory evaluation of herbal cookies by incorporating the basil, basil along with ajwain or orange peel that encompasses adequate nutrients. The cookies prepared with four different composition i.e., Sample1 (control), Sample 2 (basil), Sample 3 (basil + ajwain), Sample 4 (basil + orange peel). Results interpret that incorporating basil, ajwain, and orange peel have an encouraging effect on the nutritional and elemental value of cookies compared to sample 1. Sample 1 contains a fair amount of carotenoid content, and the phenolic content was higher in sample 4, whereas chlorophyll content was higher in sample 3. In contrast, sample 2 contains the highest level of chlorophyll b and total chlorophyll. The samples containing basil were harder (398.49 ± 17.09), and fracture-ability was more in the control sample (657.98 ± 75.62), whereas gumminess was more in cookies prepared from basil + orange (180.64 ± 8.40). After control basil incorporated cookies showed better in color (7 ± 0.58), hardness (7.46 ± 0.78), taste (7.23 ± 0.44), mouth feel (7 ± 0.82), and overall acceptability (7.07 ± 0.73) compared to other cookies. Considering all the parameters in this study, cookies prepared with herb basil incorporation help improve the quality of cookies.
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- R. S. Sowmya
- Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga (E), Mumbai, 400019 India
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- Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga (E), Mumbai, 400019 India
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- Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga (E), Mumbai, 400019 India
- Institute of Chemical Technology, Marathwada Campus, Jalna, 431203 India
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Shukla S, Pandey SS, Chandra M, Pandey A, Bharti N, Barnawal D, Chanotiya CS, Tandon S, Darokar MP, Kalra A. Application of essential oils as a natural and alternate method for inhibiting and inducing the sprouting of potato tubers. Food Chem 2019; 284:171-179. [PMID: 30744843 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.01.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Use of harmful chemicals and expensive maintenance of cold-storage conditions for controlling sprouting are among the major problems in potato storage. Here, 20 essential oils (EOs) were tested for their sprouting-inhibiting and sprouting-inducing activities. Overall, treatments of lemon grass (LG) and clove (CL) oils could induce sprouting whereas palmarosa (PR) and ajwain (AZ) oils could inhibit sprouting of potato tubers at normal-room-temperature (25 ± 2 °C) storage. Selected-EOs treatments affected sprouting by modulation of accumulation of reducing sugars, ethylene, and expression of genes involved in tuber-sprouting such as ARF, ARP, AIP and ERF. Surprisingly, 7-days AZ-treatments could inhibit sprouting for 30-days which was mediated via damaging apical meristem. However, LG- and CL-treated tubers could produce enhanced potato yield as well. Present work clearly demonstrates that selected-EOs can be used as a promising eco-friendly approach for inducing/inhibiting sprouting of potato tubers during potato storage and those enhancing sprouting can be used for enhancing productivity.
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- Samvedna Shukla
- Microbial Technology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, UP 226015, India; Molecular and Bioprospection Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, UP 226015, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) (An Institution of National Importance by an Act of Parliament), AcSIR Campus, CSIR-HRDC, Sector-19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, 201002, UP, India
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- Microbial Technology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, UP 226015, India
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- Metabolic and Structural Biology Department, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, UP 226015, India
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- Microbial Technology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, UP 226015, India
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- Microbial Technology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, UP 226015, India
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- Microbial Technology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, UP 226015, India
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- Central Instrument Facility, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, UP 226015, India
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- Process Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, UP 226015, India
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- Molecular and Bioprospection Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, UP 226015, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) (An Institution of National Importance by an Act of Parliament), AcSIR Campus, CSIR-HRDC, Sector-19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, 201002, UP, India
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- Molecular and Bioprospection Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, UP 226015, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) (An Institution of National Importance by an Act of Parliament), AcSIR Campus, CSIR-HRDC, Sector-19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, 201002, UP, India.
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Chatterjee S, Jain A, De S. Effect of different operating conditions in cloud point assisted extraction of thymol from Ajwain ( Trachyspermum Ammi L.) seeds and recovery using solvent. J Food Sci Technol 2017; 54:4353-61. [PMID: 29184241 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-017-2906-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 08/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Cloud point assisted extraction of thymol from water extract of Ajwain (Trachyspermum Ammi L.) seeds has been reported. Effects of different operating conditions, i.e., concentration of surfactant, heating time and temperature in extraction efficiency were investigated. It was observed that maximum extraction efficiency of thymol was achieved with 30% (v/v) of SPAN 80 surfactant, 45 min of heating at 65 °C. Recovery of thymol from the surfactant complex was optimal at 1:3 coacervate phase to solvent (acetone) volume ratio. A semi-empirical correlation was proposed at the optimum time to predict the concentration of surfactant and temperature required for a desired yield.
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Kheiri F, Faghani M, Landy N. Evaluation of thyme and ajwain as antibiotic growth promoter substitutions on growth performance, carcass characteristics and serum biochemistry in Japanese quails ( Coturnix japonica). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 4:79-83. [PMID: 30167488 PMCID: PMC6112356 DOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2017.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Revised: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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The present study was to evaluate thyme and ajwain as antibiotic growth promoter substitutions on growth performance, carcass characteristics and serum biochemistry in Japanese quails (Coturnix japonica). A feeding trial was conducted over 28 d with 4 groups of Japanese quails fed experimental diets formulated to provide no supplementation (control), or control + 55 mg zinc bacitracin/kg, 2 g thyme/kg, and 2 g ajwain/kg. At 35 d of age, 2 quails from each replicate were sacrificed and eviscerated. Liver, empty small intestine and heart were weighed and calculated as a percentage of live body weight. The carcasses were weighed and the cuts were performed to evaluate the yield of legs and breast. At 35 d of age, 2 quails per replicate were chosen and approximately 1-mL blood samples were collected through brachial vein, and concentrations of albumin, total protein, triglyceride, total cholesterol, and high density lipoprotein (HDL) -cholesterol were determined. Final body weight were not affected by the dietary treatment whereas, it tended to increase in quails supplemented with antibiotic. Overall feed conversation ratio values were similar though it tended to improve in quails supplemented with thyme compared with other groups. Daily feed intake, internal organ weights and carcass traits were not influenced by the dietary treatments. Serum total cholesterol contents were lower (P < 0.05) in quails supplemented with ajwain compared with control and quails supplemented with antibiotic and thyme. The highest serum HDL-cholesterol was seen in the group supplemented with thyme compared with other groups. It was concluded that the addition of 2 g/kg thyme can improve serum biochemistry in quails, although its effects on performance criteria was negligible.
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- Farshid Kheiri
- Department of Animal Science, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord 8813733395, Iran
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- Department of Animal Science, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord 8813733395, Iran
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- Young Researchers and Elite Club, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan 8155139999, Iran
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Ahmad IZ, Fatima U, Tabassum H, Mabood A, Ahmad A, Srivastava G, Das M. Evaluation of the nutrient profile of Trachyspermum ammi L. seed under the influence of nanoparticles during germination. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 63:7-11. [PMID: 28968201 DOI: 10.14715/cmb/2017.63.6.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Trachyspermum ammi L. commonly known as Ajwain is an annual herb belonging to the family Apiaceae. It is enormously grown in Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India as well as European region. Seeds of Ajwain were highly administered by traditional healers and usually employed for different ailments. Nanomaterials are known to have plant growth promoting effects, which could find applications in agriculture. In this study, the nanoparticles (NPs) showed the potential to enhance the primary metabolites when administered during germination. Therefore, nanoparticles elicitation can be used to increase the productivity, nutritional values and metabolite contents in Trachyspermum ammi L. This study aimed to provide new insight of the potential growth promoting effects of the nanoparticles () on plant system. Different concentrations of two nanoparticles, that is, iron pyrite (FeS2) and molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) at three different concentrations of 25ug/ml, 50ug/ml and 75ug/ml were tested on the seeds of Trachyspermum ammi L. The data indicated that nanoparticles enhanced the seedling growth as greener leafs and increased lengths of epicotyl and hypocotyls were seen. These nanoparticles also showed the potential to increase the contents of primary metabolites during germination and the total soluble protein content in seed was increased in nanoparticles-treated seeds as compared to control. The total protein profiling by SDS-PAGE indicated significant differences in number and molecular weights of protein bands upon exposure to nanoparticles.
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- I Z Ahmad
- Department of Bioengineering & Biosciences, Integral University, Dasauli, Kursi Road, Lucknow-226026, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Bioengineering & Biosciences, Integral University, Dasauli, Kursi Road, Lucknow-226026, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Bioengineering & Biosciences, Integral University, Dasauli, Kursi Road, Lucknow-226026, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Bioengineering & Biosciences, Integral University, Dasauli, Kursi Road, Lucknow-226026, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Bioengineering & Biosciences, Integral University, Dasauli, Kursi Road, Lucknow-226026, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Bioengineering & Biosciences, Integral University, Dasauli, Kursi Road, Lucknow-226026, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Zarshenas MM, Samani SM, Petramfar P, Moein M. Analysis of the essential oil components from different Carum copticum L. samples from Iran. Pharmacognosy Res 2014; 6:62-6. [PMID: 24497745 PMCID: PMC3897012 DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.122920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2013] [Revised: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background: The family Apiaceae is defined with the diversity of essential oil. Fruits of Ajwain (Carum copticum), a famous herb of Apiaceae, accumulate up to 5% essential oil which is remarked as important natural product for food and flavoring industry, as well as pharmacological approaches. It is believed that differences in essential oil profile in a certain plant are resulted from various cultivation situations and locations, time of cultivation and also different extracting method. Objective: Present study aimed to evaluate major components of ten different collected Ajwain samples from random cultivation locations of Iran. Materials and Methods: Samples were individually subjected to hydrodistillation using a Clevenger-type apparatus for the extraction of essential oil. GC/MS analysis for samples was carried out using Agilent technologies model 7890A gas chromatograph with a mass detector. Results: The yield of extracted essential oil was calculated as 2.2 to 4.8% (v/w) for ten samples. Major oil components were thymol, para-cymene and gamma-terpinene. Five of ten samples have thymol as the main component with amount of 35.04 to 63.31%. On the other hand, for four samples, para-cymene was major with amount of 40.20 to 57.31% and one sample had gamma-terpinene as main constituent containing 37.43% of total oil. Accordingly, three different chemotypes, thymol, para-cymene and gamma-terpinene can be speculated from collected samples. Conclusion: While these components possess pharmacological effect, screening of different chemotypes not only represent the effect of cultivation situations and locations but also can be beneficial in further investigation.
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- Mohammad M Zarshenas
- Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz, Iran ; Medicinal Plants Processing Research Center, Shiraz, Iran ; Students Research Committee, Shiraz, Iran
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- Medicinal Plants Processing Research Center, Shiraz, Iran ; Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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