Publications
| need and strategy for sentinel surveillance for drug resistance in leprosy in india. | in the fight against leprosy drug resistance poses a serious impediment at a stage when there is dramatic decline in prevalence due to intensive and concerted chemotherapy intervention. drug resistance in leprosy has been reported since 1964 for dapsone, 1976 for rifampicin and 1996 for ofloxacin. recent reports and publications have indicated few instances of rifampicin resistance in several endemic areas. in light of reporting drug resistance in leprosy, the national leprosy eradication progra ... | 2009 | 20509338 |
| antitumor-promoting effects of polyphenolic extracts from seedless and seeded indian grapes. | grapes, the widely consumed fruits, are rich in polyphenols. the biological and chemopreventive activities of grape seed polyphenols have been demonstrated, while similar information regarding crude polyphenolic extracts from whole grapes and their components (pulp plus skin, seeds), particularly the seedless varieties, is lacking. cancer chemoprevention can be achieved by inhibition of either initiation or promotion/progression stages of carcinogenesis. this study involves the determination of ... | 2008 | 19105538 |