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Medicinal Plants and Treatment of Disease

Read this article to learn about the use of medicinal plants in the treatment of diseases. The use of plants as the source of remedies for the treatment of many diseases dates back to prehis­tory and people of all continents have this old tra­dition. Plants continue to be a major source of medicines, as they have been throughout human history. [...]

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Chemicals Originating From Existing Families of Drugs

This article throws light upon the four chemicals originating from existing families of drugs. The chemicals are: 1. Fluoro Quinolones 2. Gatifloxacin 3. Moxifloxacin 4. New Quinolones. Chemical # 1. Fluoro Quinolones: Fluoro quinolones were introduced into clinical practice in the 1980's. They are characterised by broad spectrum antimicrobial activity and are rec­ommended and widely used for the treatment of [...]

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Why are New TB Drugs Needed?

Get the answer of: Why are New TB Drugs Needed? HIV/AIDS has dramatically increased the risk of developing active TB and HIV co-infection makes TB more difficult to diagnose and treat. The in­creasing emergence of MDR-TB and the nature of persistent infections pose additional challenges to the treatment with conventional anti-TB drugs. Although TB can be treated with current drugs, [...]

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