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Abstract: Lacto-vegetarians, lacto-ovo-vegetarians and pesco-vegetarians are put together as vegetarians and people who consume animal products such as meat, poultry, fish, seafood at least once a week are considered as non-vegetarians. The diet is the key factor for tolerance to glucose, urea, salt retention and many enzymes. Na+K+-ATPase, an enzyme present on the surface of RBC membrane, Na+ and K+ are seen to alter with levels of urea and creatitnine, with an altered glucose level and blood pressure. Hence, this study was undertaken to analyse the above hypothesis. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to estimate the levels of serum Na+, K+ in association with erythrocyte membrane Na+-K+ATPase and the status of serum glucose, urea and creatinine in healthy vegetarians and non-vegetarians and a co-relation was done with the diet that individual has. 50 vegetarians and 50 non-vegetarians within the age group 30-40 years were selected with the help of a questionnaire and the analysis of Na+-K+ATPase in erythrocytes and Na+, K+, urea, creatinine and glucose in serum was done in these individuals. ATPase activity was measured by the method of Raccah et al. while serum glucose was estimated by Glucose Oxidase-PerOxidase’s method, urea by DiAcetyl Monoxime’s (DAM) method and creatinine by alkaline creatinine picrate. The Na+ and K+ were measured flame photometrically. Mean and standard deviation of all the serum and erythrocytic parameters were computed and compared using a paired ‘t’ test. The p value was calculated for the comparison among the two groups, i.e., non-vegetarians and vegetarians. The results obtained showed an decrease in the activity of Na+-K+ATPase with an increased Na+, glucose and urea, which was observed to be higher in non-vegetarians when compared to vegetarians. The K+ and creatinine levels did not show any change when compared with the fooding habit of these individuals. Vegetarianism is advantageous as depicted by the lower levels of glucose, urea, Na+, K+ and higher activity of Na+-K+ATPase was observed in this study when compared to the non-vegetarians who had a comparatively higher level of these values and lower activity of Na+-K+ATPase. It strengthens the notion of vegetarianism being preferred to non-vegetarianism with the other studies done on similar fooding habit.

Keywords: Vegetarians, Non-vegetarians, glucose, urea, Na+-K+ATPase.
Title: Variation of Major Cations and Na⁺K⁺ATPase in Erythrocytes and Its Relation Between the Serum Level of These Cations Along with Glucose, Urea and Creatinine in Vegetarians and Non-Vegetarians - A Cross Sectional Study
Author: Mohit Adhikary, Smita S. Sonoli
ISSN 2349-7823
International Journal of Recent Research in Life Sciences (IJRRLS)
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Abstract: Rasashastra is a branch of Ayurveda known as the Ayurvedic metallurgy which deals with medicinal properties of minerals, metals, animal products and poisonous plants. Bhasma belongs to this category which is prepared by utilizing metals and minerals of aquatic and soil origin. Bhasma have been used for treating various diseases and as preventive medicines. Traditionally, Bhasma are classified based on their color and appearance. Scientifically they are classified based on dominant metal and mineral groups. The adverse side effects caused by synthetic drugs become a factor that motivates mankind to go back to nature for safer remedies, which generates a considerable demand towards Ayurvedic drugs. Hence, rate of production of Bhasma is increased which leads to carry out inaccurate and inappropriate preparation protocols that lead to produce poor quality drugs and toxic substances. Adulteration and or substitution and presence of free particles affect on quality and safety of Bhasma. Due to lack of procedures for standardization, in spite of its excellent merits, Bhasma has yet remained as a traditional drug.
Therefore, both proper validation and standardization are equally important to prevent adverse health effects. It is important to analyze raw materials and end products of herbal– mineral formulations to control quality of Bhasma. In addition to that, standardization of manufacturing process and in- process quality control helps to produce reproducible quality products with minimal defects or variations. Preparation protocol for Bhasma varies from manufacturer to manufacturer and there is many Ayurvedic texts describing different methods and raw materials. Hence, it becomes obligatory to adopt modern analytical methodology to determine the important chemical constituents present in Bhasma qualitatively and quantitatively. But lack of procedures for standardization and chemical characterization, quality of herbal metallic products are questioned. Hence, it is essential to develop fingerprints for Bhasma by using modern analytical techniques.

Keywords: Bhasma, Characterization, Heavy metal toxicity, Thermogravimetry, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer, X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrophotometer.
Title: Characterization and Analysis of Bhasma
Author: H P E De Zoysa, C Jayaweera, M R P Dassanayake
ISSN 2349-7823
International Journal of Recent Research in Life Sciences (IJRRLS)
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Abstract: From ancient times the man has dependent so much on plants find around them for their  daily needs, like as food and as an medicinal uses. The tribal people who depends on forest for their livelihood and most of them are still depends on medicinal plants as primary healthcare source. The tribal people and the people of rural area of India have the great knowledge of medicinal uses of plants which are finding around them. In central region of India Chhattisgarh has the large number of plants were reported as medicine, here we discuss the medicinal plants of Gariaband area of Chhattisgarh, in some areas of this district tribal people still dependent on medicinal plants .In this paper we mention some important medicinal plants of Gariaband District tribal people use from ancient times and try to reveal their knowledge.

Keywords: Medicinal plants, Chhattisgarh, Gariaband, Tribal people, Healthcare.
Title: Traditional Uses of Medicinal Plants of Gariaband District Chhattisgarh
Author: Iram Hingora, Dr. Amit Sharma
ISSN 2349-7823
International Journal of Recent Research in Life Sciences (IJRRLS)
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Abstract: The economy of Gadchiroli district is mostly based on forest resources. Near about 79.36% of Gadchiroli district is covered by forest. A wild edible variety of Mushroom which is locally known as ‘Satya’ arises during rainy season and consumed by the people delightfully. During the survey, in Wadsa forest as well as in Korchi forest area, edible mushroom varieties such as Lepiota Americana, Panaeolus ephincitrinus, Polyporus albellus, Panaeolus cyanescens, Agaricus and Pleurotus are occurred.
Keywords: Mushroom, Korchi forest, Wadsa forest, Panaeolus cyanescens, Pleurotus.
Title: Highly Nutritious Wild Edible Mushroom of Gadchiroli Forest
Author: Prof. K. D. Hiwase, Dr. C. B. Shende

ISSN 2349-7823
International Journal of Recent Research in Life Sciences (IJRRLS)
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Abstract: The present study aims to assess the status of fresh water crab resources in the area. The study was made on species diversity including its taxonomic position, morphological characteristics, habits, habitat and distribution. Out of various water bodies scanned so far two species of crabs were recorded viz Maydelliathelphusa masoniana Henderson, (1893) from plain areas and Himalayapotamon emphysetum Alcock (1909) from hilly stretches of the region. A total of 592 crabs were obtained, 282 being males and 310 females. The maximum carapace in female was 6.0 cm with abdominal width of 4.5 cm. Males exhibited carapace width of 6.3 cm and chela length of 5.7 cm and chela depth of 3.5 cm.

Keywords: M.masoniana, Morphological features, sexual maturity.
Title: Morphological Characteristics and Sexual Maturity in M.masonina, a Freshwater Crab from Jammu Waters
Author:  Meenakshi Bandral
International Journal of Recent Research in Life Sciences (IJRRLS)
ISSN 2349-7823
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