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Food safety is critical during pregnancy. Pregnancy hormone changes reduce immune function, making pregnant women more vulnerable to food-borne illnesses. The unborn fetus is particularly sensitive to food-borne diseases since its immune system has not yet matured. Pregnant women must be extremely cautious about what they eat since they are eating not just for their health but also for the health of their unborn babies. When a pregnant woman eats well, she reduces her chances of anemia, low birth weight, and birth defects. Herbal medication use during pregnancy is associated with a woman's age, family financial level, and educational standing. Preeclampsia risk was reduced, labor was extended, and the common cold and urinary tract infection were all treated with herbal treatments during pregnancy. Some herbal products may include ingredients that should not be eaten while pregnant. Herbs may include elements that cause fetal damage, uterine contractions, premature delivery, or miscarriage. The effects of various herbs on pregnant women or fetuses have not been well researched. Herbal drugs are subjected to quality control to ensure consistency, safety, and efficacy. According to this approach, the purpose of this review was to give succinct information on comprehensive food intake, dietary supplements, and the use of herbal items during pregnancy.

Aim: In the current investigation, tablet dosage form of hydroalcohol extract of leaves of P. emblica was developed and evaluated foranti-inflammatory activities. Methodology: Hydroalcohol extract of leaves of P. Emblica (HPE) was prepared and formulated tablet dosage form. The mechanical properties e.g. hardness, friability, disintegration, and dissolution of tablet were evaluated. Anti-inflammatory activities of HPE (150 mg/kg) and HPE (650 mg) tablets were performed in carrageenan induced hind paw edema in wistar rats. Results: The anti-inflammatory activity was found to be significant in carrageenan inducedpaw edema. HPE (150 mg/kg) and HPE tablets (650 mg) were significantly (p < 0.05) reduced the carrageenan induced paw edemaby 66.41% and 69.43% respectively as compared to carragenan control. The % inhibition of standard drug (dichlorofenac sodium) was recorded to be 70.18% after 5 h. Conclusion: The study standardised the development of HPE tablet and its anti-inflammatory effect.

‘Mayurbhanj is the ethnic dominant tribal population district in Odisha, India. The triabl's of Mayurbhanj depends on traditional medicines since time immemorial for health-related issues. Due to t...

In order to find out the genetic diversity in the eastern Indian population of Odisha consisting of various linguistic and ethnic groups, we undertook a study on 508 unrelated healthy individuals belonging to Odisha, India. We assessed genetic variation and compared the data with published literature of Indian population consisting of different ethnic groups from different geographical areas using 21 autosomal STR markers. The most polymorphic and discriminatory STR locus in the studied population was found to be SE33 with the calculated values of 0.94 and 0.991 respectively for both the parameters. The combined power of discrimination (CPD) and combined power of exclusion (CPE) were found to be 1 and 0.999999999704865 respectively. The combined probability of match (CPm) and combined paternity index (CPI) for all 21 autosomal STR loci were found to be 8.01 × 10−26 and 3.45 × 109 respectively. Though, the studied eastern Indian population of Odisha shared its closest genetic affinity with nearest Indian geographical regions, i.e., the population of Jharkhand which is geographically located in eastern India as well as the Central Indian population.

This study evaluated the haplotype diversity of 17 Y chromosomal genetic markers among 202 unrelated males who were randomly selected in the population of Odisha, India. Out of total 196 haplotypes observed in this study, 190 were unique haplotypes. Forensic relevant parameters, viz., gene diversity (GD) and discrimination capacity (DC), were calculated as 0.999999998 and 0.970 respectively, for the studied population. The highest genetic diversity was observed at the locus DYS385a/b (0.9541) and lowest at the locus DYS437 (0.3326) among all the studied Y chromosomal loci. The polymorphic information content (PIC), power of discrimination (PD), and matching probability (PM) was found to be 0.999999965, 0.999999998, and 1.6×10-9 for the tested Y STR loci. The genetic data observed in this study would enrich the existing Y STR data of the Indian population and would also be useful for forensic application.

Tribal population of Odisha and ethnozoological study have been undertaken to document the different ethnic communities of Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India. The investigation is also an attempt to present a list of traditional medicaments from animal sources used for therapeutic purposes by different communities. A total 66 informants (male 48; female 18) were interacted and questioned with 58 number of similar type of query. Approximately 46, varieties of traditional medicaments from different animal sources have been identified which are traditionally being consumed for various diseases as per the opinion of 66 number of healers who have been practicing zootherapy. As per the data, it is found that 21 are mammals, i.e., 46.66% of the total numbers of animals are preferred to the treatment of asthma and respiratory diseases. Others are being used for the treatment of piles, production of semen, gastric disorder, fever, rheumatism, colic pain and some other related problems. 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