جنگ، جہاد اور قتل

An elaborate endeavor in studying world religions would glaringly uncover the fact that most of the religions have enacted rules to follow, pertinent to daily livelihood. Such are the set of rules that the followers of the religion must follow. These rules very much include the rules about edibles. The food is something upon which not only human sustenance rests but it also keeps the human soul alive. For the same very reason we find religious and scientific prohibitions on things that are harmful for humans and if consumed evil takes the better of man’s heart, bringing upon him moral redundancy and sinister way of life. Such people are deprived of peace and piety. They ultimately not only suffer unbearable individual loss but also become a burden onto the society, country and nation

Evaluation of Nano-Silver Derivatives of Selected Botanical Sources for Their Anti-Cancer Potential

Cancer is the second most lethal disease all over the world after cardiovascular disorders. Many conventional cancer therapies have so far been used for curing various types of cancer but keeping in view their so many side effects, attention has been focused to some alternative drugs at nano-scale level. The main reason of using phyto-fabricated nano-silver particles was its large surface area. Biogenic nanoparticles are gaining importance due to ecofriendly behavior. The main objective of current study was “Evaluation of Nano-silver Derivatives of Selected Botanical Sources for their Anticancer Potential”. In present study, eleven traditionally used medicinal plants (Curcuma longa, Euclayptus camaldulensis, Ziziphus nummularia, Psidium guajava, Momordica charantia, Syzgium cumini, Viola betonicifolia, Mangifera indica, Fagonia indica, Azadiarachata indica and Cassia absus) were collected by various zones of South and North Punjab (Pakistan). Their aqueous extracts were prepared by using leaves of above-mentioned plants to evaluate bio-active (anti-cancer) potential. The most effective plants were subjected to prepare biogenic silver nanoparticles. At first comparative study of simple plant extracts and phytofabricated silver nanoparticles was carried out for different biological activities; anti-oxidant (2,2, -di-phenylpicrylhydrazyl), anti-diabetic, anti-microbial, hemolytic activity and phytochemical studies; total phenolic contents (TPC) and total flavonoid contents (TFC). Furthermore, anti-cancer activity of five plants (Curcuma longa, Momordica charantia, Viola betonicifolia, Fagonia indica and Azadiarachata indica) was evaluated through in vitro MTT assay, whereby silver nanoparticles of C. longa exhibited lowest IC50 value (0.0045mg/ml) and hence was evaluated against breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) and Ovarian cancer cell lines (A2780). ANOVA (mean ± S.D), Minitab software version 16 and Graph Pad prism were used to figure out significant difference between simple plant extracts and their phytofabricated nano-particles.