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The tribal communities concealing Arunachal Pradesh, India, uses medicinal plants for treating ailments and poisonousplants for fishing and hunting. The study was conducted with an objective to explore the important medicinal andpoisonous plants of the Upper Subansiri district. Data were collected using standard questionnaires and groupinterviews. The data were analysed to find out the Use value and Fidelity level of the collected medicinal plants.The plants were identified referring various flora and herbaria. A total of 36 plants belonging to 26 families werereported, of which 26 were medicinal and 10 were poisonous plants. Leaves (53%) were the most commonly usedplant part in herbal therapy, while 33% of the plants were used in paste form. Among the poisonous plants, score forthe harmful part was maximum (36%) for the whole plant. The commonly observed reactions caused by these plants,include allergy, nausea, itching, fever, and death, in severe cases. According to the quantitative data collected fromthe informants, medicinal plants Clerodendrum glandulosum (96%), Ageratum houstonianum (94%), and Centellaasiatica (92%) were reported with the highest Fidelity Score. As the villages are situated in the remote hills, most ofthe rural people of this region still depend on herbs and toxic plants for treatment, hunting, and fishing, respectively.However, biochemical investigation of these traditional medicines may unveil new direction in the modern health caresystem.
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Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ultrasonically activated hematoporphyrin on ultrastructure of ehrlich ascites tumor(EAT) cells and to evaluate the potential mechanism of action inducing this cytotoxicity. Methods EAT cells in vitro were exposed to ultrasound at 2