Anthropometric Study of Correlation between the Stature and Selected Upper Limb Dimensions in Adult Bangladeshi Manipuri Females

Introduction: Limb anthropometry provides great contributionin personal identification of any individual by determining themorphological variation of different population which is done byanthropologists and forensic scientists as well as anatomists.Stature is considered as one of the important parameters alongwith other parameters like age, sex and race for personalidentification which helps in forensic investigation. TheManipuri community is one of the oldest ethnic communities inBangladesh.Objective: In this study our main goal is to find out thecorrelation between the stature and four selected linear upperlimb dimensions of left side; length of the arm, forearm, ulnaand hand.Materials and Methods: This anthropometric study wascarried out in 100 adult Bangladeshi Manipuri femalepopulation aged between 25 to 45 years. Direct measurementsof stature and four selected linear upper limb dimensions weretaken and statistical analysis was performed using SPSSsoftware (version 22.0).Results: The four selected upper limb dimensions showedsignificant positive correlations (p≤ 0.05) with the stature.Highest correlation of the stature with the dimensions studied,was found in the length of forearm (r=0.511).Conclusion: The findings of the present study show that therewas significant positive correlation between the stature and theselected four upper limb dimensions and thereby indicating thatstature could be predicted successfully using length of the arm,forearm, ulna and hand among Bangladeshi Manipuri femalepopulation.

Screening and characterization of selected drugs having antibacterial potential

Due to ever increasing antibiotic resistance offered by pathogenic bacterial strains and side effects of synthetic antibiotics, thereof, there is a need to explore the effective phytochemicals from natural resources. In order to help overcoming the problem of effective natural drug and the side effects posed by the use of the synthetic drugs, five different plants namely Thymus vulgaris, Lavandula angustifolia, Rosmarinus officinalis, Cymbopogon citratus and Achillea millefolium were selected to study their antibacterial potential. Antibacterial activity and minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC] checked against the selected bacterial strains. As compared to other test plants, ethanolic extract of Rosmarinus officinalis leaves showed the most promising inhibitory effect i.e: inhibition zone [18.17+/- 0.44mm] against Klebsiella pneumoniae and the lowest inhibition [15.5+/-0.29mm] against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli [p<0.05]. The MIC values were recorded in the range of 1 to 20mg/ml. Screening of the selected extracts for the test plants additionally indicate some unique variations. Results were further confirmed through TLC for alkaloids and terpenoids [15% sulphuric acid and Dragedroff's reagent] in ethanolic extract. Characterization of Rosmarinus officinalis of ethanolic extract was carried out using column chromatography. The appearance of orange crystals may indicate the presence of alkaloidal bioactive compounds which need to be further investigated. The tested plants may have a potential for fighting against some infectious diseases caused by selected human pathogenic bacterial strains. This knowledge may incite a gateway to effective drug search and so on