BRACU Faculty Publications: Recent submissions
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Antidiarrheal, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the musa sapientum seed
(© 2011, Avicenna Journal of Medical Biotechnology., 2011)Musa sapientum (M.sapientum) commonly known as 'banana' is widely used in Bangladeshi folk medicine for the treatment of various ailments including diarrhea. Hence, the present study was designed to investigate antidiarrheal, ... -
Language, literature, education and community: the Bengali muslim woman in the early twentieth century
(© 2014 Elsevier Ltd., 2014)The issue of women's empowerment has a long history. This article intends to trace the issue of women's empowerment in the area that now forms contemporary Bangladesh. In this regard, we have delved into the early part of ... -
A class of super dense stars models using charged analogues of Hajj-Boutros type relativistic fluid solutions
(© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014-10)We present a spherically symmetric solution of the general relativistic field equations in isotropic coordinates for perfect charged fluid, compatible with a super dense star modeling. The solution is well behaved for all ... -
Anisotropic charged stellar models in Generalized Tolman IV spacetime
(© 2015, Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015)With the presence of electric charge and pressure anisotropy some anisotropic stellar models have been developed. An algorithm recently presented by Herrera et al. (Phys. Rev. D 77, 027502 (2008)) to generate static ... -
Is there a linkage between sustainable development and market access of LDCs?
(© 2013 Law and Development Review, 2013)This article revisits the decades-long trade-sustainable development debate in the context of Rio+20 and its endorsement of green economy policy. It aims to grapple with the possible linkages between LDCs' market access ... -
Antibacterial, cytotoxic and antioxidant potential of methanolic extract of phyllanthus acidus L
(© 2010 IJDDR, 2011)The objective of the present study was to evaluate antimicrobial, cytotoxic and antioxidant potential of methanol extract of fruit part of Phyllanthus acidus. Phytochemical screening showed evidence of glycoside, tannin ... -
International practice of public legal education: a missing element in the justice system of Bangladesh
(© 2012 Commonwealth Secretariat., 2012)Public Legal Education (PLE) is a recently developed international practice which aims at providing nationwide legal education and information services to the public by way of a variety of innovative methods. Compared to ... -
The Hindu marriage system in Bangladesh: addressing discrimination
(© 2014 Commonwealth Secretariat, 2014)As a social and legal institution, marriage is recognized in every society and by every faith. The author examines the institution of marriage amongst the Hindu community of Bangladesh. After the independence of Bangladesh, ... -
In vitro and in vivo antioxidant and toxicity evaluation of different fractions of oxalis corniculata linn
(© 2011 Academeic Journals Inc., 2011)In course of investigation on natural antioxidants, the present study was aimed to report the antioxidant activities, both in vitro and in vivo, of the crude methanolic extracts of the whole plant of Oxalis corniculata ... -
Relativistic anisotropic stellar models with Tolman VII spacetime
(© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015-09)In this paper we have studied the behavior of static spherically symmetric relativistic objects with locally anisotropic matter distribution considering the Tolman VII form for the gravitational potential grr in curvature ... -
Growing electrostatic modes in the isothermal pair plasma of the pulsar magnetosphere
(© 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2012)It is shown that a strongly magnetized isothermal pair plasma near the surface of a pulsar supports low-frequency (in comparison to electron cyclotron frequency) toroidal electrostatic plasma modes in the equatorial region. ... -
In vitro free radical scavenging and thrombolytic activities of Bangladeshi aquatic plant Aponogeton undulatus Roxb
(© IDOSI Publications, 2011, 2011)Investigation with the crude methanolic extract of Aponogeton undulatus was carried out to evaluate its possible antioxidant and thrombolysis activity. In DPPH free radical scavenging assay, the extract exhibited potent ... -
Optical solitons in negative-index meta-materials
(© 2013 IEEE, 2013)The nonlinear propagation of gigahertz electromagnetic wave propagation in the resonant region of a negative index meta-material is investigated. It is found that the negative refractive index is maintained within a narrow ... -
Thank you, a good research antioxidant, antimicrobial and toxicity studies of the different fractions of fruits of Terminalia belerica Roxb
(© IDOSI Publications, 2011., 2011)The crude methanolic extract of the fruits of Terminalia belerica Roxb. along with its various organic fractions were tested to evaluate the toxicity, antioxidant (in vitro and in vivo) and antibacterial activity. The ... -
Antioxidant, analgesic and toxic potentiality of stephania japonica (Thunb.) miers. leaf
(© 2011 Asian Network for Scientific Information., 2011)In the present study crude methanolic extract of Stephania japonica leaf was investigated for possible antioxidant, analgesic and toxic activity. The extract showed antioxidant activity in DPPH radical scavenging activity, ... -
Antioxidant, analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of the herb Eclipta Prostrate
(© 2011 Academic Journals Inc., 2011)The present study was designed to investigate the antioxidant, analgesic and anti-inflammatory potential of the methanolic extract along with its organic soluble fractions of the herb Eclipta prostrata. In addition, total ... -
The scope for trade restrictions to address the lack of compliance with fire safety standards in garment factories of Bangladesh
(© 2015 Kluwer Law International BV, The Netherlands., 2015)The frequent incidents of fire attributable to systemic lack of compliance with fire safety standards in garment factories of Bangladesh has been a recurring problem taking away lives of many workers over the years.The ... -
Antioxidant, anti-inflannnatory and anti-pyretic activities of trichosanthes dioica roxb. fruits
(© 2011 Academic Journals Inc., 2011)The present study was designed to investigate the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic potential of the methanolic extract along with its organic soluble fractions of the fruits of Trichosanthes dioica Roxb. ... -
The strategy pyramid: strategic marketing analysis for developing countries
(© 1990 The Haworth Press, Inc., 1990)Are low income economies destined to remain outstripped by the developed world in all aspects pertaining to standards of living? Are they constrained by their strategic stance? Improvements should eventually come as these ...