Gallic acid protects against the COPD-linked lung inflammation and emphysema in mice

Inflammation Research - Gallic acid (GA) a naturally occurring phenolic compound, known to possess antioxidant/anti-inflammatory activities. The aim of the present work was to investigate the...     

Os Incae Morphometric,Clinical and Medicolegal Perspectives

Os Incae have a definite anthropological value as an epigenetic trait in the racial differentiation. A study was undertaken to find the occurrence of Inca bones in the population of north Indian belt. Four out of 150 intact macerated skulls studied had these Inca bones in varied shapes and number. These supernumerary bones when present can alter the occipital bone appearance as a bipartite symmetrical/asymmetrical; tripartite symmetrical/asymmetrical; multipartite or with solitary/multiple Inca bones in it. A morphometric study of Inca bones included their number, shape, size, position - distance from the highest nuchal lines (HNL), the superior nuchal lines (SNL) and the parietal foramina (PF). All the Inca bones were accompanied by one or more sutural bones. Incidence of Inca bones was 2.7% in this study. Their morphogenesis was discussed. The data was compiled and compared with the earlier studies to provide a north Indian database to elaborate their significance in the Living Anatomy in the radiological, surgical and medicolegal fields.