Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine Monthly Volume 4, Number 12, December, 2014 www.apjtb.com Covered by Medline, PubMed Central, BA, CSA, CA, WPRIM, Scopus, EM, ZR, CABI, Global Health, IC, UPD Statement of Ethical: Conflict of Interest, Human/Animal Rights, Informed Consent, please refer to Information for authors in inside back cover. Copyright © 2014, Asian Pacific Tropical Medicine Press. All rights reserved. Contents Ebola virus Ebola: a review on the state of the art on prevention and treatment Giuseppe La Torre, Vincenzo Nicosia, Maurizio Cardi The Ebola virus: a review of progress and development in research Yitades Gebre, Teshome Gebre, Abena Peters Ebola virus infection, human Hsa-miR-1246, hsa-miR-320a and hsa-miR-196b-5p and predicted targets Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit Ramachandran plots of envelope glycoprotein GP2 from Ebola virus Sora Yasri, Viroj Wiwanitkit Identification of active pocket and protein druggability within envelope glycoprotein GP2 from Ebola virus Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit Original article Pharmacognostic standardisation of Hilleria latifolia (Lam.) H. Walt. (Phytolaccaceae) Isaac Kingsley Amponsah, Abraham Yeboah Mensah, Antonia Otoo, Merlin Lincoln Kwao Mensah, Jato Jonathan In vitro and in vivo trypanocidal action of aescin and aescin liposomes against Trypanosoma evansi in experimental mice Matheus Dellaméa Baldissera, Nathieli Bianchin Bottari, Thirssa Helena Grando, Roberto Christ Vianna Santos, Ana Júlia Figueiró Dalcin, Patrícia Gomes, et al. Ethnobotanical inventory and medicinal uses of some important woody plant species of Kotli, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Muhammad Shoaib Amjad, Muhammad Arshad In vitro anti-hyaluronidase activity of Sri Lankan low grown orthodox orange pekoe grade black tea (Camellia sinensis L.) Wanigasekera Daya Ratnasooriya, Walimuni Prabhashini Kaushalya Mendis Abeysekera, Chatura Tissa Dayendra Ratnasooriya GC-MS analysis, determination of total phenolics, flavonoid content and free radical scavenging activities of various crude extracts of Moringa peregrina (Forssk.) Fiori leaves Mooza Al-Owaisi, Nora Al-Hadiwi, Shah Alam Khan In vitro germination and propagation of a threatened medicinal orchid, Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw. through artificial seed Shreeti Pradhan, Babulal Tiruwa, Bijay Raj Subedee, Bijaya Pant Expression of p-PPARγ in the aging thoracic aorta of spontaneously hypertensive rat and inhibitory effect of rosiglitazone Hai-Feng Yuan, Xiao-Lin Niu, Deng-Feng Gao, Guang-Hua Hao, An-Qi Song, Jin Wei Genetic polymorphisms of GSTM1, GSTP1 and GSTT1 genes and lung cancer susceptibility in the Bangladeshi population Mir Muhammad Nasir Uddin, Maizbha Uddin Ahmed, Mohammad Safiqul Islam, Mohammad Siddiqul Islam, Muhammad Shahdaat Bin Sayeed, Yearul Kabir, et al. Histopathological and molecular study of Neospora caninum infection in bovine aborted fetuses Amir Kamali, Hesam Adin Seifi, Ahmad Reza Movassaghi, Gholam Reza Razmi, Zahra Naseri Seroprevalence of syphilis in patients attending a tertiary care hospital in Southern India Sadia Khan, Godfred Antony Menezes, Rahul Dhodapkar, Belgode Narasimha Harish Case report An unusual cause of optic neuritis: rickettsiosis disease Loukil Hanen, Snoussi Mouna, Frikha Faten, Ben Salah Raida, Jallouli Moez, Chérif Yosra, et al. Review Changing trends of cardiovascular risk factors among Indians: a review of emerging risks Arun Kumar Statement of Ethical, including Conflict of Interest, Human/Animal Rights, Informed Consent, please refer to Information for authors in inside back cover. Copyright © 2014, Asian Pacific Tropical Medicine Press. All rights reserved. [Serial parameters] ISSN 2221-1691 2011 m A4 84 en