Withania somnifera is an important medicinal plant and used to cure many diseases. Indirect regeneration protocol for multiple shoots development was established using nodal explants of W. somnifera from 50-60 days old seedlings. The callus induction was observed from nodal expla...
Aims: To analyze the chemicals composition of methanolic extracts of leaf and stem of M. minuta collected from Uppur Village, Tamilnadu, India by GC-MS. Study Design: Experimental study. Methodology: The Methanolic extracts were prepared and concentrated at 40°C using hot air ove...
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Research Article10.9734/JOCAMR/2017/30871
Background: Croton bonplandianum Baill. belongs to the family of Euphorbiaceae and commonly known as ‘Bantulsi’. Traditionally, the latex of this plant is used for cuts and wounds. Objective: The present investigation was designed to determine the phytochemical constituents of la...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/26655
Aim: To investigate the antihyperglycemic effect of phloretin on streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. Materials and Methods: Diabetes mellitus was induced in adult male albino rats of Wistar strain weight ranges between 180-200 g by intraperitoneal administration of streptozotoc...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/24114
Aim: To determine the phytochemical constituents present in the different parts of Aerva lanata using Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). Study Design: GC-MS analysis of bioactive compounds in different parts of A. lanata. Place and Duration of Study: Post Graduate an...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/17241
Aims: To investigate the antibacterial activity of different parts of Aerva lanata against Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Streptococcus agalactiae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Xanthomonus citri, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Proteus vulgaris. Study Design: An experimental study. Place an...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/15738
Aims: To characterize the phytocompounds of different parts of Croton bonplandianum using GC-MS. Study Design: GC-MS analysis of bioactive constituents of C. bonplandianum. Place and Duration of Study: Post Graduate and Research Department of Biochemistry at Government Arts Colle...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/13459
Aims: The antibacterial activity of medicinal plants against human pathogens has been evaluated by a number of studies. However, a few research works have been done on pus cell pathogens. So this research work was aimed to determine the antibacterial effect of Croton bonplandianu...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/12620
Objective: To investigate the phytochemical constituents of methanolic extracts of leaf and stem of Marsilea quadrifolia (Linn.). Methods: The methanolic leaf and stem extracts of M. quadrifolia were prepared by standard procedure and concentrated at 40ºC using hot air oven. The...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/11350
Objective: To investigate the antimicrobial activity of different solvent extracts of leaf and stem of M. quadrifolia (L.) against selected human pathogenic microorganisms. Methods: The antimicrobial activity was evaluated by well diffusion method. The antibacterial and antifunga...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/9969
The present study was aimed to screen the phytochemicals and quantification of alkaloids, phenolic compounds and flavonoids and to evaluate the nematicidal activity of ethanolic leaf extracts of Datura metel, Datura innoxia and Brugmansia suaveolens against Meloidogyne incognita....
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Research Article10.9734/AJOB/2017/34241