13 articles in this issue
F.O. Awobajo, I.I. Olatunji-Bello
Objective: Glycemic activities of aqueous and methanol leaf extracts of two medicinal plants commonly used by Traditional Birth Attendants in antenatal care in southwest Nigeria were investigated in 105 adult male Sprague Dawley rats. The two plants are H... see more
Owk Aniel Kumar, Ramesh. C. Panda, Sape Subba Tata, K.G. Raja Rao
           Interspecific F1 hybrid between Capsicum annuum var. cerasiformis (cultivated) and Capsicum chacoense Hunz. (wild) was obtained. The F1 hybrid resembled C.... see more
Owk Aniel Kumar, Sape Subba Tata
Chili pepper is the most important world wide grown and consumed spice and vegetable crop because of its colour, taste, pungency, flavour and aroma. The nutritive value of chili pepper is largely determined by ascorbic acid content. The fruits at five rip... see more
G. Suresh, B. Ramesh, K. Kavitha, N. Ravichandran, A. Suresh, V. Gopalakrishnan, G. Vijaiyan Siva
Considering the significance of phytochemicals as antimicrobial agents, attempt was made in the present study, to categorize several rare plant species present in and around Palar river basin and to assess their antimicrobial activity. The densities of th... see more
M.R. Mir, N.A. Khan, M.A. Bhat, K.A. Bhat, N.A. Lone, H. Ashraf, R. Rashid, S.H. Wani, S. Akhtar, M. Habib, J.A Bhat
A field experiment was conducted during the winter season of 2004-2005 at the Experimental farm of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India on mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czen and Coss, cultivar Alankar) under irrigated and non -irrigated condit... see more
N.A. Siddique, M. Mujeeb, S.H. Ansari, S. Ahmad, B. Ali, Junaid Aslam
Aegle marmelos L (Rutaceae) is a moderately size deciduous tree, growing wild throughout the deciduous forest of India. It is commonly used in day to day life. In present investigation an attempt has been made for the pharmacognostical standardization and... see more
D. Venkatesan, C.M. Karrunakaran
The traditional medicine still plays a important role in the primary health care, three Indian medicinal plants Aegle marmelos, Solanum nigrum and Cassia fistula were extracted by soxhlet extraction method. These three plant materials were subjected to pr... see more
B. Parimala Devi, N. Tamilchelvan, R. Ramasubramaniaraja
There is an increasing demand for the medicinal plants in developing countries like India. Attention need to be given to assess the medicinal value of such plants to explore the potential drugs out of it. Inflammation is the condition associated with many... see more
C. M. Abdul Salam, J. E. Thoppil
Seeds of Capsicum annuum L. varieties Co – 1 and Ujwala were treated with two chemical mutagens viz., Ehtyl methane sulphonate and Sodium azide. Twelve different types of morphological mutants were isolated in M2 and M3 generations. Capsaicin conte... see more
K.A. Bhat, S.D. Masoodi, N.A. Bhat, M. Ahmad, M.Y.Zargar, S.A. Mir, M.A. Bhat
Soft rot is one of the destructive diseases of vegetables including cabbage worldwide. Since the temperature is one of the important factors for destructive nature of disease during storage and transportation, experiments were conducted to standardize opt... see more
G. Nithya* and M. Lekeshmanaswamy
SUMMARYVermicompost was prepared by using the earthworms, Eudrilus eugeniae collected from the Sathyamangalam, Erode district and it is maintained under normal laboratory conditions. The compost was prepared in large amount and the rate of compost was not... see more
Deepak Bhandari*
SUMMARYHelminthosporium leaf blight (HLB) is one of the most destructive diseases of wheat in terai (plain) region of Nepal. This study was conducted to determine the effect of long-term application of various levels of Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), Potas... see more
Radha Gautam1, Nagendra Bhardwaj2 and Yashoda Saini2
Fluoride is recognized as an important trace element playing a vital role in the dental and skeletal formation in human beings. It is generally believed that organisms including human being receive fluoride largely from drinking water sources and that the... see more