Notes on Maize Oil

Reesponse of laying hens fed on different dietary sulphur amino acid supplemented with maize oil

Essential Oil of Cymbopogon citratus on the Control of the Curvularia Leaf Spot Disease on Maize

The Curvularia Leaf Spot is becoming more common due to the culture expansion and the low resistance of the cultivated genotypes in tropical regions. Thus, the objective was to evaluate the fungitoxicity of the essential oil of Cymbopogon citratus upon the phytopathogen Curvularia lunata, causative agent of the Curvularia Leaf Spot. There was realized pathogenicity tests of C. lunata in maize p...

Notes on Lactuca saligna in Iran

In the identification process of weed materials available in "IRAN" herbarium, a specimen belonging to the genus Lactuca (Asteraceae) had the following characteristics: Plant annual, many stemmed from base; stem erect-slightly procumbent, slender, glabrous, whitish and leafy. Basal leaves dried; stem leaves ca. 7 × 0.5 cm, glabrous, linear-lanceolate, entire at margin, sessile, auriculate, auri...

Electronic nose and data analysis for detection of maize oil adulteration in sesame oil

An “electronic nose” has been used for the detection of adulterations of sesame oil. The system, comprising 10 metal oxide semiconductor ensors, was used to generate a pattern of the volatile compounds present in the samples. Prior to different supervised pattern recognition treatments, eature extraction techniques were employed to choose a set of optimal discriminant variables. Principal compo...

Notes on the Medicinal Properties of the "Thistle-Oil," or Oil Extracted from the Seed of the "Argemone Mexicana"

1st July last, page 197), has given a faint idea of the medicinal properties of the oil of ?' Argemone Mexicana"?Linn. Ccalled in Bengal Slie-al Kanta, and in Upper India Karivah). He was not aware that a number of experiments have been made in Oudh, which prove it to be a much more useful oil than for the mere purposes of burning. Some time ago I read in Simmond's '' Commercial Products of the...