Proximate and phenolic composition of selected native Australian food plants

Phenolic Compounds, Antioxidants and Antibacterial Activity of Some Native Medicinal Plants Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Background & Objective: Traditional medicines have a wide range of pharmacological properties. This work was aimed to investigate the antimicrobial effect of Thymus vulgaris, Matricaria chamomilla, Melissa officinalis and Rhus coriaria extracts against clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Materials and Methods: 180 P. aeruginosa clinical isolates were examined. disc diffusion method as...

Comparative Assessment of Total Phenolic Content in Selected Medicinal Plants.

This study was to compare the total phenolic (TP) content in extracts from eleven plant materials collected at different geographical locations in Kenya, Nigeria, and USA. These plants have been selected because the majority of them are highly pigmented, from yellow to purple, and would therefore have economic value in industries for producing antioxidants and surfactants. Two of them were coll...

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...

Antibacterial Activity of Selected Australian Native Plant Extracts

Assessment of Proximate Chemical Composition, Nutritional Status, Fatty Acid Composition and Phenolic Compounds of Carob (Ceratonia Siliqua L.)

The Carob is the fru it of an evergreen (Ceratonia Siliqua L.) cult ivated in the Mediterranean area. The pulp represents 90% of the fruit. It has a high content of sugars and tannins and low contents of protein and fat. Carob powder or syrup is used as an ingredient in cakes and cookies and chocolate substitute. Carob powder contained high levels of carbohydrates (75.92%), (6.34% protein) and ...