Two new annonaceous acetogenins named as squamostanin-A and squamostanin-B were isolated from 95% EtOH extract of the seeds of Annona squamosa. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic method, and their cytotoxicities were evaluated using MTT method.

This paper uses value chain analysis as a novel method to examine the conservation status of and strategies for cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.), an underutilized, perennial fruit species native to the Andean valleys of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. It was found that value chain features such as market channels, chain governance, quality performance and distribution of added value over chain act...

The aim of this study was to evaluate repeated measures over the years to estimate repeatability coefficient and the number of the optimum measure to select superior genotypes in Annona muricata L. The fruit production was evaluated over 16 years in 71 genotypes without an experimental design. The estimation of variance components and the prediction of the permanent phenotypic value were perfor...

Natural drug products have a special place and role in pharmacotherapy. Within them, herbs have been one of the important sources of medicinal products since the beginning of the human civilization. There is a growing demand for plant based medicines, health product, pharmaceuticals, food supplements, cosmetics etc. The present review was constructed using current medical information from abstr...

BACKGROUND There has been no dearth of scientific literature that genotoxic agents have a causative effect in the pathogenesis of carcinomas. 7,12 dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA), which is a potent organ specific carcinogen, has been found to produce mutagenic effects on cells. Annona squamosa has a long history in traditional Indian medicine for being used to treat several diseases including ...

Understanding the genetic variation in germplasm is of utmost importance for crop improvement. Therefore, efforts were made to analyse the molecular marker based genetic diversity of 20 Annona genotypes from five different species of family Annonaceae. During analysis, a set of 11 RAPD primers yielded a total of 152 bands with 80.01 % polymorphism and PIC for RAPD ranged from 0.86 to 0.92 with ...

Aditya V. Ashok*, Srinivas A., Ravitej K., Gopinadh V. A. Srinivas, department of pharmaceutical chemistry, Hindu college of pharmacy, Guntur Andhrapradesh, India, [email protected]. K. Ravitej, department of pharmaceutical chemistry, Hindu college of pharmacy, Guntur Andhrapradesh, India, [email protected] V. Gopinadh, department of pharmaceutical chemistry, Hindu college of pharmacy, ...

An in vitro rumen batch culture study was completed to compare effects of common grasses, leguminous shrubs and non-leguminous shrubs used for livestock grazing in Australia and Ghana on CH4 production and fermentation characteristics. Grass species included Andropodon gayanus, Brachiaria ruziziensis and Pennisetum purpureum. Leguminous shrub species included Cajanus cajan, Cratylia argentea, G...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the phytochemical composition and antioxidant activity 17 edible wild fruits that are widely distributed consumed in Malawi for pharmacological value exploration. Qualitative analysis, total phenolic content, flavonoid ferric reducing power (FRAP), (TAA), 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging (DPPH) were performed aqueous methanolic fruit ...