Sir,?Since I perused the letter of Baboo Amrito Lall Deb, in your issue of November last, about the beneficial effect of "Amranthus Spinosa" (Kanta Nuteeya) root in Go n orrhoea, I had a strong desire to put it into my practice. As long as I was in charge of the charitable dispensary at .Teh anabad in Gya district I had seen many cases of gonorrhoea, but after a careful investigation I could pr...

Para definir su capacidad de producción grano e introducir al amaranto (Amaranthus spp.) como cultivo para el ciclo agrícola Otoño–Invierno (OI) en noreste México, Campo Experimental la Facultad Agronomía Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León, Marín N. L., se condujo un experimento bajo diseño bloques completos azar con arreglo parcelas divididas y dos repeticiones. Se probaron cuatro genotipos Amara...

The Wellcolex Colour Salmonella Test was evaluated for detection of Salmonella spp. in enrichment broths of 1,010 stool samples. In 39 specimens, Salmonella spp. could be isolated from the selenite F broth (SF). Wellcolex agglutination indicative of the presence of Salmonella spp. was noted with the SF in 36 cases, 34 of which were in agreement with the subculture results. Therefore, relative t...

Background: Enterococcus spp., belonging to the group of lactic acid bacteria, are Gram-positive ubiquitous commensals of the intestines of human beings as well as warm-blooded animals. The main objective of this study was to determine the occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Enterococcus spp. isolated from lettuce and irrigation water in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Methods: A total of...

over Bengal and the North-Western Provinces. In the latter place it is somewhat scarce in the hot weather, as it dries up by exposure to the powerful rays of the sun, but even then it can be found out there in shady places. In Bengal it is constantly found every where. Cows and rabbits are very fond of the leaves. In milking cows some people believe that it increases the secretion of milk. In t...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to investigate knowledge and use of wild food plants in two mountain valleys separated by Mount Taibai--the highest peak of northern China and one of its biodiversity hotspots, each adjacent to species-rich temperate forest vegetation. METHODS Seventy two free lists were collected among the inhabitants of two mountain valleys (36 in each). All the studied h...

India has a rich heritage of medicinal plants, many of which have been explored for the various bioactivities since ages, but the radioprotective potential of the plants have been hardly explored. Since Amaranthus, a common weed and very often eaten as vegetable by rural population, has been used as emollient, astringent, diuretic, blood purifier, hemorrhagic diathesis and biliousness from time...

The presence of yeasts in milk may cause physical and chemical changes limiting the durability and compromising the quality of the product. Moreover, milk and dairy products contaminated by yeasts may be a potential means of transmission of these microorganisms to man and animals causing several kinds of infections. This study aimed to determine whether different species of yeasts isolated from...