Brucea javanica oil (BJO) is beneficial for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC), and that quassinoids in particular brusatol are bioactive components. However, it still uncertain whether or not other components BJO, such as oleic acid fatty acids, have an anti-UC effect. The present study aimed at comparing effects between brusatol-enriched BJO (BE-BJO) brusatol-free (BF-BJO) exploring mec...

Resistance to a peanut-parasitic population of Meloidogyne javanica and an undescribed Meloidogyne sp. in peanut breeding lines selected for resistance to Meloidogyne javanica was examined in greenhouse tests. The interspecific hybrid TxAG-7 was resistant to reproduction of Meloidogyne javanica, M. javanica, and Meloidogyne sp. An Meloidogyne javanica-resistant selection from the second backcro...

The interactions of Meloidogyne javanica, Rotylenchulus reniformis, and Rhizobium sp. on cowpea seedlings were investigated. Upon simultaneous inoculation with the two nematode species, M. javanica invaded first but did not affect root invasion by R. reniformis. M. javanica populations increased less in competition with R. reniformis than when present alone. Preinvasion by R. renilormis signifi...

OBJECTIVE Clerodendrum viscosum, Eryngium foetidum, Lippia javanica, and Murraya koenigii are one among the common wild edible plants in Northeast India which are also used as antidiabetic, stomach-ache relieving drugs, etc., The present study was aimed to reveal the phytochemical, antioxidant, and anthelmintic activity of the plants. MATERIALS AND METHODS The antioxidant capacity of methanol...

Rats are considered the principal maintenance hosts of Leptospira. The objectives of this study were isolation and identification of Leptospira serovars circulating among urban rat populations in Kuala Lumpur. Three hundred urban rats (73% Rattus rattus and 27% R. norvegicus) from three different sites were trapped. Twenty cultures were positive for Leptospira using dark-field microscopy. R. ra...

Eight compounds isolated from Lippia javanica and three compounds, from Hoslundia opposita were tested against Mycobacterium tuberculosis at concentrations of 200, 100, 50 and 25μg/ml. Compound “6-Methoxyluteolin 4'-methyl ether” isolated from L. javanica exhibited a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 200 μg/ml against M. tuberculosis. Of all the compounds tested against a drug-sensitive...