In recent year, there were various types of contraceptives developed having different mode of action. These contraceptives are prepared from natural as well as synthetic sources. These contraceptives worked by prevent the fusion of sperm into ovum, change female hormonal levels and spermicidal activity. Many compounds with different pharmacological activity have been evaluated in vitro for thei...

MISHRA, D. K. 2005. Germplasm variability in neem (Azadirachta indica). A variant neem (Azadirachta indica) tree, growing in the Arid Forest Research Institute (AFRI), Jodhpur, India was compared with the nearby growing normal tree and a neem tree from Thailand of the same age. The tree has now attained the height of 6 m and collar diameter of 38 cm. The tree differed morphologically, viz. leaf...

Both in a choice and multi-choice laboratory tests, fewer adults of the banana root borer, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), settled under the corms of the susceptible banana "Nakyetengu" treated with 5% aqueous extract of neem seed powder or cake or 2.5 and 5% emulsified neem oil than on water-treated corms. Feeding damage by larvae on banana pseudostem discs treated with 5% extract of powdered ...

Azadirachta indica , an Indian medicinal plant, has been studied for its role in diabetes and its effect on lipid profile. This study was conducted to elucidate whether treatment of Azadirachta indica leaf extract after streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetes has anti-hyperglycemic and anti-dyslipidaemic action or not. The experiment involved four groups of rat; one group was control group, secon...

The performance of 12 male and 12 female Mandya Merino lambs weighing between 5.4 and 12.4 kg was investigated by feeding neem seed kernel cake (NSKC) after treatment with 2.5% urea. Lambs of each sex were allotted randomly to concentrate mixture containing either 30% groundnut cake (GNC) or 33% urea-treated neem seed kernel cake (UTNSKC). Over a period of 182 days the concentrate mixtures fed,...

the family of staphylinidae (rove beetles) includes 40000 species and has a world-wide distribution . many species of paederus have been known for a long time as the causative agent of linear dermatitis. paederus beetles are attracted to artificial lights in the evening during the hot and humid summer nights. whenever they are crashed or smeared on the skin they release their toxin called pede...