The karyology of five species Boesenbergia (B. collinsii, B. pulcherrima, rotunda, thorellii and xyphostachya) (Zingiberaceae) in Thailand are investigated. chromosome number karyotype formula the 2n=20 (8m+10sm+2st) 2n=36 (8m+18sm+10st) 2n=38 (18m+14sm+6st) (30m+8sm with one satellite) 2n=22 (6m+6sm+10st two satellites) xyphostachya, respectively. Three pulcherrima have new chromosomal counts....

Biocontrol activity of Metschnikowia pulcherrima alone and in combination with silicon against Penicillium expansum and its machanisms of antagonisms was evaluated. Percentage of inhibition mycelial growth of pathogen in dual culture, volatile test and non-volatile test were evaluated. To evaluate the direct effect of silicon on mycelial growth of P. expansum in vitro, it was added at different...

The average ethanol content of wine has increased over the last two decades. This increase was due to consumer preference, and also to climate change that resulted in increased grape maturity at harvest. In the present study, to reduce ethanol content in wine, a microbiological approach was investigated, using immobilized selected strains of non-Saccharomyces yeasts namely Starmerella bombicola...

Malaria is one of the three major global public health threats due to a wide spread resistance of the parasites to the standard antimalarial drugs. Considering this growing problem, the ethnomedicinal approach in the search for new antimalarial drugs from plant sources has proven to be more effective and inexpensive. The leaves of Aloe pulcherrima Gilbert and Sebsebe, an endemic Ethiopian plant...

To optimize food and feed production in Nigeria meet protein demands, viable options need to be explored. Therefore, this study aimed determine the chemical composition of Pride Barbados leaf concentrate bagasse. Freshly harvested leaves were obtained from three different locations Benin City processed for its bagasse using heat coagulated method. analysed proximate mineral compositions standar...

This paper focused on the assessment of antioxidant property and fatty acid composition of four Centaurea species. The antioxidant activity of its methanol extract was evaluated by several in vitro experiments including phosphomolybedum assay, DPPH assay, β-carotene/linoleic acid, ferric and cupric reducing power. Total phenolic and flavonoid contents were also evaluated. The methanol extract o...

The leaf terpenoid compositions of nine Lauraceae species, viz., Neolitsea pallens, Lindera pulcherrima, Dodecadenia grandiflora, Persea duthiei, Persea odoratissima, Persea gamblei, Phoebe lanceolata, Cinnamomum tamala, and Cinnamomum camphora, collected from the Himalayan region (India) were examined by GC, GC/MS, and NMR analyses in order to determine the similarities and differences among t...

Lawrence et al (4) identified the red pigment in bracts of poinsettia as an anthocyanin. The methods employed served to identify the principal anthocyanidin (cyanidin), but not the sugar moiety. Blank (2), Robinson and Robinson (5, 6, 7), and Scott-'Moncrieff (8) reported that variation in the sugar moiety of the anthocyanin pigment affected color. They found that monoglycosides were redder tha...