Liver is a major metabolic organ affected by various toxins and chemicals. So the potential therapeutic agent is needed for the treatment of liver diseases. Natural products are the best source of remedies for the treatment of all diseases.The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of leaf extract of Coccinia indica against Alcohol combines with CCl4 and Paracetamol induced hepatotoxici...

Tectona grandis (teak) and Vernonia amygdalina (bitter leaf) are plants used in traditional medicine in West Africa. In this study, we tested ethanolic and hydro-ethanolic extracts of bark and leaves of T. grandis and ethanolic extract of leaves of V. amygdalina for their inhibitory effect on Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis. Ethanolic extract of V. amygdali...

The breeding ecology of White and Japanese Wagtails, Motacilla alba and M . grandis, was studied along a river in central Japan. The home ranges of the two species greatly overlapped along the river, but no interbreeding occurred. M. grandis spent more time on the river than M . alba and defended territories there. M . alba used the river as part of the entire home range, and did not defend the...

Although rain forest is characterized as pyrophobic, pyrophilic giant eucalypts grow as rain forest emergents in both temperate and tropical Australia. In temperate Australia, such eucalypts depend on extensive, infrequent fires to produce conditions suitable for seedling growth. Little is known, however, about constraints on seedlings of tropical giant eucalypts. We tested whether seedlings of...

Diabetes mellitus is an endocrinological disorder arising from insulin deficiency or due to ineffectiveness of the insulin produced by the body. This results in high blood glucose and with time, to neurological, cardiovascular, retinal and renal complications. It is a debilitating disease and affects the population of every country of the world. Around 200 million people of the world suffer fro...

Phenolic compounds like phenolic acids, flavonoids and tannins are important plant metabolites that are important for many pharmacological activites.we had earlier demonstrated the wound healing activity, analgesic and anti inflammatory of the methanolic extract. The extract was investigated to determine the nature of the phytoconstituents responsible for these activities and this led to the is...

Deinococcus grandis is a radioresistant bacterium isolated from freshwater fish in Japan. Here we reported the draft genome sequence of D. grandis (4.1 Mb), which will be useful for elucidating the common principles of radioresistance in Deinococcus species through the comparative analysis of genomic sequences.

Vitellogenin (Vg), a yolk protein precursor, is the primary egg nutrient source involved in insect reproduction and embryo development. The Cotton Boll weevil (CBW) Anthonomus grandis Boheman, the most important cotton pest in Americas, accumulates large amounts of Vg during reproduction. However, the precise role of this protein during embryo development in this insect remains unknown. Herein,...