The hazardous nature of aflatoxins to human and animals necessitate the need for establishment of control measures. The objective of this study was to evaluate the inhibition of growth and aflatoxin production of Aspergillus flavus strain (ATCC 16872) by various essential oils in Yeast Extract Sucrose (YES) growth media at 25°C. Essential oils of basil, fennel, coriander, caraway, peppermint an...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the chemical and biological properties of local cowpea seed protein cultivated in Gizan region. The results showed that the cowpea and its products contain high level of protein (22.9-77.6%), high carbohydrates (9.4-64.3%) and low fats (0.1-0.3%). The trypsin and chymotrypsin activities were found to be 32.2 and 15.2 units, respectively. These act...

This is the first report to identify the presence of chicoric acid (cichoric acid; also known as dicaffeoyltartaric acid, which is a caffeic acid derivatizedwith tartaric acid) in basil leaves. Rosmarinic acid, chicoric acid and caftaric acid (in the order of most abundant to least; all derivatives of caffeic acid) were identified in fresh basil leaves. Rosmarinic acid was themain phenolic comp...

Basil is a very important medicinal plant and culinary spice, and is marketed fresh, dried or frozen. In crop nutrition, nitrogen is essential for plant growth and as a macro-element, is part of the proteins’ structure and participates in the metabolic processes involved in the synthesis and energy transfer. It has been shown that a balance between ammonium and nitrate favors plant growth and t...

This study evaluated the bioactive components, enzymes inhibitory and antioxidant activities of biofortified yellow maize (YM) cowpea (CP) composite biscuits. Composites YM CP, mixed at ratios 100:0 (YM); 75:25 (YMCP-1); 50:50 (YMCP-2); 25:75 (YMCP-3) 0:100 (CP), were used to bake biscuits designated YM-B, YMCP-1B, YMCP-2B, YMCP-3B CP-B, respectively. Refined wheat flour (WT) served as control ...

The pathogenicity of two populations of the northern root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood, population 1 (P1) from alfalfa and population 2 (P2) from sainfoin, was studied on both alfalfa and sainfoin for 25 weeks. Alfalfa and sainfoin plants inoculated with P2 had significantly (P </= 0.05) higher mortality than plants inoculated with P1. Plant stands over all weeks for the uninoculat...

A field study was carried out during the summer seasons of 2019 and 2020 at research farm Agriculture University, Kota, Rajasthan, to effect NP fertilization stress mitigating chemicals on productivity profitability cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) baby corn (Zea mays intercropping system. The experiment conducted in a split-split plot design with 5 systems [sole cowpea, sole corn, + (2: 1), (3: 1...

BACKGROUND Nosocomial candidemia (NC) is associated with high mortality, increased hospital stay and greater economical cost. AIMS To evaluate epidemiological and clinical aspects of 2 different cohorts of non-paediatric patients with NC. METHODS A retrospective observational and comparative study of patients with NC. Patients were identified by review of results of blood cultures from the ...

ABSTRACT The use of desiccants allows to anticipate cowpea harvest at a time closer physiological maturity. saflufenacil and flumioxazin promote the drying falling leaves loss water from seeds. This study aimed evaluate effects doses applied crop on production quality seeds after storage for six months. Two experiments were carried out in split-plot design (5 × 2). In first experiment, main fac...

Background: Ocimum basilicum L., commonly known as sweet basil, is an important aromatic plant cultivated in many parts of the world for its essential oil. Basil does not show natural distribution in Turkey but they are cultivated as medicinal, seasoning or oil plants especially in the western and southern Anatolia. In this study, introduction of new production patterns of green and purple basi...