Antifungal activity of ethanolic leaf extract of Limonia acidissima was studied against three common dermatophytic fungai like Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Microsporum canis and Epidermophyton floccosum by disc diffusion method and zone of inhibition was determined. Ketoconazle was used as reference control. The ethanolic leaf extract of Limonia acidissima exhibited antifungal activity against ...

The Corona pandemic has affected the entire world. It caused a fatal respiratory illness and threatened public safety human health. Scientists scrambled to detect an operative drug counter SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute syndrome Coronavirus 2). hunt for nutritional supplement treat occupied large area of scientific inquiry. Grapefruit (GF) (Rutaceae family) is subtropical fruit, it potent bioactive p...

Melicope stonei K.R. Wood, Appelhans & W.L. Wagner (section Pelea, Rutaceae), a new endemic tree species from Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands, is described and illustrated with notes on its distribution, ecology, conservation status, and phylogenetic placement. The new species differs from its Hawaiian congeners by its unique combination of distinct carpels and ramiflorous inflorescences arising on st...

Spathelia L. as currently circumscribed is endemic to the western portion of the West Indies, and contains nine species, one endemic to the Bahamas, three endemic to Jamaica and five endemic to Cuba. The discovery of a new species in Belize brings the total number of species in Spathelia to ten and expands its known distribution beyond the West Indies. Spathelia belizensissp. nov. is herein des...

Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng is a tropical to subtropical tree in the family Rutaceae. Its leaves are used as condiment traditional cooking. The plant also host for swallowtail butterflies like Papilio polytes and demoleus . In this study we have observed documented complete life cycle of Common Line Blue butterfly Prosotos nora (C. Felder,1860) on inflorescence recorded six cycles from egg lay...