The crude methanolic extract of Dillenia indica Linn. (Dilleniaceae) leaves has been investigated for the evaluation of antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities. Organic solvent (n-hexane, carbon tetrachloride and chloroform) fractions of methanolic extract and methanolic fraction (aqueous) were screened for their antimicrobial activity by disc diffusion method. Besides, the fractions were screen...

This study aims to assess the comparative cytotoxic activity of ethanolic extract Mikania cordata (MC), micrantha (MM) and scandens (MS) (Family: Asteraceae) using brine shrimp lethality bioassay colorimetric sulforhodamine B assay method. In SRB assay, A549 human lung carcinoma, SK-Mel-2 skin melanoma B16F1 mouse cell lines were used. LC50 for MC, MM, MS vincristine found be 29.04, 15.84, 32.3...

The antibacterial and antifungal activities of Terminalia arjuna, Tephrosia purpurea and Thuja occidentalis extracts were investigated against the standard drugs, which are presently available in the market as Gentamicin, Cephradine, Amoxicillin clavulanate, Norfloxacin and Itraconazole. Well method was used for antimicrobial activity and the zones of inhibition were measured in millimeters. Th...

Vibrio harveyi is amongst the most important bacterial pathogens in aquaculture. Novel methods to control this pathogen are needed since many strains have acquired resistance to antibiotics. We previously showed that quorum sensing-disrupting furanones are able to protect brine shrimp larvae against vibriosis. However, a major problem of these compounds is that they are toxic toward higher orga...

Effect of food was examined on the budding rate and the developmental gradients of a mutant hydra strain L4. This mutant strain has very high levels of head-inhibition potential gradient along its body axis (Takano & Sugiyama, 1983). It also has a reduced budding capacity when it is cultured using brine shrimp nauplii as food, but its budding capacity is significantly improved when a small amou...

Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) larvae from adults exposed to selenium at three sites near Grand Junction, Colorado, for 9 months were used in a 30-day waterborne and dietary selenium study. Selenium concentrations in water averaged <1.6 microg/L from 24-Road, 0.9 microg/L from Horsethief, 5.5 microg/L from Adobe Creek, and 10.7 microg/L from the North Pond. Selenium in dietary items avera...

ARTEMIA is commonly known as the brine shrimp. It is a crustacean. It lives high saline waters. It is widely distributed throughout the world; it is the most important live feed organism. ARTEMIA lives in high saline environment where its predators cannot survive. Hence ARTEMIA can be effectively cultured in saline water. Such water bodies are found in solar saltpans, which occur all along Indi...

Water and alcoholic extracts of Crotalaria juncea L. plant were tested for their antimicrobial properties in vitro against some selected human pathogenic bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus by agar well diffusion method and were subjected to brine shrimp lethality assay to detect their cytotoxic ability. In addition, the anticancer properties of ...

general toxicity, antiproliferative, antibacterial and antioxidant activities of caulerpa peltata j.v.lamouroux (caulerpaceae) collected from oman sea were investigated. dried, ground alga was soxhlet-extracted with hexane, dichloromethane and methanol successively. the methanol extract was subjected to vacuum liquid chromatography (vlc) fractionation on silica gel using a step gradient of diff...

BACKGROUND It has been observed that the various part of Baccaurea ramiflora plant is used in rheumatoid arthritis, cellulitis, abscesses, constipation and injuries. This plant also has anticholinergic, hypolipidemic, hypoglycemic, antiviral, antioxidant, diuretic and cytotoxic activities. The present studyaimed to assess the cytotoxic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, CNS depressant and antidiarr...