Citrus reticulata Blanco belongs to the family Rutaceae. It is commonly known as Narangi or Santra. Peel is the outer part of the pericarp of the ripe or nearly ripe fruits of Citrus reticulata Blanco. The present study deals with the pharmacognostic and phytochemical evaluation of Citrus reticulata Blanco peel. This study includes the macroscopic and microscopic analysis, physicochemical evalu...

In this study peroxidase was isolated from peels of Citrus reticulata var. Kinnow and partially purified using ammonium sulphate precipitation method. Kinetic and thermal characterization of the partially purified enzyme was explored. The optimum pH and temperature were found to be 6 and 55 C respectively. The Km and Vmax values for guaiacol as substrate were found out to be 0.66 mM and 380 μmo...

New taxa are described from Grus canadensis tabida: Brephosceles petersoni sp. n. (Alloptidae); Pseudogabucinia reticulata sp. n. (Kramerellidae); Geranolichus canadensis sp. n., and Gruolichus wodashae, gen. et sp. n. (Pterolichidae). Observations on resource partitioning by these mites are given.

Generally, heavy metals enter into the aquatic environment through atmospheric deposition, erosion of geological matrix or due to anthropogenic activities caused by industrial effluents, domestic sewage and mining wastes. The present study analyzed the concentration of seven elements (Cd, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zi and Hg) in eight seaweeds such as Centrocerous clavutum, Sargassum wightii, Colpemenia s...

We have proposed that the basal ganglia act as the central switching mechanism for the action selection system of the vertebrate brain. Simulation of our functional model of basal ganglia demonstrated that their output was consistent with this action selection hypothesis. Here we extend this model by incorporating anatomically-inspired local inhibitory axon collateral networks into two basal ga...

Senna reticulata (Willd.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby (Fabaceae) is a pioneer tree which colonizes open areas in Amazonian floodplains. It is very abundant throughout Amazonia along the nutrientrich whitewater rivers, and can be considered to be one of the most efficient colonizers of open areas. It possesses a very high tolerance towards flooding of the roots and stem, and performs extremely high ph...

Introduction Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder characterized by reduction and slowness of movement (akinesia and bradykinesia), muscle rigidity, and tremor. The core pathology of the disease is the degeneration of midbrain dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta that project to the striatum and other basal ganglia nuclei. The striatum is...