CONTEXT To determine the effect of Livingstone potato (Plectranthus esculentus N.E.Br) on hepatic G6PD in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. METHODS The G6PD activities in the liver homogenates of the rats and chemical analysis of the test feeds were determined using standard techniques. RESULTS The diabetic control rats had significant elevation (P < 0.05) of their hepatic G6PD activiti...

INTRODUCTION The addition of copper salts to dense suspensions of unwashed sea-urchin spermatozoa in sea water markedly stimulates the O2 uptake of the suspension (Rothschild & Tuft, 1950). An investigation of the Cu content of sea-urchin semen and seminal plasma was therefore of interest and is the subject of this note. At the same time the coelomic fluid of Echinus esculentus and sea water we...

Xiphidorus amazonensis n. sp. was found in the rhizospheres of Jatropha curcas, Musa sp., Anona muricata, Cassia tora, Panicum laxum, Paspalum fasciculatum, Aeschynomene sensitiva, Saccharum officinarum, Manihot esculenta, Abelmoschus esculentus, Tamarindus indica, Mangifera indica, Vigna unguiculata, Zea mays, Commelina sp., Cyperus rotundus, Fimbristylis miliacea, Citrus sinensis, and Eichhor...

Meloidogyne incognita-infected and noninfected tubers of yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) and purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus) were treated with 56 L/ha 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D) in microplots and subsequently examined for tuber and nematode viability in the greenhouse using a chile pepper (Capsicum annuum) bioassay system. The study was conducted three times. Nutsedge tuber viability a...

The results are presented of a series of herbicide experiments conducted on two soils in Natal; a heavy clay and a light sand respectively having high and low organic matter contents. The experiments were designed to evaluate preand post-emergent herbicide treatments on the specific weeds Panicum muximum, Cyperus rotundus, C. esculentus and annual grasses. Alachlor/2,4-D was the most successful...

A rare basidiomycete Quambalaria cyanescens, documented so far on various substrates worldwide, was isolated from the skin of edible frog (Pelophylax esculentus) captured in South Banat. The fungal identification based sequencing ITS region and BLAST analyses. presence Q. cyanescens amphibian microbiome is not only first finding this fungus Serbia but also recording new ecological habitat for s...

Indonesia is rich in medicinal plants, where its population has traditionally used them for generations tocure diseases. Traditional medicine and plants from may lead to the discovery of noveldrugs. Abelmoschus esculentus L. or okra well known as a cure several diseases includedin various folk stockpiles. In recent decades, scientists have discovered phytochemicalcomposition whole plant, pharma...