Vegetable leather can be produced from beluntas leaves which have a high crude fiber content mixed with hydrocolloid compounds such as seaweed (Eucheuma cottonii) binder. The purpose of the study was to obtaini comparison ofi leavesi and E. cottonii ithe bestasensory physical properties vegetable leather. studye arranged in Completely Randomized Block Design (CRBD) withi 6 levels treatmenti i.e...

Results of various projects on Mexican Indian ethnobotany and some of the subsequent pharmacological and phytochemical studies are summarised focusing both on chemical-pharmacological as well as anthropological (ethnopharmacological) aspects of our research. We have identified taste and smell properties of medicinal (vs. non-medicinal) plants as important indigenous selection criteria. There ex...

BACKGROUND Pluchea indica (L.) Less. (Asteraceae) is a perennial shrub plant with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant medicinal properties. However, the anti-cancer properties of its aqueous extracts have not been studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the anti-proliferation, anti-migration, and pro-apoptotic properties of crude aqueous extracts of P. indica leaf and root on human mali...