Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of chloroform, acetone and methanolic extracts of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae) flowers were tested against various pathogens such as Salmonella paratyphi, S. paratyphi A, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus thuringiensis, Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. Phytoc...

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are important components of innate immunity. We investigated the association between polymorphisms in the TLR2, TLR4, and TLR9 genes and susceptibility to noninvasive forms of pulmonary aspergillosis. A significant association was observed between allele G on Asp299Gly (TLR4) and chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis (odds ratio [OR], 3.46; P =.003). Susceptibility...

Department of Chemistry, Avinashilingam Deemed University for Women, Coimbatore641 043 ABSTRACT Lipophilicity which plays an important role in research into the structure-activity relationship of drug action has been theoretically predicted for few chromen-2-ones and chromen-2-thiones using commercial software HyperChem 7.0 and an internet computational software ALOGPS 2.1. In the compounds ana...

Root-knotting nematodes are found in vineyards and associated with grapevine decline. This study aimed to evaluate the resistance of four new hybrids, obtained by crossing Vits labruscana rotundifolia (IBRE 421, IBBT 481, IBRK 504 IBMG 631), Meloidogyne javanica. also evaluated three rootstocks (IAC 766, Paulsen 1103, VR 043- 43), widely used showing levels M. The plants were from cuttings, the...