Oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is the principal risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis. In this study, we used several methods to investigate the ability of the acetone extract from rhizomes, stems, leaves, flowers, pericarps and seeds of Alpinia zerumbet to inhibit atherosclerosis in vitro. The seed extract had the strongest activity against tyrosinase, pancreatic lipas...

Sugarcane cultivars are polyploid, aneuploid, interspecific hybrids between the domesticated species Saccharum officinarum and the wild relative S. spontaneum. Cultivar chromosome numbers range from 100 to 130 with approximately 10% contributed by S. spontaneum. We have undertaken a mapping study on the progeny of a selfed cultivar, R570, to analyze this complex genome structure. A set of 128 r...

Saccharum officinarum L. sugarcane, is a large, strong-growing species of grass in the genus Saccharum. It originated in Southeast Asia and is now cultivated in tropical and subtropical countries worldwide for the production of sugar and other products. S. Officinarum, a perennial plant, grows in clumps consisting of a number of strong unbranched stems..The aim of this study is to overview its ...

The genera Erianthus and Miscanthus, both members of the Saccharum complex, are of interest as potential resources for sugarcane improvement and as bioenergy crops. Recent studies have mainly focused on the conservation and use of wild accessions of these genera as breeding materials. However, the sequence data are limited, which hampers the studies of phylogenetic relationships, population str...

Jenis penelitian ini adalah deksriptif yaitu menjelaskan isolasi bakteri yang berasal dari serasah daun tebuh (Saccarum officinarum). Bertujuan untuk mengetahui bakteri-bakteri terdapat dalam officinarum) dengan dan mengkarakterisasinya. Pengambilan sampel uji berdasarkan ciri-ciri sudah ditentukan oleh peneliti sebelumnya. Adapun langkah mulai pengambilan sampel, steriliasi alat, pembuatan med...

As a kind of medicine which can also be used as food, Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. has a long clinical history in China. A variety of studies demonstrated the significant neuroprotective activity effects of chloroform (CF) extract from the fruits of Alpinia oxyphylla. In order to further elucidate the possible mechanisms of CF extract which mainly contains sesquiterpenes with neuroprotection on the c...

The extract of Alpinia katsumadai, a member of the family Zingiberaceae, shows anti-inflammatory effects and antioxidant activity. We observed the neuroprotective effects of the extract from Alpinia katsumadai seed (EAKS) against ischemic damage in gerbils administered oral EAKS (25, and 50 mg/kg) once a day for 7 days before transient cerebral ischemia. In the 50 mg/kg EAKS-treated ischemia gr...

Traditional system of medicinal consists of large number of plants with various medicinal and pharmacological importances and hence represents a priceless tank of new bioactive molecules. Alpinia galanga (Linn.) Pierre is one amongst these, found all over the world. It is commonly known as ‘Kulanjan’, and has been recognized in different traditional system of medicines for the treatment of vari...

The essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation of the unripe and ripe fruits of Alpinia mutica Roxb. and Alpinia latilabris Ridl. were analysed by capillary GC and GC-MS. The oils were principally monoterpenic in nature. The unripe and ripe fruit oils of A. mutica were characterized by camphor (21.0% and 15.8%), camphene (16.6% and 10.2%), β-pinene (8.6% and 13.5%), and trans,trans-farnesol (...