China is the first country to use heterosis successfully for commercial rice production. This study compared the main quality characteristics (head rice rate, chalky rice rate, chalkiness degree, gel consistency, amylose content, and length-to-width ratio) of 635 rice varieties (not including upland and glutinous rice) released from 2000 to 2014 to establish the quality status and offer suggest...

BACKGROUND Tetracera indica Merr. (Family: Dilleniaceae), known to the Malay as 'Mempelas paya', is one of the medicinal plants used in the treatment of diabetes in Malaysia. However, no proper scientific study has been carried out to verify the traditional claim of T. indica as an antidiabetic agent. Hence, the aims of the present study were to determine the in vitro antidiabetic potential of ...

The aim of the present context to evaluated to the immunomodulatory activity of hydroalcoholic ext ract of Quisqualis Indica Linn in wistar rats .it‟s also know as Rangoon Creeper or Madhumalati, Laal-chameli .The carbon clearances test cyclophosphamide induced myelosuppression, Total Leukocyte Count (TLC), and Differential Leukocyte Count (DLC), Delayed Type Hypersensitivity (DTH). The Quisqua...

Opuntia ficus-indica is a long-domesticated cactus crop that is important in agricultural economies throughout arid and semiarid parts of the world. The biogeographic and evolutionary origins of this species have been obscured through ancient and widespread cultivation and naturalization. The origin of O. ficus-indica is investigated through the use of Bayesian phylogenetic analyses of nrITS DN...

Acalypha indica, a known medicinal plant in the treatment of various degenerative diseases and a potential source of valuable bioactives. The present study investigates the total phenolic and flavonoid content and also screen for phytocompounds in A. indica leaf extract obtained by two extraction methods, comparatively. Results indicated that the maceration extraction method (MEM) had highest t...

Mangifera indica (family Anacardiaceae), commonly known as mango, is a pharmacologically, ethnomedically, and phytochemically diverse plant. Various parts of M. indica tree have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of different ailments, and a number of bioactive phytochemical constituents of M. indica have been reported, namely, polyphenols, terpenes, sterols, carotenoids, vitam...

BACKGROUND Herbal medication is commonly employed in treatment of diseases. Aqueous extract of Azadirachta indica leaf (A. indica) is commonly used in treatment of malaria by Nigerians. Most often, aqueous extract of A. indica leaf is taken in combination with chloroquine in order to cure malaria infection without knowledge of the side effect especially by the rural dwellers in Nigeria. OBJEC...

biological methods based on using soil beneficial microorganisms’ potentials for creating symbiosis relationship with plants by modifying genetic structure of plants resulting in improving nutritional status and crops quality. this study was conducted in order to investigate the effect of piriformospora indica inoculation on root colonization and uptake and transportation of phosphorus, zinc an...