Sula, Parinamasula and Amlapitta are clinical entities recognized by ayurveda, akin to peptic ulcer and functional dyspepsia. Many indigenous drugs have been advocated in ayurveda for treatment of dyspepsia. Our laboratory has been engaged in screening of various indigenous herbal and metallic drugs for their potential use in peptic ulcer diseases, taking lead from Ayurveda and have reported an...

Waste-to-wealth is a notion describing the process of transforming waste, an end product to get rid of, into potential value-added products. The total global food waste predicted be approximately one third edible parts manufactured for human consumption, amounting about 1 - 3 billion tonnes per year, which equivalent production in sub-Saharan Africa; 842 million people world do not ha...

Volatile esters are flavor components of the majority of fruits. The last step in their biosynthesis is catalyzed by alcohol acyltransferases (AATs), which link alcohols to acyl moieties. Full-length cDNAs putatively encoding AATs were isolated from fruit of wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca) and banana (Musa sapientum) and compared to the previously isolated SAAT gene from the cultivated strawbe...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) are one of the major fruit crops worldwide with acknowledged importance as a staple food for millions of people. The rich genetic diversity of this crop is, however, endangered by diseases, adverse environmental conditions and changed farming practices, and the need for its characterization and preservation is urgent. With the aim of providi...

A regeneration protocol ensuring a high frequency rooting of micro-shoots derived from apical and axillary buds of suckers of banana cv. Sagar was achieved by using liquid medium. When the explants were cultured on MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/l each of BA, Kn and NAA, a large number of shoots developed. With the progression of the number of subcultures, shoot proliferation was enhanced. ...

Pisang Raja Bulu merupakan jenis pisang yang memiliki nilai ekonomis tinggi di Indonesia, oleh karena itu perlu dilakukan penelitian tanaman toleran atau resisten terhadap cekaman lingkungan salah satunya yaitu garam. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui konsentrasi NaCl tertinggi pada medium tidak mempengaruhi kandungan klorofil daun planlet Bulu; dengan demikian akan diperoleh garam seca...