BACKGROUND Tamarindus indica (T. indica) is a medicinal plant with many biological activities including anti-diabetic, hypolipidaemic and anti-bacterial activities. A recent study demonstrated the hypolipidaemic effect of T. indica fruit pulp in hamsters. However, the biochemical and molecular mechanisms responsible for these effects have not been fully elucidated. Hence, the aims of this study...

The effectiveness of two entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) viz., Heterorhabditis indica strain NBAII-104 and Steinernema carpocapsae strain NBAII-04 against second instar grubs of L. lepidophora (Blanchard) under pot culture experiment. At a concentration of 450 IJs ml, H. indica recorded highest mortality (87.60%) at 15 DAT. While, S.carpocapsae recorded 54.05 per cent grub mortality at 450 IJs...

The methanolic extracts of Hippocratea indica root bark and Poga ole inflammatory and antimicrobial activities. Both extracts inhibited carrageenanrats in a dose-dependent manner in 4 h. H. indica inhibited oedema significan p< 0.05) from 2 h onward, and gave 100% inhibition in 4 h. at 250 mg/kg. It inflammatory agent than P. oleosa. Also, H. indica extract exhibited greater bacteria, with Stap...

G.A. Gellert1; V. Hill2; K. Bruner1; G. Maciaz1; L. Saucedo1; L. Catzoela1; R. Ramirez1; W.J. Jacobs1; P. Nguyen3; L. Patel4; S.L. Webster1 1CHRISTUS Health, Health Informatics, San Antonio, TX, United States; 2Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatrics, San Antonio, TX, United States; 3CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Westover Hills Hospital, San Antonio, TX, United States; 4CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Medical Center,...

Assessment of seasonal variation in concentration of heavy metals–As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn from the Siloam Geothermal Spring and their impacts on surface soils and Mangifera indica were undertaken during winter and summer seasons in South Africa. This was done to determine the environmental pollution status of surface soils and Mangifera indica around the geothermal spring. The geothe...

The present study was carried out to screen and evaluate antimicrobial activity of leaf extracts of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. Petroleum ether, dichloromethane, chloroform, ethanol and aqueous extract of leaves of A. indica were tested against selected Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial species. Phytochemical leaf extracts of A. indica exhibited significant anti-bacterial activity again...

Piriformospora indica association has been reported to increase biotic as well as abiotic stress tolerance of its host plants. We analyzed the beneficial effect of P. indica association on rice seedlings during high salt stress conditions (200 and 300 mM NaCl). The growth parameters of rice seedlings such as root and shoot lengths or fresh and dry weights were found to be enhanced in P. indica-...

Duchesnea indica (D. indica) is an important traditional Chinese medicine, and has long been clinically used to treat cancer in Asian countries. It has been described previously as a rich source of phenolic compounds with a broad array of diversified structures, which are the major active ingredients. However, an accurate and complete phenolic profiling has not been determined yet. In the prese...