The use of vegetal extracts requires toxicological and genotoxic evaluations to establish and verify safety before being added to human cosmetic, pharmaceutical medicine, or alimentary products. Persea americana seeds have been used in traditional medicine as treatment for several diseases. In this work, the ethanolic seed extract of Persea americana was evaluated with respect to its genotoxic ...

A study was conducted for assessing quality of 15 hybrid rice seed samples and management of seed borne fungal pathogens by three selected chemicals namely Bavistin (0.3%), Thiovit (0.3%) and Provax (0.3%) along with two botanicals such as: Garlic extract (Allium sativum) (1:1) and Allamanda leaf extract (Allamanda cathartica) (1:1) and a bio-control agent BAU-Biofungicide @ 3% (Trichoderma bas...

UNLABELLED The administration of different polyphenols protects against increased body weight and fat accumulation. The aim of the study was to determine the anti-adipogenic activity of an olive-seed polyphenolic extract, by means of mouse fibroblast cell line 3T3-L1 adipocyte differentiation. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cells were incubated and differentiated (6000 cells/cup) in the presence of oli...

Throughour screening programofbioactive secondary metabolites of microbial origin, we have isolated a new azaphilone-type metabolite, diazaphilonic acid (Fig. 1). In this paper, we report the taxonomy of the producing strain, production, isolation, physico-chemical properties and biological activities of diazaphilonic acid. The mycological characteristics of the producing fungal strain PF1195 (...

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) is a nutritious pseudocereal that more stress-tolerant compared with traditional cereals. It an excellent example of climate-smart crop resilient to climate change barley. The purpose the study was investigate optimum malting conditions required produce malt using barley as control. Response surface methodology (RSM) used influence two parameters steeping time ...

Antimicrobial and antitumor activities of Camellia sinensis L seed extracts were investigated. Seed extracts showed antifungal activities against Candida albicans IFO 1594 and Cryptococcus neoformans. Inhibition zone of 20 mm was shown by 70% ethanol extract against C. albicans IFO 1594 at 100 mg/mL. Antifungal activity of seed extract was not decreased by heating at 80 and 100C for 30 min or a...