To optimize food and feed production in Nigeria meet protein demands, viable options need to be explored. Therefore, this study aimed determine the chemical composition of Pride Barbados leaf concentrate bagasse. Freshly harvested leaves were obtained from three different locations Benin City processed for its bagasse using heat coagulated method. analysed proximate mineral compositions standar...

The genus Sarcocapnos DC., endemic to the western Mediterranean basin, contains seven species, all of which are rare. Monthly monitoring of the number and flowering status of individuals as well as the appearance of new seedlings in five populations of three species, Sarcocapnos baetica (Boiss. & Reuter) Nyman, Sarcocapnos enneaphylla (L.) DC., and Sarcocapnos pulcherrima Morales & Romero-Garcí...

The present study was conducted to evaluate the protective effect of methanolic leaf extract of Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) on gentamicin-induced hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity in rats . A control group (saline, group I, n = 6) was compared with rats administrated 80 mg/kg gentamicin, once daily for 7 days (groups II, III and IV). The effect of methanolic leaf extract of Caesalpinia ...

This paper focused on the assessment of antioxidant property and fatty acid composition of four Centaurea species. The antioxidant activity of its methanol extract was evaluated by several in vitro experiments including phosphomolybedum assay, DPPH assay, β-carotene/linoleic acid, ferric and cupric reducing power. Total phenolic and flavonoid contents were also evaluated. The methanol extract o...

A. Dorokhov , Y. Allkofer, C. Amsler, D. Bortoletto, V. Chiochia, L. Cremaldi, S. Cucciarelli, C. Hörmann, D. Kim , M. Konecki, D. Kotlinski, K. Prokofiev, C. Regenfus, T. Rohe, D. Sanders, S. Son, T. Speer, M. Swartz Physik Institut der Universität Zürich-Irchel, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland Purdue University, Task G, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA...

Lawrence et al (4) identified the red pigment in bracts of poinsettia as an anthocyanin. The methods employed served to identify the principal anthocyanidin (cyanidin), but not the sugar moiety. Blank (2), Robinson and Robinson (5, 6, 7), and Scott-'Moncrieff (8) reported that variation in the sugar moiety of the anthocyanin pigment affected color. They found that monoglycosides were redder tha...

Phytochemical investigation on the seeds of Caesalpinia decapetala led to the isolation of a new cassane diterpenoid with an unusual O bridge between C-19 and C-20, named phanginin Q (1), together with three known cassane diterpenoids, caesaljapin (2), caesaldekarin A (3), and caesaldekarin B (4). The structure of the new compound was elucidated by spectroscopic methods, including (1)H NMR, (13...