The aim of the present study was to investigate the antimicrobial activity and phytochemical screening of Carica papaya, Piper nigrum and Datura stramonium plant extracts. Ethanol and Methanol were used as the solvents for extraction. The antimicrobial activities of these plant extracts were tested against the drug resistant Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains. The bacteria used i...

The pilot study was conducted to investigate the platelet increasing property of Carica papaya leaf extract (CPLE) in patients with dengue fever (DF). An open labeled randomized controlled trial was carried out at two centres of Bangalore metropolis on 30 subjects in patients with thrombocytopenia associated with dengue. The subjects were randomized into two groups, as control and intervention ...

ThebraconidparasitoidFopiusarisanus(Sonan)(Hymenoptera:Braconidae)isacandidate for augmentative biological control of tephritid fruit ßies. In the Puna district of Hawaii Island, F. arisanus parasitized 41Ð72% of oriental fruit ßies, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), in wild common guava, Psidium guajava L.; strawberry guava, Psidium cattleianum Sabine; and tropical almond, Terminalia catappa L. In...

BACKGROUND Traditional plant treatment for diabetes has shown a surging interest in the last few decades. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the hypoglycemic effect of the aqueous extract of C. papaya leaves in diabetic rats. Several studies have reported that some parts of the C. papaya plant exert hypoglycemic effects in both animals and humans. METHODS Diabetes was induced ...

Papaya (Carica papaya) is a trioecious plant species that has male, female and hermaphrodite flowers on different plants. The primitive sex chromosomes genetically determine the sex of the papaya. Although draft sequences of the papaya genome are already available, the genes for sex determination have not been identified, likely due to the complicated structure of its sex-chromosome sequences. ...

The tolerance of ‘Apple’ banana (Musa sp.), avocado (Persea americana Mill.), mango (Mangifera indica L.), papaya (Carica papaya L.), and red ginger (Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K. Schum) inflorescences to carbonyl sulfide (COS) fumigation was studied. Commodities were exposed at 25°C to COS at various concentrations (1–6% (v/v) for banana; 1% and 2% for the other fruits for various times from ...

The antisickling properties of crude juice extracts of the edible portions of three commonly consumed tropical fruits namely Persia americana, Citrus sinensis, and Carica papaya were investigated in vitro alongside a new drug preparation called Ciklavit® that has antisickling activity. Four different solvent extracts of the crude juice of each fruit including aqueous, acidic, alkaline and alcoh...