Abstract Ethanol solutions of five fractions obtained from essential oil of sweet basil Ocimum basilicum L. (Lamiales: Lamiaceae) (F1-F5) were tested for their antifeedant properties against 2(nd) instar gypsy moth larvae, Lymantria dispar L. (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae), in laboratory non-choice and feeding-choice experiments. Prior to bioassays, the chemical composition of each fraction was de...

Weight loss technique has been used to study the corrosion inhibition efficiency of tin in HNO3 solution by using the leaves and stem extract of different varieties of Holy Basil viz. ocimum basilicum (EB), ocimum cannum (EC) and ocimum sanctum (ES). The results show that all the varieties under study are good corrosion inhibitors, among which leaves extract of EB is the most effective. Corrosi...

objective(s): chitosan nanoparticles (cnps) were prepared based on the ionic gelation of chitoan with anionic compounds of ocimum basilicum leaf extract. materials and methods: after addition of ocimum basilicum leaf extract to chitosan solution, the physicochemical properties of the nanoparticles were determined by field emission scanning electron microscope (fesem), fourier transform infrared...

The study was conducted in thirty-two healthy, normal adult albino rabbits (1.5-2.0 kg) equally divided into four groups. Each rabbit was fed 100 g of Hindustan Gold Mohr (HGM) rabbit feed daily for a month which was fully consumed. The rabbits had free access to food and water. Fasting blood samples were drawn at the end of fourth week to obtain control values of blood sugar (6). Thereafter, 1...

The aim of this study was to investigate the use essential oil extracted from leaves African basil (Ocimum gratissimum L.) in post-harvest preservation peanuts as well effects on physicochemical, technological and organoleptic characteristics derived peanut products. Preservation tests with Ocimum at a concentration 0.6 μl/g were carried out. Control without oil. Evolution fungal flora preserve...

Adam D. Feenstra, Liza E. Alexander, Zhihong Song, Andrew R. Korte, Marna D. Yandeau-Nelson, Basil J. Nikolau, and Young Jin Lee Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 Ames Laboratory-United States Department of Energy, Ames, Iowa 50011 Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 Center for Metabo...

In vitro cultivated plant cells and tissues were found to synthesize polyisoprenoids. Taxus baccata suspension cell cultures accumulated polyisoprenoids of the same pattern as the parental tissue; methyl jasmonate or chitosan treatment almost doubled their content. All the root cultures studied accumulated dolichols as predominant polyisoprenoids. Roots of Ocimum sanctum grown in vitro accumula...