Yellowing disease has become one of the main threats to black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) production. This study was conducted isolate and characterize Fusarium species associated with yellowing based on morphological molecular characteristics, evaluate their pathogenicity pepper. Fungal isolates were recovered from symptomatic plants located in major growing areas Sarawak. Based a total 73 identi...

In this study, we examined the antimutagenicity of red pepper seed and red pepper pericarp ethanol extracts using the standard Ames test in the presence and absence of S9 mix. The extracts showed inhibitory effects on both the TA98 and TA100 Salmenella Typhimurium strains against the mutagenic activity of promutagen 2-aminoa nthracene, and were also protective against the directly acting mutage...

A hydroponic co-culture system was adopted to determine the allelopathic potential of garlic on the growth of pepper plants. Different numbers of garlic plants (0, 2, 4, 8 and 12) were hydroponically co-cultured with two pepper plants to investigate allelopathic effects on the growth attributes and antioxidative defense system of the test pepper plants. The responses of the pepper plants depend...

Abstract Curcumin (CCM), a culinary spice, is widely consumed for its health benefits managing oxidative and inflammatory conditions, metabolic syndrome, arthritis, hyperlipidemia. However, due to extensive metabolism, the oral bioavailability of CCM very low. In this study, we developed rapid, sensitive, selective assay examine hypothesis that piperine improves after co‐ingestion. We selective...

The present study was conducted to estimate in-vitro antimicrobial activity of six herbal plant extracts (Black pepper, Fennel, Turmeric, Black cumin, Ginger, Bay leaf) by using well diffusion method. It determined that both methanolic and ethyl acetate these additives possessed considerable antibacterial against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus vulgaris, Salmonella typhi ...

An Ayurvedic preparation consisting of dried ginger, black pepper, pippali and leadwort root fermented in cow's urine was given internally and a paste made of several meical herbs including Psoralea corylifolia for external application was tried in patients with vitiligo. 4 out of 10 patients had relief within six months of treatment. Three patients had relief with adverse reaction on the skin ...