Chaeridiona mayuri n. sp. infesting ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) and turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) in southern India is described and illustrated. Cheilocostus speciosus ( J. Koenig) C. D. Specht, Globba sessiliflora Sims and Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith are reported as additional host plants. Chaeridiona pseudometallica Basu is redescribed and illustrated. A key to the species of Indian C...

We undertook this ethnobotanical study for identifying and valorising medicinal plants exploited as food additives, to establish a database of aromatic used additives in traditional phytotherapy Morocco (Fez-Meknes, Beni-Mellal, Khenifra, Draa-Tafilalt). Methods: An investigation was carried out among 200 main actors medicine (herbalists, healers, collectors, researchers) Meknes, El Hajeb, Taza...

Curcuma rhizome is reported to have a high total phenolics that could act as reducing agents for metals nanoparticles. Rhizomes of five curcuma species were selected bioreductors, namely white turmeric (Curcuma zedoaria), black (C. aeruginosa), fingerroot rotunda), temu giring heyneana), and mango ginger amada). The research was designed select the reductor from rhizomes mentioned above silver ...

This paper describes the organization and results of the automatic keyphrase extraction task held at the workshop on Semantic Evaluation 2010 (SemEval-2010). The keyphrase extraction task was specifically geared towards scientific articles. Systems were automatically evaluated by matching their extracted keyphrases against those assigned by the authors as well as the readers to the same documen...

introduction: the aim of the study was to investigate the effects of curcuma longa (c. longa) extract on adriamycin-induced hepatotoxicity in rat. methods: animals were divided in six groups: control (co), adriamycin (adr), adriamycin with vitamin c (adr+vitc), vitamin c (vit c), c. longa with adriamycin (cl+adr) and without adriamycin (cl-adr). hepatotoxicity was induced by adriamycin 5mg/kg a...

abstract:turmeric is a member of the ginger family (zingiberaceae), which is extensively used as a spice, food preservative and colouring material. curcumin is a main bioactive natural compound derived from the rhizome of this plant. curcumin can exist in several tautomeric forms, keto and enol. the keto form is more stable than enol form. silyl ethers have proven to be versatile substrates for...

Plant cell culture system has served as an alternative to enhance the production of high value phyto-pharmaceuticals. In the described study, the immobilized culture and static culture of Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae) were used to maximize the production of the bioactive compound Curcumin. It was observed that Curcumin content in vitro studies (static as well as immobilize cultures) were enhanc...

In Indonesia, herbal medicine is still very popular, especially ginger and curcurma herbs. Both herbs are believed to increase the body's immunity for those who consume them. Processing of which carried out with simple process tools possible contamination by microbes. Coliform bacteria Escherichia coli used as indicators because habitat these two digestive tract or in rest feces. These can caus...

Purpose Excessive production of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) by tumor-like synoviocytes contributes to joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Having previously demonstrated that curcuminoid-only and essential oil-only fractions of turmeric prevent joint destruction in an animal model of RA, we hypothesized that synoviocyte PTHrP production could be one signaling pathway ...