The apoptogenic activity of Litchi chinensis leaf extract (LCLE) was investigated against three human leukemic cell lines-U937, K562 and HL-60. LCLE inhibited cell growth and metabolic activity of the leukemic cells and showed characteristic features of apoptosis. Flow cytometric analysis showed appreciable number of cells in early and late apoptotic stages. While U937 and K562 cell populations...

The pericarp browning and postharvest microbiological decay of litchi fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn cv Kwai Mai) significantly reduce its commercial potential in the fresh market. In this study, different combinations modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) were applied at 5 ± 1 °C based on use natural gases that are innocuous to human health an alternative commercially adopted sulfur dioxide (SO2) ...

Litchi downy blight caused by Peronophythora litchii is the most serious disease in litchi production, storage and transportation. Existing identification technology has difficulty identifying sufficiently early, resulting economic losses. Thus, use of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy to identify at different stages disease, particularly achieve early blight, very important. The spectral data f...

Objective: The experiment was conducted on ten litchi cultivars, namely; Purbi, Bedana, Lal Bombay, Mandaraji, Calcuttia, Late Trikolia, Dehradoon, Dehrarose, and Seedless No. 2 to assess the physical chemical composition of fruit as affected by orientation tree.
 Methods: Fruits were picked both from lower upper half portion tree at fully ripened stage physio-chemical attributes analyzed....

Tropical evergreen perennials undergo recurrent flush growth, and their terminal buds alternate between growth and dormancy. In sharp contrast to the intensive studies on bud development in temperate deciduous trees, there is little information about bud development regulation in tropical trees. In this study, litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) was used as a model tropical perennial for morphologi...

Abstract Background Agricultural management and temporal change including climate conditions soil properties can result in the alteration of enzymatic activity bacterial community, respectively. Therefore, different agricultural practices have been used globally to explore quality. In this study, variations property, activity, community at three successive trimester sampling intervals were perf...