The anguillid eels found in Peninsular Malaysia were identified, using morphological analysis as Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis and A. bicolor bicolor and that identification was further validated by an analysis of the eels’ mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) and 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) sequences. Previous studies had reported the occurrence of the tropical eel species A. m...

Ficus bengalensis (commonly known as a Banyan tree) is an evergreen tree and belongs to the family Moraceae. Ficus benghalensis is an important medicinal plant that has a number of bioactive compounds. The whole plant of Ficus bengalensis (leaves, fruits and bark) are used as anti-oxidant, anti-cancer, anti-microbial properties and also used in the treatment of several diseases. The present rev...

Information on the spawning migration, spawning ecology and life history of tropical eels in the Indo-Pacific region is very limited. The physiological and morphological characteristics of tropical freshwater eels, Anguilla bicolor bicolor and A. bengalensis bengalensis collected in Malaysia were examined in relation to their downstream migration patterns. A total of 455 eels were collected ove...

The antimicrobial activity of Hemidesmus indicus, Ficus bengalensis and Pterocarpus marsupium roxb was evaluated against pathogenic bacteria Stahylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumonia in an in vitro condition. Aqueous extracts from roots of H. indicus and barks of F. bengalensis and P. marspium roxb were tested for antimicrobial activity using the zone of inhibition m...

Ficus bengalensis Linn is a large evergreen tree found throughout India. It is commonly called Banyan tree. This tree is considered to be sacred in some places. It is used in traditional system of medicine like ayurveda, siddha, unani and homoeopathy. The active compounds isolated from this plant are considered to be very effective in various treatments such as dysentery, diarrhoea, diabetes, l...

Heavy metal pollution in aquatic ecosystem has been recognized as a serious environmental problem. In many cases, heavy metals occur in natural water bodies at levels below their toxic thresholds, however, due to their nondegradable nature, such low concentrations may still pose risk of damage via uptake and subsequent bioaccumulation by organisms, which cannot effectively metabolize and excret...

Populations of oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis), long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus) and slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris) crashed during the mid-1990s throughout the Indian subcontinent. Surveys in India, initially conducted in 1991-1993 and repeated in 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007, revealed that the population of Gyps bengalensis had fallen by 2007 to 0.1% of its numbers ...