BACKGROUND The incidence of resistance to the existing antibiotics by microorganisms demand increased effort in the development of new antibiotics for the treatment of microbial infections and diseases. Infections due to multidrug resistant pathogens are difficult to manage due to relatively limited choices of antimicrobial agents. This study investigated antimicrobial activities of the husk ex...

Abstract Coconut plant ( Cocos nucifera ) is one of the potential industrial plants and has an important role both in terms nutrition economy Indonesia. The number coconut Indonesia used by community, which as a raw material for making milk. milk obtained from extract old flesh that been grated, either with addition or without water, this white liquid emulsion oil water. contains 230 kilocalori...

Up to the present, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a dementia, is believed to be incurable; even its cause has not been documented. A few hypotheses have been postulated, however; among these are the destruction of acetylcholine by the enzyme acetylcholineesterase, the accumulation of amyloid beta plaque, and peroxidation of the brain cells. Since the disease was unknown in the olden days in Thailand...

The fragrance gene, betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (Badh2), has been well studied in many plant species. The objectives of this study were to clone Badh2 and compare the sequences between aromatic and non-aromatic coconuts. The complete coding region was cloned from cDNA of both aromatic and non-aromatic coconuts. The nucleotide sequences were highly homologous to Badh2 genes of other plants....