Laboratory studies were conducted with leaf powder of three plants to show the preservative effect for maintaining the quality of lentil seeds in storage. After processing and drying, seeds were preserved with different botanicals and stored them in earthen pots for eight months. Botanicals, such as whole leaf powder of neem (Azadirachta indica), dholkalmi (Ipmoea sepiara), and bishkatali (Poly...

A study was conducted to determine the antibacterial and antifungal activities of Polygonum hydropiper (L.) root extract on chloroform against both bacteria and fungi using the disc diffusion method. The extract showed significant antibacterial activities against four gram-positive (Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus megaterium, Stapphylococcus aureus and Enterobacter aerogenes) and four gram-negative...

BACKGROUND Polygonum hydropiper L. is widely used as a traditional remedy for the treatment of dysentery, gastroenteritis. It has been used to relieve swelling and pain, dispel wind and remove dampness, eliminate abundant phlegm and inflammatory for a long time. Previous study showed that antioxidants especially flavonoids pretreatment alleviated sepsis-induced injury in vitro and in vivo. In t...