the effects of different sources of carbon, nitrogen and some of trace elements on cultivation of bacillus thuringiensis h14 were studied. glucose, glycerol, sodium acetate, (nh4)2so4, corn steep liquor, yeast extract, hydrolyzed casein, ca2+, mg2+ and mn2+ were the main parameters evaluated by plackett-burman statistical method. all elements have insignificant effect on germination while spore...

Luffa cylindrica (Linn) commonly called sponge gourds has both medicinal and nutritional properties. It is used traditionally for the management of liver diseases. Herein, we investigated hepatoprotective effect crude methanol extract L. fruit in rats chronically exposed to carbon tetrachloride (CCl4). Male were CCl4 twice a week six weeks was administered five times weeks. Markers toxicity, an...

This study investigated the utilisation of Luffa cylindrica activated carbon as a low-cost adsorbent in removal vanadium(V) from textile industry effluent batch adsorption experiment. The rate was studied for contact time, pH, and dosage. effect pH on with 0.2 g/100 ml dose, 10 min solution. maximum efficiency 99.90 % at 4, 97.43 60 97.83 an dosage 1.0 g. characterisation results FTIR SEM indic...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Aerenchyma formation is thought to be one of the important morphological adaptations to hypoxic stress. Although sponge gourd is an annual vegetable upland crop, in response to flooding the hypocotyl and newly formed adventitious roots create aerenchyma that is neither schizogenous nor lysigenous, but is produced by radial elongation of cortical cells. The aim of this study ...