molds are one of the most important causes of food spoilage that produce toxic substances called mycotoxins, which endanger the consumer health. the adverse effects of synthetic food preservatives consumption made researches to focus on application of natural preservatives in order to increase shelf life of food as well as prevention of harmful effects of chemical preservatives. the present stu...

Propolis is a complex resinous material with many pharmacological and biological properties attributed to the presence of many volatile and non-volatile phytochemical compounds which have not been analysed in details for Malaysian propolis. In this study, we determined and compared volatile phytochemical compounds in water and ethanol extracts of Malaysian propolis (Trigona itama) using gas chr...

Since ancient time plants have been used as source of therapeutic agents, plants play a significant role in the indigenous system of medicines to combat diseases. Plants are richest source of bioactive organic chemicals on earth. Phytochemical properties of leaf of Calotropis procera obtained from methanol and petroleum ether extracts were investigated .The results suggest that the Phytochemica...

The present study investigated the physicochemical properties and phytochemical constituents of seed oil of Semecarpus anacardium L. to understand its biopesticidal and therapeutic potential. Preliminary phytochemical studies showed the presence of polyphenolic compounds, flavonoids, tannins, saponins, steroids in seed oil which is extracted using various organic solvents such as n-hexane, petr...

Repeated exposure to inhibitory compounds can drive the evolution of resistance, which weakens chemical defence against antagonists. Floral phytochemicals in nectar and pollen have antimicrobial properties that can ameliorate infection in pollinators, but evolved resistance among parasites could diminish the medicinal efficacy of phytochemicals. However, multicompound blends, which occur in nec...

The traditional medicine involves the use of different plant extracts or the bioactive constituents. This type of study provides the health application at affordable cost. Secondary metabolites are responsible for medicinal activity of plants. Hence in the present study phytochemical screening of some important medicinal plants was carried out. Qualitative phytochemical analysis of these plants...

The leaf, root, and stem extracts of Brucea javanica were screened for phytochemical properties and antimalarial activity, after extractions with various organic solvents. Qualitative analysis of the phytochemical constituents showed the presence of the following secondary metabolites: terpenoids, saponins, flavonoids, steroids, phenols, glycosides, alkaloids, and anthraquinones. The extracts s...

lycium species is a popular medicinal plant in the traditional chinese medicine and lycium ruthenicum is a native medicinal plant of iran. lycium genus has several biologically important properties too. investigation of chemical composition of ethyl acetate extract of this plant is the goal of this study. two coumarins (scopoletin and sculetin) and methyl-2-hydroxy-4-undecanoxy-trans-cinamate w...

Ethanolic extract of fresh leaves of Acalypha wilkesiana was screened for its phytochemical and invitro antibacterial properties on four clinical isolates Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli , Shigella sp , and Klebsiella pneumonia. The disc diffusion technique was used to assay for the antimicrobial properties. The results showed that the extract of concentrations between 50mg/ml to 200mg/...

Supercritical carbon dioxide extracts of Cinnamomum tamala (bay) leaves obtained at 55°C, 512 bar was found to have appreciable nutraceutical properties and was successfully employed as value-added ingredients in preparation of tofu. The bay leaf formulated tofu sample was evaluated for physicochemical properties (pH, texture analysis and lipid peroxidation), proximate analysis, phytochemical p...