Larvicidal activity of acetone and petroleum ether extracts of four plants Murraya koenigii, Coriandrum sativum, Ferula asafoetida, Trigonella foenum graceum and synthetic larvicides Fenthion and Temephos used alone and in combination was carried out against A. aegypti larvae under laboratory conditions. Optimum values were found out by using different concentrations of each plant (ranged 25 pp...

Dietary excess of lipids causes substantial health disorders like hyperlipemia, obesity and cardiovascular problems. Use of lipase and α-glucosidase inhibitors in combination is considered to be the ideal therapy for obesity control. Anti-obesity activity of natural products is usually assessed by inhibition of pancreatic lipase activity by the preparations. We have reported earlier that some k...

Seeds of plant species from three different and distantly related genera viz. Nigella sativa L. Plantago ovata F. and Trigonella foenum graceum L. were presoaked and then subjected to 1.5, 3.0 and 4.5 mM concentrations of sodium azide for 4, 6 and 8 hours. The experiment was carried out to find a specific concentration of mutagen which can produce significant effect on distantly related crops. ...

In this study, the subcritical butane extraction process of fenugreek seed oil was optimized using response surface methodology with a Box-Behnken design. The optimum conditions for extracted oil from fenugreek seed was as follows: extraction temperature of 43.24 °C , extraction time of 32.80 min, and particle size of 0.26 mm. No significant differences were found between the experimental and p...