The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of retention time on the production of biogas from a blend of cow dung and water hyacinth. The study was designed to include three production trials. These were the Cow dung Production Trial (CPT), Water Hyacinth Production Tria...
Environmental isolates, genetically manipulated organisms, plants, animals and their products and economical methods are being expertly explored to biosynthesize poly-3-hydroxybutyrate plastics of comparable properties to petroplastics. This study assessed a hypothesized feasibil...
Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) has been used from so long as a traditional medicine since it has therapeutic effects such as enhances sleep, acts as an anxiolytic for nervous unrest etc. For determining the dose of herbal formulations and to estimate the quality of dosage form,...
Introduction: Antibiotic resistance represents one of the major worldwide health problems. Though many medicinal plants are traditionally used to treat microbial infections. The antimicrobial potential of Cymbopogon schoenanthus flowers has not been investigated yet. Furthermore...
Aim: Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides is a plant of the family Rutaceae used for treating different ailments such as malaria, sickle cell anaemia, tuberculosis, paralysis and intestinal disorder due to the presence of some bioactive constituents. The present study was aimed at identify...
Aims: This study was aimed at evaluating the antimicrobial potential of the alcohol and aqueous extracts as well as peptide fractions of T. fuscatus and P. aurita. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Methodology:...
Aims: wheat, Barley and millet meals are having superior nutritional qualities and health benefits; they can be used for supplementation of macaroni. Its effect on physiochemical, rheological, color parameters, cooking quality, nutritional value and sensory evaluation. Place and...
Clément M. Mbadiko, Koto-Te-Nyiwa Ngbolua, Pius T. Mpiana, Nadège K. Ngombe, Paulin M. Kapepula, Landry L. Kemfine, Gédéon N. Bongo & Théophile F. Mbemba·South Asian Research Journal of Natural Products·2019
Aims: The aim of this research was to evaluate comparatively the anti-sickling activity of aqueous and methanol extracts of different organs of C. longa, to determine the polyphenolic compounds and to evaluate the antioxidant potential of different parts of C. longa. Also, to est...
Plumbago zeylanica Linn. is a perennial shrub comes under the category of Angiosperm commonly known as Ceylon leadwort belonging to family Plumbaginaceae. In Indian System of Medicine i.e. Ayurveda, Plumbago (Chitrakmool) used as ingredient in various formulations as an effective...
Aims: To evaluate the modulatory effect of plant extracts on the expression of mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1 (MKP-1) and the protein kinases P-ERK and P-p38 in primary cultures of trigeminal ganglion from Sprague Dawley rats. Study Design: In vitro analysis of me...