Current research work comprises Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) study of two members of Portulaca Family namely, Portulaca pilosa & Portulaca quadrifida Linn. Portulaca pilosa is well known ornamental plant whereas Portulaca quadrifida Linn. is a weed. Both are known for th...
Aims: Trewia nudiflora Linn. (Euphorbiaceae) which is a soft wooded tropical dioecious tree is used as traditional medicinal tree in many countries. Hence, this study was designed to assess the antibacterial activity of fruit extract of Trewia nudiflora against twelve pathogenic...
Background: Working with bioactive substances from the medicinal plant requires various steps from plant extract preparation to the calculation for scientific evaluation and safe medicinal plant extract administration. The paper aims to discuss procedures involve in evaluating bi...
Aims: Arabinoxylan is a complex non-starchy polysaccharide classified under dietary fiber group which mainly contains the cell wall of the cereals. In the food industry, commercially available arabinoxylan is used as a gelling agent, thickener, stabilizer and emulsifier. Leaves o...
African Baobab (Adansonia digitata L., Malvaceae) is an important indigenous food tree species for food security, nutrition, income generation and medicine for rural people in Africa. This research was aimed to examine medicinal and nutritional value of Adansonia digitata’s leave...
Sooriya Arachchige Sachini Jayawardana, Jayanetti Koralalage Ramani Radhika Samarasekera, Gardhi Hettiarachchige Chamari Madhu Hettiarachchi, Mahavidanage Jaanaki Gooneratne, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Rehan Imad & Ambreen Naz·South Asian Research Journal of Natural Products·2020
Background: The adverse side effects of cancer management and the increasing rate of mortality associated with cancers create a necessity to discover alternative strategies in cancer management and new anticancer agents especially derived from plant materials. Aims: This study wa...
Aim: This research was carried out to examine the inhibitory activity of protein isolate from bambara groundnut on alpha-amylase and lipase in vitro, and to study the effect of temperature, pH and substrate concentration on the enzymes in vitro. Place and Duration of Study: Depar...
Aims: This study was carried out to examine and characterize the effects of protein isolates from unripe plantain on enzymes linked with type-2 diabetes(α-amylase) and obesity (Pancreatic Lipase) using an in vitro model. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biochemistry, La...
Aim: The aim of the present study was to determine the possibility of using polyphenol extracts from Dioscorea steriscus and Plecranthus esculentus N.E.Br tubers of Zimbabwe as preservatives for sunflower oil under oven and kitchen storage conditions. Methodology: Polyphenols wer...
Plants play a significant role in drug discovery and development of pharmaceuticals process. In many countries, medicinal plants consider the main source of primary health care. Aims: This study aimed to investigate the phytochemical screening, antimicrobial and antioxidant activ...
Aim: To study the in vitro inhibitory effect of C. odorata extracts on bacterial isolates from wound swab samples. Place of Study: University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria, between January and June 2019. Methodology: Wound swabs were collected...
Natural fibres are considered to be ecofriendly and possess peculiar properties that preserve resources and thus rapidly emerges as novel low-cost materials in several discipline and engineering applications. Even though natural fibres demonstrate admirable potential for various...
Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the toxicity of the crude extracts of Andrographis paniculata leaves using a Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) lethality assay test to substantiate the ethnopharmacological uses of this plant. Methodology: Ethanol, acetone and ethyl acetate extracts o...
Objective: Snake-bite is one of the important public health problems of tropical countries including Sri Lanka. The risk of snake-bites is higher in rural areas of the country and people mainly rely on herbal medicines. Antiserum is the only therapeutic agent in Western medicine...
Aim: The study was aimed to ascertain the damage done by an oil spill on the soils of Ogbia area in Bayelsa State, Niger Delta, Nigeria. Study Design: The study adopted the experimental research design which entailed the use of field measurements and a control site. Three communi...