A study was conducted in the Uttarkashi district of Garhwal, Himalaya, India to document the medicinal plants used by the local communities. 56 plant species distributed in 46 families were documented. Of the total plant species 52% were herbs, 25% trees, 20% shrubs and 3% climbe...
The present experiment aimed at finding the suitability of some grasses as cost effective alternative substrates, for cultivation of one species of oyster mushroom viz., Pleurotus sajor caju (Fr.) Singer in eastern India. Relative efficacy three grasses viz., kash grass (Saccharu...
Coleus forskohlii is an important plant in Indian Ayurvedic medicine. It is the only source for forskolin among the plant kingdom. Forskolin has a unique property of activating almost all hormone sensitive adenylate cyclase enzymes in a biological system. This review article has...
Objective: To analyze the safety and effectiveness of total thyroidectomy in the surgical management of bilateral benign multinodular goiter. Materials and Methods: A prospective review of patients with bilateral benign multinodular goiter undergoing subtotal thyroidectomy (Group...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/156
Background: Surveillance of infectious disease markers in the blood donor population is important in recognizing trends in prevalence and incidence of transfusion related infections in asymptomatic volunteer blood donors. Subjects & Methods: It is a community base cross secti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/127
The preliminary phytochemical studies of Alafia barteri stem extracts revealed the presence of reducing sugar, steroids, glycosides, flavonoids and anthraquinones. Hexane, ethylacetate and methanol successive extracts of A. barteri stem showed inhibition on the six test bacteria....
The aim of this study was to investigate relative efficacy of different organic wastes like farmyard manure (FYM) and water hyacinth (WH) and industrial wastes like paper factory sludge (PFS) on balancing with chemical fertilizers (CF) along with soil ameliorants viz., lime (L) o...
The bacteria Thiobacillus thioparus, Thiobacillus thiooxidans and Thiobacillus ferooxidans are known to be able to oxidize elemental sulfur in soils and influence phosphorus solubilization. These bacteria can solubilize the phosphorus of apatite rock by producing sulfuric acid fr...
Albert Einstein, during the development of his precious theory of relativity evoked a fascinating proverb; ”Two things are infinite in this world! One is the beauty of universe and the other is human stupidity. Though! I am not sure about the beauty of universe.” Perhaps, the ins...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2011/133
Erythromycin A (EA) is now one of antibiotics limited in seafood products in general and in giant freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in particular while exporting to the US, EU, Japan, Canada. There are many methods used for analyzin...
African breadfruit seeds have the potentials as carbon source for ethanol production with a carbohydrate value of 72.19%. On malting the seeds at 28±2oC for 9 days it yielded a 96% germination capacity and total malting loss of 25.70%. Grain dormancy was broken by the second day...
A field experiment was carried out on the neutral soil of Student’s Instructional Farm, Barajaguli, B. C. K. V., Nadia, West Bengal with groundnut during pre-kharif season (Feb-June) of 2001, 2002 and 2003. It revealed that in increasing plant height (cm), no. of branches per pla...
Fuel consumption is the single largest variable cost during field operation of tractors and also one of the most influential parameters controlling the salability of the vehicle, particularly in developing countries. Hence there is a great need for development of a system which c...
Gear-up-throttle-down (GUTD) technique as a solution to match the load on tractor during field operation for better fuel economy. Experiments have proved that GUTD approach can save 20 to 30% fuel. Previously a DFE has been developed by keeping in mind the low education level of...