Stevioside, a major sweet component of leaves of Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni), is about 300 times sweeter than sucrose. Highly refined stevia leaf extracts and stevioside are officially used as low calorie sweeteners in many countries. The present study describes a method for rapid identification and estimation of stevioside in commercial samples using HPTLC and HPLC. Identification of steviosid...

Background: The safety and the therapeutic efficacy of plants medications are mainly dependent on the quality controls and standards by which they are made for, to give powerful actions when prescribing them. Medicinal plants and their extracts have been used as sources of medicine, cosmetics and food in virtually all nations and cultures and the usage of plants as a source of cosmetics and med...

The leaves or seeds powder of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) were orally administered in the diet to hypercholesterolemic male rats for 8 weeks to test their effect on lipid profile, antioxidants enzymes and lipid peroxide. Twenty four male rats weighing 150-170 gm were divided into four groups. The first group is untreated (control group), fed basal diet, the second group, fed on 2% cho...

Jew's mallow (Corchorus olitorius L.) leaves powder was added to rice flour at levels of 0% to 5% and extruded in single screw extruder to produce healthy extrudates. Process variables (feed moisture, feed rate, screw speed and temperature) were kept constant. The effects of adding Jew's mallow leaves on functional properties, color attributes, some phytochemicals contents, antioxidant activity...

Plant extracts, made by grinding 2 g of fresh tissue in 5 ml of water, were toxic to Tylenchorhynchus dubius and Hoplolaimus spp. Such extracts from leaves and stems of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and leaves of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) were most toxic; those from leaves of corn (Zea mays L.), tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) and rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense L.) were less ...

There is increasing need to store the nutrient rich amaranth leaves which are plenty during the wet season for use in dry season, but there is little information on the micronutrient stability on storage of vegetables produced in dry areas meant to bridge the seasonal gap. The stored dry leaves can be utilized during dry season by mixing them with cereal flours for making porridge for children ...

Bauhinia purpurea is a flowering plant. General phytochemical screening of the aerial parts of Bauhinia purpurea revealed the presence of steroids, terpenes, phenolic compounds, saponins, fatty acids, alkaloids. The aim of this study is to identify and characterize the bioactive principle from the aerial parts of the plant. It has wide folk medicinal use. For isolation of the compound, the drie...