The aim of this study was to determine the potential some Ghanaian underutilized legumes in helping reduce problems poverty, hunger and malnutrition among vulnerable group population. looked into functional properties, fat fatty acid distribution, raffinose, sucrose, glucose, fructose, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, iron, copper, manganese, zinc, cyanide isoflavone contents raw processe...

Black-grain mycetomas are subcutaneous devastating chronic infections due to several dematiaceous fungi. They are diagnosed mostly in tropical countries. Identification of these fungi with standard mycological procedures is difficult because of their poor or delayed sporulation. The aim of this study was thus to assess the accuracy of molecular identification of these fungi. A total of 54 strai...

M ichael Storck and M aria D. Sacristán Institut für Angewandte Genetik, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 6, D-14195 Berlin, Bundesrepublik Deutschland Z. Naturforsch. 50c, 15-20 (1995); received September 19, 1994 Brassica spp., Sinapis arvensis, Leptosphaeria maculans, Resistance, Indole Phytoalexins Brassica juncea, Brassica carinata and Sinapis arvensis resistant lines to Leptosphaeria maculans and four ...

Portions of the mating type genes from Ophiosphaerella korrae (J. Walker & A.M. Smith) R.A. Shoemaker (= Leptosphaeria korrae J. Walker & A.M. Smith), a pathogenic fungus of grasses, were examined by PCR (polymerase chain reaction). For nine isolates of O. korrae from North America, both mating type genes were amplified, demonstrating that both MAT idiomorphs are detectable in this homothallic ...

The antidiabetic potentials of the methanol extract of Parkia biglobosa seed (Mimosoideae), its chloroform, hexane, and mother liquor fractions were evaluated in glucose-loaded and alloxan-induced diabetic rats. The methanol extract of the seed exhibited a peak percentage decrease of 64% and 44.1% in blood glucose levels of the glucose-loaded and alloxan-induced diabetic rats respectively. The ...

ABSTRACT. Acrylated Parkia biglobosa medium oil alkyd prepared by the reaction between an acid containing acrylic copolymer and a monoglyceride followed by the addition of polyol and dibasic acid has been investigated for improved properties. The results revealed that acid functional acrylic copolymers containing maleic anhydride as a functional co-monomer can successfully be used to modify alk...

African locust bean (Parkia biglobosa) is one of the major seed plants used for production most popular indigenous fermented condiment. Parkia biglobosa seeds were 24, 48 and 72 hours using four different fermentation containers (stainless steel, plastic calabash), effect both time type container examined. The chemical functional properties iru determined standard methods. Crude protein, fat, f...

This study was conducted by trapping airborne fungal spores inside and outside 15 residences in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, monthly from December 199 1 to September 1993. The dominant fungal propagules recorded indoors were Cludosporium (38.8%),Aspergillus/Penicillium (1 9.8%), Leptosphaeria (7.9%), unidentified basidiospores (6.5%), unidentified ascospores (2.8%), Ganoderma (2.6%), Al...

The detoxification of the phytoalexin brassinin to indole-3-carboxaldehyde and S-methyl dithiocarbamate is catalyzed by brassinin oxidase (BOLm), an inducible fungal enzyme produced by the plant pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans. Twenty-six substituted quinolines and isoquinolines are synthesized and evaluated for antifungal activity against L. maculans and inhibition of BOLm. Eleven compounds th...