Of 17 spices and herbs tested at 1% (wt/vol) in Mueller-Hinton (MH) agar, only cloves, thyme, oregano, allspice, basil, rosemary, and marjoram showed antimicrobial effects on Shigella. The MICs of thyme, oregano, basil, and rosemary (as determined by the agar dilution method) ranged from 0.5 to 1% (wt/vol) depending on the Shigella strain used. With the use of various combinations of temperatur...

Rice is the most important durable food product for more than half of world’s population, as it very nutritious in terms carbohydrate containment and can meet a large part human caloric needs on daily basis. The sensitivity rice fortified with spearmint or basil was evaluated three stored insect species: Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) Bostrychidae)...

OBJECTIVES Various antibacterial and antiplaque agents are used in chemical plaque control but none are without their shortcomings. Chlorhexidine considered a gold standard, also has an array of side effects. To overcome these, numerous herbal extracts have been tried and tested and one among them is holy basil. The present study evaluated the antibacterial efficacy of holy basil in vitro again...

In the Northern region, cultivation of cowpea is mainly carried out by small producers, who have little financial and technological resources to optimize increase production. Therefore, objective this work was evaluate growth subjected mineral fertilization doses biofertilizer produced in domestic compost. The experiment a protected environment, covered with 50% shade screen, at Federal Univers...

Abstract This study aimed to determine the best concentration of sago liquid sugar obtain quality cookies. used a completely randomized design (RAL) with five treatments and three replications, namely: P0 (100% granulated cane 0% starch sugar), P1 (75% 25% P2 (50% 50% P3 (25% 75% P4 (0% 100% sugar). Data were statistically analyzed using ANOVA DNMRT at 5% level. The results showed that ratio si...

The study developed an acceptable formula for the production of cassava strips (a deep fried product) using composite flour of cassava/cowpea at four different levels of cowpea substitutions (100:0, 90:10, 80:20, and 70:30). Sensory properties, proximate composition, and shelf life at ambient temperature were determined. Proximate composition, shelf life, and microbial analysis were further don...

The transferability of genome specific sequence tagged microsatellite sites (STMS) primers from V. unguiculata (cowpea), V. radiata (mung bean) and V. angularis (adzuki bean) to all major pulse yielding taxa belonging to tribe Phaseolae was examined. The adzuki bean derived primers amplified microsatellites from majority of accessions analyzed in this study; whereas mung bean and cowpea derived...

Cowpea planting season is crucial for high yield and should comprise the period of year that warrants best climatic conditions cowpea cultivation. Thus, objective this study was to evaluate influence water availability temperature on performance cultivars. A greenhouse experiment conducted using a 4 × 2 5 factorial arrangement, with four replications. Factors included levels soil moisture (25, ...

We have studied the effects of conscious sedation with propofol on long latency components of the auditory event-related potential (ERP) in 10 normal volunteers (aged 21-41 yr) receiving propofol 75 micrograms kg-1 min-1 i.v. We examined the effects of propofol on ERP amplitudes and latencies, and their relationship to delayed recognition performance using a verbal memory test, a selective atte...