The aqueous, different solvent extracts and isolated constituents of eight higher medicinal plants viz., Argemone mexicana, Caesalpinia coriaria, Decalepis hamiltonii, Euphorbia tirucalli, Leucas aspera, Phyllanthus amarus, Phyllanthus niruri, Tinospora cordifolia and Tribulus terrestris were screened in vitro for antibacterial activity by cup diffusion method against eleven human pathogenic ba...

Article history: Received on: 04/02/2015 Revised on: 22/02/2015 Accepted on: 18/03/2015 Available online: 27/05/2015 A series 305 extracts from 61 traditional medicinal plants (belonging to 33 different families) used in treating skin diseases in Hyderabad Karnataka region were subjected to antidermatophytic screening against Trichophyton rubrum (MTCC 1344). Pet ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate...

mass mortality of stinging catfish, heteropneustes fossilis, was observed in a fish farm of kulgaria, burdwan in west bengal, india. the cumulative mortality rates reached up to 5% of the total fish in the farm per day. the clinical signs of the affected fish showed ulcers on the skin which gradually grew in size and progressed to form ulcerous dermatitis. clinical signs of catfish experimental...

Studies of potent antibiotics from plant endophytes have become a new interest among researchers. Plant derived are costly, laborious, time-consuming and require extensive area land. Endophytes can be used as an alternative source antibiotics. microbes (bacteria fungi) that live inside healthy tissues do not show any antagonistic symptoms. They produce variety secondary metabolites having vario...

Abstract Internal combustion engines suffer from high cyclic variations that result in higher emissions, lower efficiency, fuel consumption and poor drivability. The purpose of this study is to investigate how Argemone mexicana biodiesel (AGB)/diesel blended fuels affect the variability parameters such as maximum cylinder pressure (Pmax) indicated mean effective (IMEP) a four-cylinder turbochar...

Background: Leishmania is a pathogenic parasite which infects mononuclear cells in vertebrate hosts. Different strategies have been taken to develop immunity against Leishmania . DCs loaded with immunogenic antigen have resulted in different levels of Th1-type immune response and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) activity. Objective: To evaluate the potency of DCs primed with soluble Leishmania mex...