Aim: An ethnomedicinal study was carried out to document the medicinal plants used by ethnic and local villagers around the Veyilingalakona sacred grove located in the eastern ghats of Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Methods: Ethnobotanical interviews were carried out on medicinal plants used to treat common ailments based on structural questionnaire with the local people and ethnic (...

The mission to make humans less attractive to mosquitoes has fuelled decades of scientific research on mosquito behaviour and control. The search for the perfect topical insect repellent/killer continues. This analysis was conducted to review and explore the scientific information on toxicity produced by the ingredients/contents of a herbal product. In this process of systemic review the follow...

Thespesia populnea and Tridax procumbens are medicinally important plant species used to treat different diseases. The present work is aimed to screen these medicinal plants for phytochemical studies. Leaf powder of these plants were dissolved in different solvents and screened for secondary metabolites. Leaves of Thespesia populnea revealed that the presence of flavonoids, tannins, steroids, g...

The effects of microcapsulated docosahexaenoic acid powder (hereinafter DHA powder) on some viscoelastic properties of wheat flour dough and loaf volume were studied. The addition of DHA powder in the range of 0.1 to 0.3% caused a significant increase in the loaf volume of bread after baking. Dough containing 0.2 or 0.3% DHA powder had greater modulus of elasticity, viscosity coefficient and re...

Type II conventional glass-ionomer cements (GIC) are restorative materials consisting of powder and liquid mixed to produce a plastic mass that subsequently sets to a rigid solid. The early GIC was marketed without the expired date, although this material has been currently marketed with the expired date, how stable the materials are not yet clear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ...

This study investigated the sensitivity of 92 isolates Passalora fulva from tomato plants in Wakayama Prefecture to thiophanate-methyl, penthiopyrad, boscalid, azoxystrobin, and triflumizole using agar dilution methods. All exhibited reduced more than two fungicides. Bioassays seedlings showed that mancozeb WP (wettable powder), TPN WP, iminoctadin-albesilate were effective against strains resi...

Background & Aim:Increasing the tendency in families for taking care of pets makes   people pay more attention to their disease especially the common ones. In   recent years the tendency to use of herbal drugs has increased in animals.   Herbal drugs are plants that one or some of their members have effective. We   supposed that the Elaeagnus angustifolia(oleaster)   p...

This study aimed to determine the optimal ratio of natural calcium powders (oyster shell and egg shell calcium) as synthetic phosphate replacers in pork products. Ground pork samples were subjected to six treatments, as follows: control (-) (no phosphate added), control (+) (0.3% phosphate blend added), treatment 1 (0.5% oyster shell calcium powder added), treatment 2 (0.3% oyster shell calcium...

The flavonol quercetin, is one of the major flavonoids found in edible plants. The bioavailability of quercetin in humans may be influenced by the food matrix in which it is consumed as well as by its chemical and physical form. The objective of the present study was to investigate the biokinetics of quercetin from quercetin-enriched cereal bars and quercetin powder-filled hard capsules. In a r...

Physiological and psychological changes occurring during the menopause influence both symptomatology and sexuality. Drumstick (Moringa oleifera) and amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor) leafy vegetables which are rich in micronutrients are helpful. So, the study was designed to see the effect of supplementation of dried drumstick and amaranth leaves powder on menopausal symptoms in postmenopausal wom...