Azadirachta indica A. Juss (Meliaceae) is indige­ nous to the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent and its various parts are reputed as therapeutic agents [2, 3]. Some of the constituents of neem have recently been shown to possess significant pesticidal activity [4]. More recent studies undertaken on the fresh, un­ dried, uncrushed, ripe and unripe, fruits and the un­ dried leaves of the plant by Siddiq...

a vast majority of the studies addressing the free radicals including hydroxyl radical is a damage compound of biochemical molecules such as dna, proteins and lipids. when free radicals specially hydroxyl radical are not adequately removed from the body, it may damage biological macromolecules, leading to a variety of disease occurs. therefore, the body should be protected by an enzymatic or no...

The most important antiscorbutic foods are now known to be the fruits and vegetables, and it is usually considered that these foods are chiefly, if not onIy, vahrable for this property when used fresh. Holst and E’riihlich (1) showed that cooking and canning or drying greatly decreased the antiscorbutic value of a variety of foods. Since the danger of scurvy is greatest under those circumstance...

background: plants and fruits are an essential component of the universe. human beings have used those as medicine from the very beginning of time. according to holy quran, the fruits like grape, date, fig, olive and pomegranate are gifts and heavenly fruits of god. eighteen fruits and plants name have been mentioned in the holy book of moslem. a phytochemical screening of these fruits and plan...

The antioxidative phytochemicals in various fruits and vegetables are widely recognized for their role in scavenging free radicals, which are involved in the etiology of many chronic diseases. Colored fruits are especially considered a quality trait that correlates with their nutritional values and health benefits. The specific aim of this study was to investigate the antioxidants in the juice ...

A reversed-phased HPLC method that allows the separation and simultaneous determination of the preservatives benzoic (BA) and sorbic acids (SA), methyl- (MP) and propylparabens (PP) is described. The separations were effected by using an initial mobile phase of methanol-acetate buffer (pH 4.4) (35:65) to elute BA, SA and MP and changing the mobile phase composition to methanol-acetate buffer (p...

Seeds of Balanites aegyptiaca stored for one year were germinated using cold and boiling water pre-treatments and different sowing orientations. Whole fruits were soaked in cold water for (18, 24 and 48 hours, respectively), while extracted sun dried seeds were immersed in boiling water for 7 minutes. Seeds of each treatment were sown in three orientations (seeds laid vertically with stalk end ...