Medical plants play an important role in the management of diabetes mellitus especially in developing countries where resources are meager. This review presents the profiles of plants with hypoglycaemic properties, reported in the literature from 1990 to 2000. The profiles presented include information about the scientific name, family, methodology used, the degree of hypoglycaemic activity and...

10 years ago lycopene, C40H56, and carotene, &,HS6, were isolated from the pulp of the European watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris, Schrad. = Cucumis citrullus, L.) by Zechmeister and Tuzson (l), and it was shown that the chief pigment, lycopene, is responsible for t.he red color. As the chromatographic method was not available at that time, no precise information as to the composition of the pigme...

Powdery mildew [Podosphaera xanthii (Castagne) Braun & Shishkoff (syn. Sphaerotheca fuliginea auct. p.p.)] is now a common disease on watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] in the United States. In this study, the entire available U.S. Plant Introduction collection of Citrullus Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. species was evaluated for resistance to P. xanthii race 1W. The collection c...

The present study aimed to investigate the direct in vitro effects of several distinct Citrullus colocynthis seed extracts on glucose-stimulated insulin release from pancreatic islets isolated from rats. Six extracts were tested, a crude aqueous, defatted aqueous, ethyl acetate, H2O-methanol and n-butanol extract and an extract containing a major component (fraction A) identified by gel chromat...

Teknologi identifikasi varietas benih penting untuk menjamin yang digunakan petani memiliki mutu baik. Penelitian ini bertujuan menguji akurasi geometri dan morfologi semangka (Citrullus vulgaris Schrad) serta menentukan parameter dasar tepat dalam dengan analisis diskriminan. dilaksanakan di Universitas Nusa Bangsa. menggunakan software Minitab melakukan diskriminan tahapan uji kolerasi, multi...