The incidence of dengue fever (DF) has increased dramatically over the last decade. It has become endemic in more than 100 countries and more than 2.5 billion people are at risk, mainly in Africa, the Americas, the western Mediterranean, South and East Asia and the west Pacific. Ethanolic extracts from the kernels of ripe fruits from the Indian lilac, Melia azedarach Linn. (Hindi ⎯ Bakain, Drek...

12-O-Acetylazedarachin B (1), isolated from the fruit extract of Melia azedarach, exhibited potent cytotoxicity against leukemia (HL-60) (IC(50) 0.016 µM) and stomach (AZ521) (IC(50) 0.035 µM) cancer cell lines. Upon assessing the apoptosis-inducing activity in HL-60 cells, compound 1 exhibited induction of apoptosis detected by the observation of membrane phospholipid exposure and DNA fragment...

In vitro regeneration of shoots from leaf explants of the Paradise tree (Melia azedarach L.) was studied. Three different portions (proximal portion, distal portion and rachis of the leaflets) of three developmental stages (folded, young still expanding and completely expanded) of leaves of 10-15 year old plants of seven genotypes were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium (MS) suppleme...

Investigation on the fruits of Melia toosendan afforded seven new lignans (1-7), along with seventeen known compounds (8-24). The structures of the new compounds, involving four neo-lignans (1-4), two sesquilignans (5-6), and a nor-lignan (7), were elucidated based on extensive spectroscopic analyses (high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectra, ultraviolet, infrared, one-dimensional a...

Melia azedarach L. is a native tree species that can be used in comprehensive way and widely distributed all provinces south of the Yellow River China. Genetic diversity analysis different M. germplasm sources an important basic work for selection, evaluation, genetic improvement resources. In this study, 100 pairs SSR primers were designed synthesized based on transcriptome data, 16 reliable f...

Cations leaching from leaf litter of Melia azedarach (Linn.) was studied in laboratory. About 37% initial dry weight lost after 72 hours. Conductivity and total dissolved solid (TDS) the leached water significantly (p<0.05) increased to 475 µS cm-1 227 mg l-1, respectively. pH dropped 5.64 at end experiment. TDS showed significant (p<0.05, r=0.99) positive linear relationships with loss l...

Biomass and carbon stock in a forested areas are now prime important indicators of forest management climate change mitigation measures. But the accurate estimation biomass trees forests is challenging issue. In most cases, pantropical regional models used frequently to estimate trees, but these estimations have some uncertainty compared species-specific allometric model. Acacia nilotica, Casua...

Wood is a magnificent natural resource that can be regarded as the single most important of future. Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Melia azedarach trees were introduced in Iraq planted ornamental at parks streets. A study branch wood was conducted order to identify its basic properties along different level tree highlight potential utilizations Duhok- Kurdistan Region Iraq. Specimens six three le...