Few weed species have gained so much attention over the past decade as waterhemp. Waterhemp has gone from an obscure weed species in the 1980s to a species that has achieved widespread distinction throughout most of the Midwest. This species gained its notoriety in the early 1990s when it began appearing in many corn and soybean fields in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. In these fields AL...

we determined the concentrations of lead and cadmium in edible parts of colocasiaesculenta,amaranthusspp. and ipomoea batata cultivated on farms in industrially polluted sections of nyabugogomarsh (kigali, rwanda) and quantified metal intake by consumers of these crops. we report that metalconcentrations in crops were within eu limits. the highest metal concentrations were found in amaranthussp...

Study was carried out on the morphology of Amaranthus hybridus and spinosus. This is to find form structure two species under study also discover areas walls where are thinner or softer. The vegetative done in field laboratory by visual observation quantitative characters analysed using a statistical test compare means samples (T.test). A. has small fine hairs, robust, longitudinally rigid gree...

Amaranthus plants, or spinach, are used extensively as a vegetable and are known to possess medicinal properties. Neuroinflammation and oxidative stress play a major role in the pathogenesis of many neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) cause cell toxicity in the human neuronal cell line, SH-SY5Y, through an incre...

The contamination of food chain by toxic metals constitutes a major concern worldwide because human health potential risks. Amaranthus viridis (A. viridis) is one the most consumed vegetables in South Asian and Sub-Saharan African countries