By A. Porter, M.D., F.R.C.S.I., M.R.I.A., F.M.U., Professor Medical Jurisprudence, Madras Medical College. It would appear from Clievers's Medical Jurisprudence, that poisoning by this substance is rare. It is cultivated in most gardens in Southern India, and is known as c the coral plant,' from the appearance of its flowers, or as 4 French physic-nut,' from the appearance and properties of its...

A rare case of Jatropha multifida poisoning in a adult Malabari goat is reported. Clinical signs were related to the gastrointestinal system with diarrhea and resultant dehydration. Perusal of literature did not reveal any report of Jatrapha multifida poisoning in animals in India.

A partir das raízes de Jatropha weddelliana foram isolados os diterpenóides jatrogrossidiona, 4Z-jatrogrossidentadiona, 15-epi-4Z-jatrogrossidentadiona, 4E-jatrogrossidentadiona,15-epi-4Ejatrogrossidentadiona, 2-hidroxiisojatrogrossidiona, 2-epi-hidroxiisojatrogrossidiona e jatrowediol. A elucidação da estrutura do jatrowediol, um novo diterpenóide latirânico, foi realizada por meio de análises...

The aim of our study was to investigate the intrinsic diversity of genus based on chemical composition of natural extracts of Cacalia, Dracocephalum, Jatropha, Saussurea and Senecio. Four rarefaction approaches (richness, Shannon’s entropy, Simpson’s diversity, and max-entropy) were implemented as an algorithm and run 10,000 times. Our results showed similar patterns of richness in natural comp...

Actually, the germplasm of Jatropha spp. is conserved as whole plants in field collections. Under this storage method, the genetic resources are exposed to disease, pest and natural hazards such as human error, drought and weather damage. Besides, field genebanks are costly to maintain and with important requirements of trained personnel. Thus, the development of efficient techniques to ensure ...

The present study investigated the use of waste non-edible oil cakes (Jatropha, Karanja, Neem, and Mahua) as a substrate for the growth of Paecilomyces variotii and dipicolinic acid (DPA) production. Previous researches proved the efficacy of DPA in suppressing certain pathogens that are deleterious to the plants in the rhizosphere. DPA production was statistical optimized by amending non-edibl...

All energy scenarios show a shift toward an increased percentage of renewable energy sources, including biomass. This study gives an overview of water footprints (WFs) of bioenergy from 12 crops that currently contribute the most to global agricultural production: barley, cassava, maize, potato, rapeseed, rice, rye, sorghum, soybean, sugar beet, sugar cane, and wheat. In addition, this study in...

Esters of plant oils are preferred to parent oils if used as fuels in diesel engines because esterification reduces the viscosity of plant oils and makes it comparable to that of diesel. The present work mainly deals with the effect of storage time on the quality of plant oils and their esters with respect to mainly FFA content, viscosity and change in weight. The study was carried out for a pe...