A chemically treated luffa sponge (LS) derived from the ripe fruit of Luffa cylindrica (LC) plant is investigated as an efficient solar photothermal conversion material for water purification applications very first time. Hydrophilicity and absorbance LS are enhanced by dopamine treatment candle soot surface coating. The fabricated modified (SM-LS) leads to a superb evaporation rate high 1.30 k...

Balanites aegyptiaca (Balanitaceae) is a widely grown desert plant with multiuse potential. In the present paper, a crude extract from B. aegyptiaca seeds equivalent to a ratio of 1 : 2000 seeds to the extract was screened for antiplasmodial activity. The determined IC(50) value for the chloroquine-susceptible Plasmodium falciparum NF54 strain was 68.26 μg/μL ± 3.5. Analysis of the extract by g...

Strigolactones are apocarotenoids regulating shoot branching. They are also known to be exuded by plant roots at very low concentrations, stimulating hyphal branching of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and germination of root parasitic weed seeds. We show that strigolactones play a major role in host specificity of Orobanche and Phelipanche (the broomrapes) seed germination. This observation confi...

In the current work, experimentations have been accomplished to assess impact of diffusing nanosilica particles in epoxy matrix on mechanical and thermal performance luffa fibre reinforced composite material. The composition are fixed as 80 : 20 throughout study, is disbanded diversified volume fractions 0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0%, 2.5%, respectively, while preparing luffa/epoxy/nanosilica (LES...

Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Folk (Tribal) medicines are the major systems of indigenous medicines. Over three-quarters of the world population relies mainly on plants and plant extracts for health care. Unlike many diseases, which can be attributed to the life style of modern man, asthma is an ancient illness. Mast cells play an important role in some type of allergic reaction because the antib...

The seeds of Luffa aegyptica Mill, locally known as "ghia torai" (family Cucurbitaceae), have earlier been studied for the saponin and sapogenin contents and found to contain a mixture of colourless saponins which on hydrolysis yields two acid and a neutral sapogenin. The acetates of the two acid genins melted at 266-268" and 176-181" while the neutral genin acetate melted at 262-264O.l The aci...

In the Sahelian zone of Ouaddaï in Chad, Balanites aegyptiaca (L.), Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) and Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. are multipurpose woody species that found agroforestry land use systems contribute to nutrition, health economy local populations. The purpose study is assess natural regeneration population structure these view their domestication. was carried out ...

Luffa reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) bio-composites were prepared and examined. The luffa surface was treated using three chemicals, i.e., sodium hydroxide, 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, acetic anhydride, which enhanced compatibility with PLA. Mechanical testing done on the chemically modified PLA bio-composites, tensile, flexural, hardness, thermal. Infrared spectral functional group morphol...