Long before ancient healers had any idea of how the human body fought disease, they prescribed neem for disorders as diverse as leprosy, gastro-intestinal problems, malaria, ringworms, diabetes, colic, anorexia, boils, epilepsy and ulcers. The first two books of Ayurveda, the Caraka Samhita and Susruta Samhita, include nearly a hundred references to neem that date back two to four centuries bef...

BACKGROUND Different strains of influenza virus are affecting a large number of people worldwide. Many synthetic antiviral medicines are available for influenza virus in the market. But still there is a need for the development of universal drugs against these strains of influenza virus. METHODS For this purpose conserved residues within the influenza virus nucleoprotein have been retrieved. ...

Neem (Azadirachta indica) has been widely used as a traditional medicine and several bioactive compounds have been isolated from this species, but to date no potent allelopathic active substance has been reported. Therefore, we investigated possible allelopathic property and phytotoxic substances with allelopathic activity in neem. An aqueous methanol extract of neem leaves inhibited the growth...

The Neem Platform is a research test bed for Project Neem, concerned with the development of socially and culturally aware collaborative systems in a wide range of domains, through development of situated applications that target specific group cultures and alternative theories. The Neem Platform is a generic (application neutral) component-based framework that provides functionality that facil...

This study examines the controlled release behavior of both water-soluble (acetaminophen, caffeine, theophylline and salicylic acid) and water insoluble (indomethacin) drugs derived from Caesalpinia pulcherrima seed Gum isolated from Caesalpinia pulcherrima kernel powder. It further investigates the effect of incorporating diluents such as microcrystalline cellulose and lactose on caffeine rele...

Induced resistance is an important component of disease-resistance response of plants, and is accompanied by increased capability for activating defense responses upon pathogen ingress or elicitor treatment. Aqueous leaf extract of neem (Azadirachta indica Juss.) provided the control of Alternaria leaf spot pathogen (Alternaria sesami) of sesame (Sesamum indicum L: Syn. S. orientale L). Treatme...

The Neem Platform is a research test bed for Project Neem, concerned with the development of socially and culturally aware group systems. The Neem Platform is a generic framework for the development of augmented collaborative applications, mainly targeting synchronous distributed collaboration over the internet. It supports rapid prototyping, as well as Wizard of Oz experiments to ease developm...

Fish and other organisms are affected by pesticides which pollute the natural water through agricultural runoff. Fishes are common bioindicators of water pollution. In the present study bioassay of synthetic pesticide, Dichlorvos and a plant origin natural pesticide, Neem-On was separately done on Labeo rohita. Data obtained from the toxicity tests were evaluated using the Probit Analysis Stati...

Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of methanol extracts of three herbal plants namely garlic, Glycyrrhiza and Neem against three local Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) isolates were determined using micro dilution method. A constant number (108CFU/ml) of three MG isolates were used after confirmation through polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A total of 50 mg/ml concentration of each extract w...