The petroleum ether and chloroform fractions of ethanol extract of leaf and stem from the plant Passiflora edulis (Fam: Passifloraceae) was subjected to antioxidant, antibacterial and cytotoxic activity. All the fractions showed potent antioxidant activity, of which the chloroform and petroleum ether fraction of stem demonstrated the strongest antioxidant activity with the IC50 value of 51.28 μ...

The discovery in this laboratory by Lynch and French (1) that A3-carotene partially restores the photochemical activity lost by petroleum ether extraction of chloroplasts suggests that this pigment is ain active component of the photosynthetic mechanism. This observation prompted the present inquiry to determine whether ,8-carotene is specific for such reactivation or whether other fat soluble ...

P.A. Kulakow and L. Erickson Department of Agronomy, Throckmorton Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506; Phone: (785) 532-7239; e-mail: [email protected]. Department of Chemical Engineering, Durland Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506; Phone: (785) 5324313; e-mail: [email protected]. ABSTRACT The TPH (total petroleum hydrocarbon) subgroup of the RTDF (Remediation Technolo...

Hyptis Suaveolens (L.)Poit is a traditional pubescent annual herb found throughout India. On the basis of its traditional use and literature references, this plant was selected for the screening of wound healing property. The leaves of Hyptis Suaveolens were exhaustively extracted by soxhlet apparatus with different solvents like petroleum ether, solvent ether, chloroform, alcohol and chlorofor...