Fresh water bodies in populated plains of tropical countries face various disturbances in the form of pollutant and nutrient inflow, heavy metal and elemental precipitation (wet or dry) and constant silt inflow (natural or anthropogenic). The physico-chemical characteristics are very much important for any water body. In lentic water bodies these characteristics shows very much variation becaus...

Abstract The aim of this study was to estimate sample size for the physical and physico- chemical characteristics peduncles nuts cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) as an aid in research using classical analytical methods near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. Sample sizes were estimated by means uniform stratified sampling, comprising six strata (S1, S2, ..., S6) corresponding clones A+C 276/1, BRS ...

A series of basic carboxamides of actagardine (1), a lantibiotic possessing good antistreptococcal activity, were synthetized. Some physico-chemical characteristics, in particular charge and lipophilicity, that influence water solubility were determined. The in vitro and in vivo activity was evaluated. The monocarboxamides were generally more active than actagardine against selected Gram-positi...

A novel compound MS-444 was isolated from the culture broth of a bacterial strain KY7123. The strain was identified as Micromonospora sp. from its morphological and cultural characteristics. The compound inhibited the activity of purified smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase with an IC50 value of 10 microM. The production, isolation, physico-chemical properties and biological activities of M...

Quality of water is an important criterion for evaluating the suitability of water for irrigation and drinking. In the present study the analysis of water samples from different sources like open wells, bore wells, farm ponds and streams/rivers of twenty villages of Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, South-western Kamataka has been carried out. The physico-chemical characteristics of t...