The complete amino acid sequences of [2Fe-2S] ferredoxins from Scopolia japonica and Lycium chinense have been determined by automated Edman degradation of the entire Cm-proteins and of the peptides obtained by enzymatic digestions. These two ferredoxins exhibited only 2-7 differences in the amino acid sequence when compared to the Datura-ferredoxins (D. stramonium, D. metel, and D. arborea), a...

The antifungal effect of aqueous extracts of four plant species viz; Azadaracta indica A. Juss., Datura metel L. var. quinquecuspida Torr., Ocimum sanctum L. and Parthenium hysterophorus L. was determined in vitro study. It was found that all the plant extracts at 40% concentration were effective in reducing the mycelial growth of F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceri. Among these plants extracts, A. indi...

background: to solve the problems caused by using synthetic pesticides in agricultural fields and aquaculture ponds studies are being carried out on the feasibility of using biopesticides or plant extracts, which are less toxic. extensive research is being carried out by researchers globally to manufacture pesticides using plant extracts. the present study evaluated the effect of datura metel p...

Hyoscyamine (atropine) and scopolamine are the predominant tropane alkaloids in the Datura genus, occurring in all plant organs. The assessment of the alkaloid content of various plant parts is essential from the viewpoint of medical use, but also as a potential risk of toxicity for humans and animals. Therefore, a reliable method for the determination of tropane alkaloid content is of high imp...

Phytochemical screening of various fractions of Datura alba showed bioactive secondary metabolites based on microbial and antioxidant activities. n-Hexane fraction showed a significant activity against three selected bacterial strains; Bacillus subtilis, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus while other isolated fraction showed moderate activity. The ethyl acetate (88.89 %) and methan...

Efforts have been made to assess some plant extracts namely, Lycopersicon esculentum, Tagetus patula, Achras sapota, Azadirachta indica, Datura metel, Cymbopogon citrates, Polyalthia longifolia, Allium sativum and Allium cepa in vitro for the management of leaf spot (tikka) disease of groundnut cultivar Dhaka-1 caused by Cercospora arachidicola and Cercosporidium personatum. Results indicated t...

The aim of this work was to investigate and compare the phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activities of different crude extracts from dry and fresh leaves of Datura metel. Different organic solvents including methanol, chloroform, hexane, ethyl acetate and butanol were used to prepare the crude extracts from the fresh and dry leaves. Antimicrobial activities of different crude extracts ...

A study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of three selected botanicals namely leaf extract of Neem (Azadirachta indica), Debdaru (Polyalthia longifolia) and datura (black) (Datura metel) along with Bavistin (Carbendazim) and BAU-biofungicide (Trichoderma harzianum) against leaf spot disease (tikka) of groundnut caused by Cercospora arachidicola and Cercosporidium personatum at the Fie...

Epilachna vigintioctopunctata is an important pest that causes considerable economic losses to many crops including egg-plants. The crude aqueous extracts of leaves from three indigenous plants namely Ricinus communis, Calotropis procera and Datura metel were used against this beetle aiming at its control under laboratory conditions. Larvicidal bioassays of the extracts showed the following ord...