In the present study, stigmasterol has been reported from Pedalium murex L. of pedaliaceae family in vivo and in vitro. Quantification data revealed that the total sterol content was higher in callus than leaves. The in vitro studies showed that the maxmium amount of total sterol was found in 6 weeks old tissue and minimum in 2 weeks old callus culture. In vivo studies showed that higher conten...

BACKGROUND Sesamum radiatum Schum. & Thonn. (Pedaliaceae) is an annual herbaceous plant, which belongs to the family Pedaliaceae and genus Sesamum. Sesame is used in traditional medicine in Africa and Asia for many diseases treatment. Sesame plant especially the leaves, seed and oil are consumed locally as a staple food by subsistence farmers. The study analyses the relaxation induced by the aq...

Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), otherwise known as sesamum or benniseed, member of the family Pedaliaceae, is one of the most ancient oilseeds crop known to mankind. Sesame plays an important role in human nutrition. Most of the sesame seeds are used for oil extraction and the rest are used for edible purposes (El Khier et al, 2008). Sesame is grown primarily for its oil-rich seeds. Before seeds w...

Bien que l’agriculture soit reconnue pour les services qu’elle rend aux citadins, elle peine à se développer dans villes africaines. L’étude a été conduite la commune de Ziguinchor, situé au Sud du Sénégal. Elle vise caractériser des systèmes production végétale urbaine cette et s’est appuyé, essentiellement, sur enquêtes, auprès 390 agriculteurs. Quatre exploités par femmes (74,4%) ont recensé...

ABSTRACf Qualitative and quantitative wood features are reported for 38 species representing 22 genera, including the scandent genera Mendoncia and Thunbergia. Woods of Acanthaceae are characterized by relatively narrow vessels with simple perforation plates and alternate lateral wall pitting, septate libriform fibers, scanty vasicentric axial parenchyma, rays both multiseriate and uniseriate, ...