African marigold, being tall enough and producing large flowers suitable for preparing garlands, is the most cultivated cultivar of marigold in Nepal. Besides, pinching other improved cultural techniques, a number chemicals, hormones phyto-hormones are tested found to impart varying response marigold. This review has its importance standardizing type concentration plant growth regulators Online...

The role of dietary phyto-oestrogens in health has been of continued interest and debate, but data available on the distribution of intake in the Australian diet are scarce. Therefore, we aimed to estimate phyto-oestrogen consumption in Australian women, describe the pattern of intake and identify correlates of high phyto-oestrogen intake. Study participants were 2078 control women (18-79 years...

BACKGROUND It is well established that the growth of the prostate gland is a hormone-dependent phenomenon involving both androgenic and estrogenic control. Proliferation of prostate cells is, at least in part, under control of estrogen receptor beta (ER-beta). Phytoestrogens bind ER-beta with high affinity and therefore may have antiproliferative effects in the prostate. METHODS The prostates...

The antimicrobial activity and preliminary phyto-chemical studies on whole plant of Stachytarpheta jamaicensis were evaluated. The shade dried and coarsely powdered plant was successively extracted with n-hexane, chloroform and alcohol in Soxhlet apparatus. The antimicrobial activity of chloroform and alcohol extracts were evaluated by disc diffusion method and the MIC was determined. Prelimina...

The activation of phospholipase D (PLD) produces phosphatidic acid (PA), whereas plant sphingosine kinase (SPHK) phosphorylates long-chain bases to generate long-chain base-1-phosphates such as phytosphingosine-1-phosphate (phyto-S1P). PA and phyto-S1P have been identified as lipid messengers. Recent studies have shown that PA interacts directly with SPHKs in Arabidopsis, and that the interacti...

Solid lipid nanoparticle (SLN) delivery systems have a wide applicability in the delivery of phyto-bioactive compounds to treat various chronic diseases, including diabetes, cancer, obesity and neurodegenerative diseases. The multiple benefits of SLN delivery include improved stability, smaller particle size, leaching prevention and enhanced lymphatic uptake of the bioactive compounds through o...

In vitro plantlet regeneration has been obtained from 20-25days old seedling shoot tip segments of Cucumis melo (L.). We were examined using various phyto hormones individually and in combination on Murashige and Skoog (MS) semi solid medium supplemented with BAP (1.0-3.0 mg/L) Kn (1.0-3.0 mg/L),IAA (0.5 mg/L)+ BAP (1.0-3.0 mg/L) and IAA (0.5 mg/L)+Kn (1.0-3.0 mg/L) for multiple shoots prolifer...

The main purpose of the studies presented in this paper is twofold: 1) to evaluate whether phyto-adaptogens (Acanthopanax senticosus and Rhodiola rosea) are able to exert a protective action against stress-induced death of embryos of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis; and 2) whether a possible protective action by phyto-adaptogens can be explained by the induction of heat shock proteins. Enhance...

A grazing experiment was carried out to study the concentration of phyto-oestrogens in herbage for cattle and in milk during two periods (May and June). Forty-eight Danish Holstein cows were divided into four groups with four treatment diets; white clover, red clover, lucerne and chicory-rich pastures. Each experimental period lasted 15 days. Herbage samples from the first day and individual mi...