Efficacy of some local plants in the management of Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin contamination was investigated. Aqueous extracts of rhizome of Zingiber officinalis and leaf extracts of Trigonella foenum-graecum inhibited aflatoxin production to a significant level. While solvent extracts of Zingiber officinalis and Oxalis corniculata could suppress both the growth and aflatoxin production b...

present study reports analgesic activity of petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanolic extracts of leaves and seeds of trigonella foenum-graecum linn. (fabaceae) using hot plate method for evaluation of central analgesic activity and acetic acid induced writhing test for evaluation of peripheral analgesic activity in mice.   all the extracts of trigonella foenum-graecum showed si...

the objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of metal mobilizing agents, ethelynediaminetetraacetic acid (edta) and salicylic acid (sa), on the accumulation and translocation of lead (pb) and nickel (ni) by fenugreek ( trigonellafoenum-graecum l . ) plants in contaminated soil. edta and sa were amended at 100 mm and 1.0 mm respectively. pb and ni content were estimated using ic...