BACKGROUND AND AIM The use of chewing sticks has been well documented since ancient times in India. Chewing sticks are a good alternative to the toothbrush for maintaining oral hygiene. The present study was designed and conducted to compare and evaluate the antimicrobial effects of the aqueous extracts of neem, miswak, mango, and banyan chewing sticks against two bacterial species considered t...

Essential oils obtained from certain plants have repellent potency against insects such as mosquitoes. Most repellents on the market synthetic formulation of N, N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (DEET) main active ingredient. This study is an attempt to contribute search for effective plant-extracted essential oil, Neem and Orange alternative DEET. The oil Citrus sinensis (sweet orange) peels was ext...

background: to ascertain the effects of tropical leaf meals on semen production and semen quality. objective: this study was conducted with the main objective of investigating the effect of neem leaf meal on physiological responses of rabbit bucks fed graded levels of neem leaf (azadirachta indica a. juss) meal. materials and methods: the varying levels of neem leaf meal (nlm) in the different ...

Caries are the localized destruction of the tissue s of the tooth by bacterial action; either enamel or cementum is demineralized by microbial acids. Traditionally the stem bark of Azadirachta indica was used to clean the teeth due to its antibacterial activity which reduced the incidence of dental caries. In modern life style, the use of Azadirachta indica was minimized and the incidence of de...

The effects of neem oil (Nimbecidine 0.03% Aza) and water extracts of neem seed and leaf on African bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera were studied each at three concentration levels (2.5%, 5% and 10%) under laboratory condition. Square dip and larval immersion experiments were conducted using Completely Randomized Design in three replications. In square dip experiment, high mortalities were statis...

Received: 18/07/2012; Approved: 20/02/2014 Part of the first author Doctorate’s Thesis. Agronomist, Doctor of Science. Departamento de Fitossanidade, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Via de Acesso Professor Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, 14884-900, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil. [email protected] (corresponding author). Agronomist, Doctor of Science. Departamento de Fitossan...

Determining the composition of fruit flies damage to jackfruit and effect some plant extracts prevent fly egg laying was carried out from January November 2022 at Southern Horticultural Research Institute (SOFRI) farms Tan Lap Thanh communes, district, Long An province. The results determining “Changai” species in 15 orchards revealed that there were two species, Bactrocera dorsalis B. umbrosa ...

Most of the commercial poultry growers use antibiotics for growth promotion and to many disadvantages like higher rearing cost, adverse side effects on health of birds, prolonged withdrawal period and residual effects. Some plants and their extracts improve feed intake and enzymatic activity of the birds. A few of these herbs have antimicrobial, Coccidiostatic or anthelmintic effects. A study w...

Azadirachta indica, is locally called as “Neem” belongs to the family Meliaceae. “Neem” is a medicinal herb traditionally used for the treatment of Diabetes, leprosy and Respiratory diseases. The present study was carried out to identify the phytocomponents present in the methanolic extract of the leaves of Azadirachta indica by GC-MS analysis. From the GC-MS results five compounds were identif...

Phytochemical studies were carried out on the plant parts of Jatropha curcas (L.) and Azadirachta indica (A. Juss) found in the South Eastern parts of Nigeria with a view to highlighting their pre-existing secondary metabolites which have varieties of biological activities attributed to them. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of seven secondary metabolites (alkaloids, tannins, saponins, fla...