Reading group: Jacques Bayssière (dentist, Montpellier, France) Jean-Pierre Bernard (stomatologist, Geneva, Switzerland) Jean-Loup Coudert (dentist, Lyons, France) Damien Duran (dentist, Toulouse, France) Ahmed Feki (dentist, Strasbourg, France) Jean-Christophe Fricain (dentist, Bordeaux, France) Patrick Girard (dentist, Paris, France) Jean-Claude Harnet (dentist, Strasbourg, France) Jacques Je...

We wish to report the study of the antimicrobial activity of plants collected in the vicinity of a geothermal area in Perak, Malaysia. This is the first report of these species in the vicinity of thextis geothermal area. The plants are Cleome locally known as Maman Pasir of the family Cleomaceae, and icosandra, species of the family Lamiaceae. Both are subshrubs and are Stachytarpheta believed ...

Pawpaw fruit ethylene production, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) synthase (ACS) and ACC oxidase (ACO) activities, and tissue content of the ethylene precursor ACC and conjugate malonyl-ACC (MACC) were measured during postharvest ripening. Fruit were harvested near the advent of the ripening process and were ripened at room temperature. The fruit displayed increases in ethylene prod...

Article history: Received on: 20/01/2015 Revised on: 18/02/2015 Accepted on: 21/03/2015 Available online: 15/05/2015 Annona squamosa and its active alkaloid content (-) Anonaine are known for antiepileptic activity on the basis of literature review. The objective of this study was to establish neuroprotection by Annona squamosa and its active alkaloid content (-) Anonaine as an antiepileptic ag...

Annona squamosa is a multipurpose tree with edible fruits and is a source of medicinal and industrial products. The alkaloids present in Annona squamosa, a medicinal plant has proved to have antioxidant activity. The present study has been designed to evaluate the hepatoprotective effect of custard apple (Annona squamosa) in Diethylnitrosamine (DEN) induced swiss albino mice. Analysis of select...

Annona reticulata es una especie nativa del Neotrópico, poco domesticada, común en huertos familiares y su fruto de sabor agradable. Como estrategia conservación germoplasma, considerando que determinados tratamientos pregerminativos pueden favorecer capacidad germinación, se plantearon dos objetivos: la caracterización morfológica frutos semillas, el estudio respuesta a varios pregerminativos....

Annona muricata, commonly known as soursop, contains annonacin, acetogenin, and polyphenol which are known to have chemopreventive effects on cancer. In this study, we tend to evaluate the apoptosis-inducing effect of soursop (Annona muricata) leaf extract on the colorectal cancer cell line COLO-205 through the activities of caspase-3 which is a marker of cell apoptosis. Cell cultures were incu...