B.Umamaheswari & S.Rajalakshmi – Department of Microbiology, Idhaya College for women Kumbakonam. Guided by: Miss. B.Umamaheswari, M.Sc., M.Phil,-lecturer in microbiology, Idhaya College for women ABSTRACT In the present study the Indian spices extracts of Piper nigrum, Foeniculum vulgare, Syzyigum aromaticum and Elettaria cardamomum was used for antibacterial activity assay. The test organism ...

Foeniculum vulgare Mill. commonly known as fennel, belongs to family Apiaceae. The aqueous and alcoholic seed extracts of Foeniculum vulgare Mill. were evaluated for their antifungal activity against Alternaria alternata, Mucor rouxii and Aspergillus flavus. The method used for determination of antifungal activity of both aqueous and alcoholic seed extracts was agar well diffusion method. The a...

Two diglucoside stilbene trimers and a benzoisofuranone derivative were isolated from Foeniculum vulgare fruit together with nine known compounds. Their structures were elucidated by spectral methods including 1D, 2D NMR and MS and chemical methods. Antioxidant activity was tested using three methods: DPPH(), total antioxidant capacity and assay of lipid peroxidation.

 Net photosynthesis rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (gs) and transpiration rate (E) of anise hyssop were measured during the four cloudless days, in reference to diurnal fluctuations of leaf temperature (Tleaf), leaf vapor pressure deficit (VPD leaf) and photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) in well watered (WW), stressed (S) and recovered (R) plants. An analysis of measured data showed tha...

Kattusirakam or Vanajira is an important fruit drug in Siddha and Ayurveda systems of Medicine. The market sample of Madras has been identified in our laboratory as the fruits, commonly known as seeds of Centratherum anthelminticum (Willd) Kuntz. (Syn. Veronia anthelmintica Willd) of the family Compositate. The morphology, anatomy, fluorescence analysis and chemical characters of the drug are d...

BACKGROUND The foraging choices of honey bees are influenced by many factors, such as floral aroma. The composition of volatile compounds influences the bioactivity of the aromatic plants and honey produced from them. In this study, Agastache rugosa was evaluated as part of a project to select the most promising medicinal plant species for production of bioactive honey. METHODS Headspace soli...

This protocol describes the state of knowledge on safety in use preparations from fruits sweet and bitter fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill. Foeniculum piperitum (Ucria) C.Presl) at time drafting before full assessment is carried out, outlines questions sub-questions, specifies evidence needs, provides a detailed plan for assessment. It applied to first three risk steps: hazard identification, ch...

The use of plants to provide nectar and pollen resources to natural enemies through habitat management is a growing focus of conservation biological control. Current guidelines frequently recommend use of annual plants exotic to the management area, but native perennial plants are likely to provide similar resources and may have several advantages over exotics. We compared a set of 43 native Mi...

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