As a part of a programme on possible utilization of indigenous plant extracts in pest management practices, acetone extracts of eight plant species collected in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, were tested for their larvicidal activity against the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti L. The buds of Tail Pepper, Piper cubeba L, Capers Capparis spinosa L and Indian Black Berry, Syzygium cumini...

Caper (Capparis spinosa L.) is a shrubby plant species recalcitrant to vegetative propagation and generally difficult propagate by seeds. This due the difficulties associated with seed germination, root induction from stem cuttings, hardening. Propagation tissue culture would be good alternative promising approach overcome limitations of conventional propagation. Tissue methods can used for clo...

Background: Several plants are used as analgesic in traditional medicine. Capparis spinosa (C. spinosa) is widely for the treatment of gout and rheumatic arthritis. The previous studies have reported antinociceptive effects this plant. Objectives: study was aimed at examining C. spinosa’s gastric-ulcerogenecity effect comparison to indomethacin. Methods: percolated extract Indomethacin were ora...

Objective: Fascioliasis caused by Fasciola hepatica L. (Fasciolidae), a digenetic trematode, is a parasitic disease infecting many people worldwide. The present study was carried out to evaluate the molluscicidal and larvicidal activities of Capparis spinosa L. (Capparaceae) aerial parts against Galba truncatula Müll. (Lymnaeidae) and Fasciola hepatica larval stages contaminating this snail in ...

A dimeric 62-kDa lectin exhibiting a novel N-terminal amino acid sequence was purified from caper (Capparis spinosa) seeds. The purification protocol involved anion-exchange chromatography, cation-exchange chromatography and, finally, gel filtration by FPLC on Superdex 75. Approx. 100-fold purification was achieved. The haemagglutinating activity of the lectin, which was stable in the pH range ...