OBJECTIVE To isolate Salmonella from curry samples and to evaluate the drug sensitivity of the food-borne Salmonella and its susceptibility to specific plant extracts. METHODS Salmonella was isolated from the curry samples by standard microbiological methods and was confirmed by biochemical tests. The antibiotic susceptibility test was conducted by disc diffusion method using commercially ava...

Interviews with 208 mothers of children aged under 5 years were conducted in 21 villages of Jaipur District in Rajasthan State, India, to examine the dietary practices concerning food preferences and restrictions during measles and diarrheal disease. The researcher planned to use the findings to design nutrition education programs. 83.2% of the mothers were illiterate. 80% were of low or mid...

Bio-chemical reduction method was employed to synthesise the silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) by aging the mixture of the aqueous extract of the Trachyspermum Ammi (TA, Ajwain) seeds and AgNO3 solution at different time interval. Reaction time of AgNO3 and TA could accelerate the reduction rate of Ag and affect AgNPs size and concentration of NPs. X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies confirms the forma...

ABSTRACT- Improper seed germination is a serious challenge for medicinal herbs under drought stress conditions in semi-arid and arid regions. A new group of plant growth regulators known as karrikins have been proved useful to improve seed germination in some plants. In this regard, the effects of karrikin on seed germination and vigor of three medicinals under drought stress were examined. See...

Ginger and Ajwain are used extensively in food products, natural medicine to treat certain common diseases as an immunity booster against viral infections. In this work, we report the fabrication of a novel electrochemical sensor based on α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles for detection quantification [6]-Gingerol (GIN) Thymol (THY) which water soluble phytochemicals derived from edible herbs respectively. ...

Elevated atmospheric CO2 (eCO2) can significantly enhance plant metabolism and improve their nutritional quality. Although several studies addressed the effect of eCO2 on plants, to our knowledge, there are no that have applied growth, chemical composition, biological properties ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi) during sprouting. Herein, (620 µmol mol?1) was employed photosynthetic reactions. Improve...