Airborne biological allergens trigger an allergic response required for the development of atopic disease. Biological allergens are released into the air by wind, rain and active discharge mechanisms. In this review article an attempt has been made to evaluate the published literature on prevalence and types of air borne allergens in India. Important pollen allergens reported from India were: P...

During a 36-hour period, the rate of absorption of oxygen, respiration quotient, and rate of evolution of heat have been measured using seeds of Prosopis juliflora, Kochia scoparia, and Oxyria digyna. The results obtained in pure water were compared with those obtained in dilute solutions of dinitrolphenol. The data appear to be reproducible to +/- 10% at the end of the 36-hour period and are i...

Objetivou-se comparar a eficiência entre sete protocolos adaptados para extração de DNA genômico da espécie Prosopis juliflora (Sw). DC. Os utilizados tiveram como base em seus tampões: SDS 10%; CTAB 5%; Sorbitol, 3% e Sorbitol; 0,7% NaCl; 2%; 2% NaCl 1,4M. Em todos os testes, eliminou-se o uso β-mercaptoetanol, nitrogênio líquido, proteinase K RNAses. As amostras consistiram primórdios folhiar...

Study on production of briquettes from two invasive forest weeds, i.e., Lantana camara and Prosopis juliflora was carried out. The experiments were out using a 70 mm industrial briquetting unit. optimum moisture content for found around 10–12%. biomass to have high density (1.1 g cm-3). In this study, fuel properties (proximate ultimate analysis), combustion characteristics ash elemental compos...

Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) is a highly synanthropic species, which has been benefitted by the increase of livestock in recent decades (Sick, 1997). The species originates from the Old World and spread to all the continents, with the exception of Antarctica (Martínez-Vilalta and Moltis, 1992). Three current concerns of this expansion and population growth are: competition for re...

Intoxication by pods of Prosopis juliflora (mesquite beans) causes an impairment of cranial nerve function in cattle and goats. In goats, vacuolation of neurons in the trigeminal motor nuclei has been reported. To study the lesions in cattle caused by consumption of P. juliflora pods and dry ground pods, eight 6- to 12-month-old male cattle were divided into 4 groups: group 1 was fed a ration c...