BACKGROUND Crotalaria pallida Ailton is a plant belonging to the Fabaceae family, popularly known as "rattle or rattlesnake" and used in traditional medicine to treat swelling of the joints and as a vermifuge. Previous pharmacological studies have also reported anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antifungal activities. Nevertheless, scientific information regarding this species is scarce, and ...

Two new species of Fabaceae-Papilionoideae are described and illustrated. Crotalaria suffruticosa from Karul Ghat region of Maharashtra is morphologically close to C. albida and C. epunctata. C. multibracteata from Panhala region of Maharashtra resembles C. vestita. C. suffruticosa differs from C. albida and C. epunctata in its habit, leaf, inflorescence, callosity, keel type, stigma, style mor...

Two 2″-isopropenyl dihydrofuran isoflavonoids (1 and 3), one 2″-isopropenyl dihydrofuran chromone (2), as well as 13 known compounds were isolated from the herbs of Crotalaria albida. Their structures and relative configurations were elucidated via NMR and HRESIMS analyses. The 2″ S absolute configuration of 1 and 2 were deduced by comparing their NOESY spectra with that of 3, which was determi...

BACKGROUND A suture material producing least tissue reaction is considered as ideal. Other characteristics like tensile strength, capacity to sustain sterilization process enhance its acceptability. In the present situation there is a need to reascertain the relevance and utility of these materials. Among the suture materials mentioned by Sushrutacharya, Moorva (Sansevieria roxburghiana) and Sh...

Watermelon mosaic viruses 1 and 2 (WMV-1 and WMV-2) have both been collected in south and central Florida, but WMV-1 has been most prevalent in the southern and WMV-2 in the central counties. All WMV infections sampled from 1964 to 1969 in Collier and Hendry coun ties of south Florida were caused by WMV-1. Melothria pendula L., a native perennial cucurbitaceous weed, was found to be an over win...

The present work attempts to carry out preliminary phytochemical screening, detailed pharmacognostic study and physicochemical evaluation of leaf of Crotalaria pallida. Crotalaria pallida Aiton. is a plant with vast medicinal properties. The plant has been traditionally used for the treatment of swelling of joints , fever , vermifuge, skin diseases and also The plant and its parts are reported ...

Cultivation of cover crops in the off-season and use multifunctional microorganisms are strategic technologies to ensure sustainability upland rice production. The objective this work was determine effect mix cultivated on growth promotion plants, under no-tillage systems conducted Brazilian Cerrado. experimental design a complete randomized blocks 6x2 factorial scheme with four replications. t...

Crotalaria juncea Linn. (leguminoceae), is used as medicine in the traditional system of Indian medicine for the treatment of anaemia, impetigo, menorrhagia, psoriasis etc. The objective of this study was to evaluate antibacterial activity of the seed and flower parts of C. juncea. The ethanol extract of flowers part (CJFEE) and seeds part (CJSEE) were evaluated for the antibacterial activity b...