Natural polymers have captivated the food, cosmetic and medical industries lately, due to their much desired properties such as non-toxicity, non-carcinogenicity, biodegradability, biocompatibility. Xyloglucan is one of natural polymers, with a wide array applications. Tamarind seed which mostly wasted product in tamarind pulp industry highly rich xyloglucan. The kernel powder obtained from see...

The dormancy and seed germination of Tamarindus indica (L) was studied. This involved the usage of some dormancy-releasing methods and the influence of oven dry heat treatments on the seeds. The preliminary germination tests on fresh and air-dried seeds showed low percentage germinability (10-20%). The seeds are known to have high socio-economic value most especially in the savanna regions of t...

Tamarindus indica is widely used as a food and beverage and in traditional medicine. The apparent lack of dose standardization in herbal medicine necessitates the evaluation of the lethality T. indica on Artemia salina nauplii and chicken embryos via in vitro and in vivo techniques. Furthermore, hepatotoxicokinetics of the crude extract and fractions on Wister rats was also assessed. At concent...

Introduction and Aim: Tannase an inducible extracellular microbial enzyme is extensively produced by different fermentation techniques finds wide applications in food, pharmaceutical textile industries. The present investigation focused on tannase production from Aspergillus niger through submerged (SmF) solid-substrate (SSF) using media. was also induced tamarind seeds. Methods Materials: grow...