Antioxidants are the essential defense mechanism to protect the body against free radical damage. The objective of the study was to investigate the in vitro antioxidant activity of different parts of Withania somnifera (leaves, fresh tubers and dry tubers) towards free radical DPPH and the extent of inhibition of lipid peroxidation using hydrogen peroxide as prooxidant. The plant extracts exhib...

Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal is an important medicinal plant with many pharmaceutical and therapeutic uses ranging from immunomodulation to anticancer property. Field cultivation of W. somnifera is time consuming and it not able to meet current global demands. For commercial production of withanolides, field grown plant materials have generally been used but the quality and uniformity in the l...

Dominant white, Dun, and Smoky are alleles at the Dominant white locus, which is one of the major loci affecting plumage color in the domestic chicken. Both Dominant white and Dun inhibit the expression of black eumelanin. Smoky arose in a White Leghorn homozygous for Dominant white and partially restores pigmentation. PMEL17 encodes a melanocyte-specific protein and was identified as a positio...

Abstract Context Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal fruits are used in the therapeutics of several ailments due to possessing potent phytoconstituents which is also traditionally for curing diabetes. Objective The present study was assessing amelioration potential phytochemicals an ethanol fruit extract W. HOMA (Homeostatic model assessment) indices and pancreatic endocrinal tissues by inhibitio...

Imsland, F. 2015. Monogenic Traits Associated with Structural Variants in Chicken and Horse. Allelic and Phenotypic Diversity of Visually Appealing Traits. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1124. 59 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9295-3. Domestic animals have rich phenotypic diversity that can be explored to advan...

Tan Dun is one of the musicians who gained a high reputation in China after Chinese Cultural Revolution. His work embraces principles and Western music, bridging gap between classical music Asian traditional culture. “Buddha Passion” for chorus orchestra or chamber ensemble was composed 2018. This reproduces musical heritage concealed cave paintings painted thousands years ago, which bears itse...