Albino rats received A. mexicana seed, seed oil and ethanolic seed extracts in different dosages and routes of administration suffered hyperae-sthesia, inappetence, intermittent diarrhea, emaciation and decrease in body weight. Hepatorenal lesions accompanied with increase in serum GOT activity and urea concentration were the pathological findings in rats. INTRODUCTION Argemone mexicana L. a me...

There is an increasing commercial demand for nanoparticles due to their wide applicability in various areas such as electronics, catalysis, chemistry, energy, and medicine. Metallic nanoparticles are traditionally synthesized by wet chemical techniques, where the chemicals used are quite often toxic and flammable. In this work, we describe a cost effective and environment friendly technique for...

Root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) is one of most damaging pathogen vegetables, including carrot (Daucus carota L.). We evaluated nematicidal potential chitosan in combination with chopped leaves Argemone mexicana L., Achyranthes aspera Ricinus communis L. against infestation caused by M. on under both vitro vivo. Infectious stage (J2s) egg masses were exposed to diffe...

Mass mortality of stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis, was observed in a fish farm of Kulgaria, Burdwan in West Bengal, India. The cumulative mortality rates reached up to 5% of the total fish in the farm per day. The clinical signs of the affected fish showed ulcers on the skin which gradually grew in size and progressed to form ulcerous dermatitis. Clinical signs of catfish experimental...