To develop new antidementia nutraceuticals, a potent acetylcholinesterase (AChE)-inhibiting extract was screened from various extracts of nutritional mushrooms and lichens nutritional and its physicochemical properties were investigated. Among the several extracts tested, methanol extracts of Umbilicaria esculenta fruiting body showed the highest AChE inhibitory activity of 22.4%. U. esculenta ...

In plants, homeodomain proteins play a critical role in regulating various aspects of plant growth and development. KNOX proteins are members of the homeodomain protein family. The KNOX transcription factors have been reported from Arabidopsis, rice, and other higher plants. The recent publication of the draft genome sequence of cassava (Manihot esculenta Krantz) has allowed a genome-wide searc...

SAMUEL H. SIGAL,1,3 PANKAJ RAJVANSHI,1,3 GIRIDHAR R. GORLA,1,4 RANA P. SOKHI,1,3 ROMIL SAXENA,5 DAVID R. GEBHARD, JR.,2 LOLA M. REID,1,2,6,7 AND SANJEEV GUPTA1,2,3 1Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, 2Cancer Research Center, and Departments of 3Medicine, 4Radiation Oncology, 5Pathology, and 6Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461; and 7Center for Ga...

Many members of the monocot mannose-binding lectin family, characterized by specificity towards mannose have been characterized and cloned. A majority of these lectins molecules contain 1-4 polypeptides of about 110 residues each. From the previously solved crystal structures of a few such lectins, mostly from non-edible plants, these lectins are thought to possess a common β-prism II fold stru...

Cassava leaf extract can be developed as a natural food coloring. Food coloring from cassava acetone is made in powder form to make it easier use and more stable storage. This study aims determine the effect of type concentration encapsulation on characteristics dye best encapsulant obtain encapsulate. used factorial randomized block design with two factors. The first factor (maltodextrin gum a...

Preventive and curative control of sclerotium rot disease cocoyam cormel (Colocasia esculenta [L., Scott]) using plant extracts Trichoderma koningii Nwauzoma Akagbuo Bartholomew, Jaja Tamunodiari Emylia, Njoku Chibuzor

The distribution of chitinolytic enzymes in eight organs of the golden cuttlefish Sepia esculenta was determined. Chitinase activity (activity of endo-type chitinolytic enzyme) was measured using pNP-(GlcNAc)n (n = 2, 3) as substrates, with high activity detected in the liver, posterior salivary gland, and stomach. β-N-acetylhexosaminidase (Hex) activity (activity of exo-type chitinolytic enzym...

Nymphs and adults of the lace bug (Hemiptera: Tingidae) have been found in cassava crops (Manihot esculenta) in Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. The insects were collected in the field and taken to the laboratory where they were identified based on some morphological traits of the species Vatiga manihotae (Drake) and V. illudens (Drake), which are first reported in the aforementioned state.