A study was conducted to evaluate the in vitro efficacy of different essential oils management post-harvest fruit rot banana. It carried out completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications and six treatments at Nepal Plant Diseases Agro Associates (NPDA). The each treatments: cinnamon oil (Cinnamomum verum), mustard (Brassica oleracea), castor (Ricinus communis), neem (Azadirachta in...

The present study explores the association of Aspergillus niger with stored raw and powdered ingredients of Triphala Churn, which is a 1:1:1 proportional combination of Emblica officinalis Gaertn. (Amla), Terminalia bellerica (Gaertn.) Roxb. (Baheda), and Terminalia chebula Retz. (Harada) respectively. Total 106 stored fruits and 68 powdered samples of E. officinalis, T. bellerica and T. chebul...

Halitosis is an oral malodor condition in the cavity that comes from breakdown of protein by anaerobic gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. Some bacteria are often found cases halitosis Solobacterium moorei, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Prevotella intermedia, Treponema denticola, dan Streptococcus mutans. Medicinal plants to treat various disease...

A trial was conducted to examine the effect of cinnamon essential oil supplementation on lamb growth performance and meat quality. Sixteen male lambs were randomly assigned to two groups. The first group served as control and was given a basal diet, and the second group was given the same diet supplemented with cinnamon oil (1 ml/kg of concentrated feed) for 35 days. Incorporation of cinnamon o...

Back ground: Ayurvedic medicines play an important role in gastro intestinal problems due to safety and efficacy in it. Hence churna meant for digestive property has been formulated by standard procedures and evaluated by physical and analytical methods. Method: The formulation consists of fine powder (sieve 60 size) of dried rhizomes of Zingiber officinale, fruits of Foeniculum vulgarae, barks...

Four commonly used spices plants in Iran were evaluated for cytotoxicity effect using Brine Shrimp Lethality (BSL) assay. Essential oils and various extracts of Heracleum persicum, Nigella arvensis, Cinnamomum zeylanicum and Zingiber officinale were assessed by two methods of disk and solution of BSL. Data were processed in probit-analysis program to estimate LC50 values. All of the tested frac...

Over 28,200 tonnes (t) of essential oils are produced worldwide every year at an estimated value of $18 billion, of which China contributes about 16,600 t. African countries collectively contribute less than 1% of global production. One of the major factors limiting increased trade and market penetration of African essential oils has been the lack of quality standards, inability to consistently...

Aqueous extracts of 30 plants were investigated for their antioxidant properties using DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging capacity assay, oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assay, superoxide dismutase (SOD) assay, and ferric reducing antioxidant potential (FRAP) assay. Total phenolic content was also determined by the Folin-Ciocalteu method. Antioxidant properties and total phenolic conten...

The aim of this study was to use dried corn silk powder variety VL Baby corn-1 for formulation flavoured herbal tea with different combination Thyme (Trachyspermum ammi), Clove (Syzygium aromaticum), Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum), Timur (Zanthoxylum alatum), Tulsi (Holy basil) (Ocimum tenuiflorum), Gandraini (Achillea millefolium), Lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus), Blend (Clove + Gandraini), and...