Eclipta prostrata (L.) L. belonging to the Astearaceae family has been long used worldwide by various communities as a traditional medicine. We studied antibacterial activity of different extracts from against Aeromonas hydrophila, dhakensis, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus . The processing this extract using repeated column thin layer chromatographic techniques resulted in isolation three compound...

Section Prostrata of the genus Verticillium was introduced by GAMS (1971) to separate verticillium-like anamorphs of the Clavicipitaceae from other species of the genus that were known or supposed to have affinities with other families of the Hypocreales. Other sections of Verticillium were subsequently described by GAMS & VAN ZAAYEN (1982). MESSNER et al. (1996) showed that the most important ...

Background: The herb Neptunia prostrata Linn. belonging to the family Mimosaceae has been used in folkloric medicine North-eastern states of India Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya by indigenous herbal healers since time immemorial but there is a scarcity any background study documenting its use as an antimicrobial herb. For same, plants were collected authenticated. Methods: Following identificatio...

During a 36-hour period, the rate of absorption of oxygen, respiration quotient, and rate of evolution of heat have been measured using seeds of Prosopis juliflora, Kochia scoparia, and Oxyria digyna. The results obtained in pure water were compared with those obtained in dilute solutions of dinitrolphenol. The data appear to be reproducible to +/- 10% at the end of the 36-hour period and are i...