The current study was carried out to test the root hair extract of Carex baccans, a traditionally used medicinal plant by the natives (Jaintia tribes) of Northeast India, for its anthelmintic efficacy on the trematode Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex. The test parasites were exposed to different concentrations of the root hair extract of the plant and praziquantel, a broad-spectrum anthelmintic at...

Margaritaria discoidea is a medicinal plant used for the treatment of various body pains in Central, Eastern and Southern Africa. The aqueous extract of its stem bark was investigated for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities in animal models. The extract at 50, 100 and 200mg/kg body weight reduced significantly the formation of oedema induced by carrageenan and histamine. In the aceti...

This study was carried out to assess the antimicrobial activities of Sphenocentrum jollyanum and Mangifera indica extract on Salmonella typhi. The antimicrobial activities of these plant extract <50% ethanol was tested against Salmonella typhi mostly belongs to pathogenic bacteria, by agar well diffusion method. The crude extracts showed a broad extract spectrum of an antibacterial activity inh...

The basic objective of this work was to identify and estimate the active constituents present in the herb Coldenia procumbens Linn. A survey of literature showed that the plant has not been exploited properly and remains a silent drug in herbal medicine. In this work, the coumestan derivative wedelolactone was identified in the methanolic extract of the plant by TLC. The concentration of wedelo...

Velvetbean (Mucuna spp.) is a summer annual that has been used as a cover crop to reduce erosion, fix nitrogen and suppress weeds and plant-parasitic nematodes. Crude aqueous extracts (1:15 dry weight plant/volume water) were made from velvetbean plant parts, and various concentrations of the extracts were evaluated in vitro for toxicities to different stages of Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid an...

Many endophytes have beneficial effects on plants and can be exploited in biotechnological applications. Studies hypothesize that only 0.001-1% of all plant-associated bacteria are cultivable. Moreover, even after successful isolations, many endophytic bacteria often show reduced regrowth capacity. This research aimed to optimize isolation processes and culturing these bacteria afterwards. We c...

Efforts have been made to assess some plant extracts namely, Lycopersicon esculentum, Tagetus patula, Achras sapota, Azadirachta indica, Datura metel, Cymbopogon citrates, Polyalthia longifolia, Allium sativum and Allium cepa in vitro for the management of leaf spot (tikka) disease of groundnut cultivar Dhaka-1 caused by Cercospora arachidicola and Cercosporidium personatum. Results indicated t...

Methanolic extract from lyophilized roots of Impatiens glandulifera Royle was analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography using DAD and FLD detection and this revealed one dominant highly fluorescent very unstable substance. The stability of this derivative is strongly dependent on the plant material drying procedure and extraction procedure used. The structure of the substance was estab...

The experiment was conducted at Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute farm, Joydebpur, Gazipur during March to July 2007 to evaluate the bioefficacy of some plant extracts in controlling Cercospora leaf spot of mungbean. Six indigenous plant species i.e. Neem leaves extract (1:4 w/v), Garlic cloves extract (1:5 w/v), Biskatali leaves extract (1:4 w/v), Alamanda leaves extract (1:6 w/v), Ar...