Antifungal activities of Ocimum gratissimum The O. gratissimum essential oils have given good responses when tested for their antifungicidal activities against a wide range of fungal pathogens in plants and animal. O.gratissimum with five chemotypes is very common folk medicine in tropics and among these ethyl cinnamate is very a common Indian chemotype with antifungal activities (Dubey et al.‚ 2000) Dried or fresh plant samples possess antimycotic properties and have potentiality to treat superficial
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easily be scrubbed away compared to other molds. ( What is Mold?‚ 2016 ) Some molds found in homes are aspergillus and cladosporium. Aspergillus is an allergen that can cause hay fever‚ asthma‚ and lung infections. Toxic molds include Aspergillus‚ Fusarium‚ Pennicillium‚ Memnoniella‚ Trichoderma‚ and Stachybotrys. Stachybotrys is known as black mold. It is a contaminant normally found on wet cellulose materials such as paper‚ cotton‚ and wood. It produces a poisonous toxin that is fatal to animals
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that is known as the ‘foolish seedling’-disease in Japan. The plants grow extremely fast‚ look spindly and pale and break off easily. KUROSAWA detected that the reason for this abnormal growth is a substance that is secreted by a parasitic fungi (Fusarium moniliforme = Gibberella fujikuroi). It was termed gibberellin. During the thirties was gibberellin isolated and crystallized by Japanese scientists from Tokyo (YABUTA and SUMIKI )‚ though it was almost forgotten in the following years. In 1956
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Nutritional and environmental impact on carcinogenesis Nutritional and environmental impact on carcinogenesis Tumor: A mass of cells which growth is atypical when referenced to the normal surrounding tissue structure. Neoplasm: Literally means “new growth” and is a term commonly used the same way that the term tumor is used. An abnormal mass of tissue‚ the growth of which exceeds and is uncoordinated with that of the normal tissues and persists in the same excessive manner after
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1. INTRODUCTION Herbs and herbal preparations are in use for the treatment of various diseases throughout human history. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) statistics‚ 70–80% of the world’s population appeals to plant-derived traditional treatment methods for the solution of health problems (I. Ahmad et al.‚ 2006).However‚ it is well known that consumption of plants and plant products‚ of which the content and the toxicity profile and safe dose were not determined‚ by humans and animals
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Biodegradation of Deltamethrin from S1 Fungal Isolate Janice Dsouza‚ Surajvanshikumar Suvarna‚ Seekha Parida‚ Anudurga Gajendiran and Jayanthi Abraham VIT UNIVERSITY VELLORE Abstract: Microbial biodegradation is a promising approach for recovery of environmental sites contaminated with pesticides and an effective way to remove toxicants. Deltamethrin is the most commonly used pyrethroid in agricultural practices commonly used in different geographical parts of the world. It is detected in many environmental
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DELA CRUZ‚ CYNTHIA GRACE C. 2008-13749 FS 125 March 10‚ 2012 ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS 1. Introduction Food preservation has long been practiced since the olden times with processes such as heating ‚ drying‚ fermentation and refrigeration. In spite of this‚ physical methods are not enough to eliminate all microorganisms found in foods. Therefore‚ antimicrobial agents are needed to destroy these foodborne pathogens‚ so that the food will have a longer shelf-life. As technology progresses‚ improvements
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Biosynthesis‚ characterization and applications of biosurfactant produced by Pseudomonas cepacia using de-oiled rice-bran Garima Bhardwaj1‚ Swaranjit Singh Cameotra2‚ Harish Kumar Chopra1* 1*Department of Chemistry‚ Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology‚ Longowal - 148106‚ Distt. Sangrur (Pb.)‚ India. E-mail: hk67@rediffmail.com Fax: 91-1672-280072; Tel: 91-1672-305204 (O) 2Institute of Microbial Technology‚ Sector-39-A‚ Chandigarh-160036‚ India Abstract: Pseudomonas cepacia MTCC
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Food and Chemical Toxicology 45 (2007) 1650–1661 www.elsevier.com/locate/foodchemtox A comparison of chemical‚ antioxidant and antimicrobial studies of cinnamon leaf and bark volatile oils‚ oleoresins and their constituents q Gurdip Singh b a‚* ‚ Sumitra Maurya a‚1 ‚ M.P. deLampasona b‚ Cesar A.N. Catalan b a Chemistry Department‚ DDU Gorakhpur University‚ Gorakhpur 273 009‚ India Instituto de Quimica Organica‚ Universidad Nacional de Tucuman‚ Ayacucho 471‚ S.M. de Tucuman
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negundo: Study found a new isolated flavone glycoside and a known compound to have significant antifungal activity against Tricophyton mentagrophytes and Cryptococcus neoformans. (2) Ethanol extract of fruit seeds showed significant activity against Fusarium solani and moderate response against Microsporum canis with no effect against C albicans. • Larvicidal: Differential larvicidal efficacy of four species of Vitex against Culex quinquefasciatus larvae: The methanolic extracts of all Vitex species
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