Eggplant (Solanum melongena) is one of the most common vegetables consumed all around the world. It is a very rich source of polyphenol compounds endowed with antioxidant activity. The current study evaluated the antioxidant potential of seven different varieties of eggplant carr...
This study evaluates in vitro antiplasmodial and cytotoxicity activity of an ornamental plant commonly employed in Northern part of Nigeria for curing malaria infection. Fresh mature leaves of Erythrina senegalensis were collected, air dried, ground, percolated in ethanol for two...
Current research work comprises Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) study of two members of Portulaca Family namely, Portulaca pilosa & Portulaca quadrifida Linn. Portulaca pilosa is well known ornamental plant whereas Portulaca quadrifida Linn. is a weed. Both are known for th...
Aims: Trewia nudiflora Linn. (Euphorbiaceae) which is a soft wooded tropical dioecious tree is used as traditional medicinal tree in many countries. Hence, this study was designed to assess the antibacterial activity of fruit extract of Trewia nudiflora against twelve pathogenic...
Background: Working with bioactive substances from the medicinal plant requires various steps from plant extract preparation to the calculation for scientific evaluation and safe medicinal plant extract administration. The paper aims to discuss procedures involve in evaluating bi...
Aims: Arabinoxylan is a complex non-starchy polysaccharide classified under dietary fiber group which mainly contains the cell wall of the cereals. In the food industry, commercially available arabinoxylan is used as a gelling agent, thickener, stabilizer and emulsifier. Leaves o...
African Baobab (Adansonia digitata L., Malvaceae) is an important indigenous food tree species for food security, nutrition, income generation and medicine for rural people in Africa. This research was aimed to examine medicinal and nutritional value of Adansonia digitata’s leave...
Sooriya Arachchige Sachini Jayawardana, Jayanetti Koralalage Ramani Radhika Samarasekera, Gardhi Hettiarachchige Chamari Madhu Hettiarachchi, Mahavidanage Jaanaki Gooneratne, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Rehan Imad & Ambreen Naz·South Asian Research Journal of Natural Products·2020
Background: The adverse side effects of cancer management and the increasing rate of mortality associated with cancers create a necessity to discover alternative strategies in cancer management and new anticancer agents especially derived from plant materials. Aims: This study wa...
Aim: This research was carried out to examine the inhibitory activity of protein isolate from bambara groundnut on alpha-amylase and lipase in vitro, and to study the effect of temperature, pH and substrate concentration on the enzymes in vitro. Place and Duration of Study: Depar...
Aims: This study was carried out to examine and characterize the effects of protein isolates from unripe plantain on enzymes linked with type-2 diabetes(α-amylase) and obesity (Pancreatic Lipase) using an in vitro model. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biochemistry, La...