The presence of natural antioxidant in plants is well known. Plant phenolics constitute one of the major groups of components that act as antioxidant and free radical terminator. Hence, this study focused on investigating the antioxidant activity of Celery plant (Apium graveolens...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i430160
Rice blast caused by ascomycetes fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, is mostly considered the utmost significant disease of rice worldwide since its widespread dissemination and destructiveness under conducive conditions. Experiments were conducted in phylloplane of rice plants to study t...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i330158
Aim: The quest for unveiling the potentials of underutilized tropical starches as nanoparticle disintegrants in drug delivery system was the focus of this research work. Place of Study: The analyses were carried out in the laboratory of Chemistry Department, University of Medical...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i330157
The growing problem of water scarcity and absolute constraint in availability of fresh water for irrigation has made the use of waste water necessary for irrigation of agricultural fields. This practice represents an important route for transmission of heavy metals toxicity and p...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i330156
To evaluate the effects of jute agro textile mulches on yield and yield attributes, water use efficiency of banana as well as physicochemical and biological properties of soil under banana production. The study was conducted in the experimental farm of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i330155
A number of local butchers in Uyo metropolis usually make use of used scrap car tyres (USCT) and condemned plastics (CPS) as close substitutes for firewood to singe slaughtered ruminants. This study evaluated the effect of singeing materials on the distribution of some metals (Cd...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i230153
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2018 at College Farm, College of Agriculture, PJTSAU to evaluate the effect of various sources of zinc and iron on grain yield, nutrient uptake and grain quality parameters of finger millet. The experiment was laid out in a randomize...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i230154
A field experiment was conducted during Rabi, 2018 at Agricultural Research Station, Raichur on the effect of foliar application of micronutrient mixture on growth, yield and economics of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). The Experiment was laid down completely randomized bloc...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i230152
Biguanides [HN=C(NR1R2)-NH-C(NR3R4)=NH] constitute an important family of molecules used as drugs in the treatment of diabetes. When R1=R2=R3=R4=H the molecule is named simply “biguanide”. The five nitrogen atoms are potential coordination sites. Several experimental works publis...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i230151
The objective of this investigation was to study the biosorption of Cd (II) from aqueous solution onto Penicillium sp immobilized in calcium alginate and to determine the isotherms and kinetics of the adsorption process. The capacity for Cd (II) biosorption was investigated as a...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i230150
Nano-scale (less than 100 nm) materials have received wide attention because of their rare properties that differ significantly from a bulk sample of the same material. In this research, a physical irradiation method by using UV lamp was established for preparation nanoparticles...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i130148
Aim: The current study focuses on the effect of PP nanocomposite multi-layered film on physicochemical properties of stored idli batter and prepared idli cakes. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Food Packaging and System Development at Indian Institute of Food Processing...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i130149
This study was conducted to evaluate soil fertility status in the fourteen major tasar sericulture adopting villages in Purulia District, West Bengal. For this, a total of 160 surface soil samples (0-30 cm) were collected from dominant tasar sericulture villages along with the de...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i130147
Aim: The current study focuses on development of high oxygen barrier multi-layered packaging film for shelf life extension of Ready-to-Cook (RTC) idli batter. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Food Packaging and System Development at Indian Institute of Food Processing T...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i130146
Excessive use of organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) in fruits and vegetables may affect human health. In this paper, a simple, rapid and effective method for the determination of five OPPs in winter bamboo shoots by gas chromatography-flame photometric detector (GC-FPD) was devel...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i130145