Population scenario:- The global population reached more than 6.62 billion in 2008 and it continuous to grow by about 80 million each year. The world population is projected to grow about 7.97 billion in 2025 and 9.25 billion in 2050 and much of this increase would occur in developing...

The objective of the present study was to evaluate hypolipidemic effect of methanolic extract of Celastrus paniculatus in experimentally induced hypercholesterolemic rats. Hypercholesterolemia was induced by feeding the animals with high fat diet. Oral administration of methanolic seed extract...

Abstract:- This article reports the production of high levels of lovastatin from a new wild strain of Aspergillus terreus by solid state fermentation (SSF) using agrowastes from four crops (wheat bran, bran of Cajanus cajan, Phaseolus mungo, and Glycine max). When used as the sole source for...

A wild fungal strain of Aspergillus terreus, labeled as PM3, was isolated by using the Candida albicans bioassay and confirmed by 18S r DNA analyses. Lovastatin was produced by submerged and solid state fermentations. Of the 30 isolated fungal strains, 11 showed lovastatin production with...

The growth inhibitory activity of the leaf extract of plants (Viola odorata, Gardenia gummiferra, and Anthocephalus cadamba) belonging to family Rubiaceae and Violaceae was studied against H. armigera, an economically important pest of cotton and legumes in India. The EC20 and EC50 values were...

Abstract Context: This study evaluated the in vitro and in vivo antidiarrheal activity, oral acute toxicological profile, and developed a chemical fingerprint of Berberis aristata Linn. (Berberidaceae).Materials and methods: The ethanol (by maceration) and aqueous (by Soxhlet) extracts of...

Grain legumes are an important source of proteins in vegetarian diet besides their role in biological nitrogen fixation. They are prone to heavy pest infestation both on and off the field. Pest associated losses are an important contributing factor towards declining per capita availability of...

A few indigenous members of family Rubiaceae and Violaceae were screened for the presence of bioactive circular proteins.......