Life Sciences

SisymbriumirioLinn (Family: Cruciferae (Seeds) is folklore medicine commonly known as Khakshi , is known to have wide range of Pharmacological activity. The seed is used as expectorant, stimulant, asthma, externally used as stimulating poultice. We reported  previously the protective action of Sisymbriumirioin experimental bronchial asthma. The present study was designed to assess the protective effect of Sisymbrium Irio seeds on in vitro mast cell stabilization and active anaphylaxis model in experimental animals.

In the wake of widespread fluoride occurrence in groundwater, the incidence of endemic fluorosis across the country is alarming. In the year 2009, the Central Ground Water Board and Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission reported 218 and 229 districts to be affected with high fluoride content in groundwater, particularly in the states of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan with over 50% districts affected.

Bullying is a problem that affects all children- those who bully, those who are victimized, and those who are witnesses to interpersonal violence. It is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate or aggressively to impose domination over others and most common among children in middle childhood which need to be controlled. The aim of the study is to understand the different aspects of aggressive and bullying behavior in young children, in both genders. It may be defined as the activity of repeated, aggressive behavior intended to hurt another person, physically or mentally.

In the present study 38 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from subclinical mastitis cases in Holstein-Friesian (H-F) crossbred and Rathi (a native breed) cattle were characterized on the basis of their cultural, biochemical and haemolytic properties after confirmation by 23S r RNA based genotyping. The overall incidence of subclinical mastitis was 44.70 % with higher incidence (51.61 %) in H-F crossbred cattle than in Rathi cattle (40.74 %). Among the cultural and biochemical properties, 35 out of 38 isolates produced golden yellow colonies and three isolates produced white colonies.

Cnidoscolus aconitifolius is a potential folklore medicinal plant used for the treatment of many diseases and infections. The leaves were extracted using non-polar solvents (diethyl ether and ethanol). These were subjected to qualitative phytochemical screening using standard procedures.

Bacterial blight and blast are two major destructive diseases in rice, particularly in basmati growing areas. For sustainable basmati rice production, there is a need to identify new resistant sources and improve the elite Basmati varieties against the two diseases. Vallabh Basmati is an elite variety, long slender grain, medium duration and possessing excellent aroma and with consumer preferable cocking and eating qualities.  However, the variety is highly susceptible to BB and blast diseases, which limit its production to a significant extent.

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a form of peripheral neuropathy, often difficult to diagnose. It’s an auto immune disorder, due to subtle occurrence, this disease is not much studied and mostly people are unaware of symptoms and cause. In this paper protein interaction map has been constructed that shows the relationship of CIDP disease with other neurological diseases and also nature of protein interaction. The proteins responsible for the disease (CIDP) were identified using extensive literature survey, Uni Prot and KEGG databases.

In order to determine the effect of eleven levels of 60Co gamma radiation on some agronomic attributes of Jamaica, seeds were irradiated in Transelektro LGI-01 model at the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares. The plants were planted in black polyethylene bags of 5 kg capacity, using as substrate tezontle red and using the Steiner nutrient solution.

Relationships among genes, not individual alleles, are basic units of developmental information, targets of inheritance and selection. The smallest functional combination of an allele is the ratio with other alleles in a polygenic system, and amount of homo- and heterozygous relationships could determine especially the development of quantitative characters, as well as their adaptive response to natural selection, without changing the basic structure of a population. 

This study aimed to explore the allelopathic potential of Eucalyptus maidenii on seed germination, root and shoot length, membrane integrity, malondialdehyde (MDA) and proline content of Triticum durum, Vicia faba, Phaseolus vulgaris, Sinapis arvensis, Erica vesicaria and Scorpiurus muricatus and its application as naturally occurring herbicide in the field. Allelopathic compounds were identified using chromatography mass analysis. Dose-response studies were carried under laboratory and greenhouse conditions.