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Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Bidens pilosa
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Membrane-damaging potential of natural L-(−)-usnic acid in Staphylococcus aureus
The purpose of this investigation was to try to understand the antibacterial mechanism of L-(−)-usnic acid isolated for the first time from fruticose lichen Usnea subfloridana using clinical isolates of methicill...
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A cytotoxic agent from Strychnos nux-vomica and biological evaluation of its modified analogues
Although a number of chemicals have been isolated from Strychnos nux-vomica, only a few have been evaluated for their biological significance. As a part of our drug discovery programme for cytotoxic agents from I...
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Endophytic Bacteria from Ocimum sanctum and Their Yield Enhancing Capabilities
Endophytes are beneficial microbes that reside intercellularly inside the plants. Interaction of endophytes with the host plants and their function within their host are important to address ecological relevan...
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Estimation of phenotypic divergence in a collection of Capsicum species for yield-related traits
Phenotypic divergence among the 24 accessions belonging to a collection of six species of Capsicum from different geoclimatic regions available in field gene bank of CIMAP, Lucknow, India, was quantified by multi...
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Modulation of inflammatory mediators by coumarinolignoids from Cleome viscosa in female swiss albino mice
The effect of coumarinolignoid cleomiscosins A, B and C isolated from the plant Cleome viscosa on inflammatory mediators were studied in female swiss albino mice. A mixture of coumarinolignoid A, B, and C at 10, ...
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Natural infection of periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) withCucumber mosaic virus, subgroup IB
This paper reports the characterisation of a naturally occurringCucumber mosaic virus (CMV) infection, causing mosaic, leaf distortion and stunting of periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus). The virus isolate showed wi...
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RP-HPLC Method for the Quantitation of Glabridin in Yashti-madhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra)
A reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic method is developed for the quantitation of glabridin in Glycyrrhiza glabra, using C18 column with acetonitrile-water containing 2% AcOH (70:30) as an eluen...
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Isolation of oxidative stress response mutants in Escherichia coli for their use as a genetic screen to identify new anti-mycobacterials as functional analogues of isoniazid
Tuberculosis is a leading killer disease of the world with increasing mortality due to HIV-infected individuals becoming highly prone to this infection. An attempt has been made in the present work to identify...
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Phenotypic and RAPD diversity among Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt accessions in relation to Cymbopogon nardus Rendle
The species Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt is believed to have originated from the well-known species Cymbopogon nardus, type Maha Pengiri, referred to as Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) commercial citronella. Cymbopogon w...
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Rapid Isolation of DNA from Dry and Fresh Samples of Plants Producing Large Amounts of Secondary Metabolites and Essential Oils
The presence of certain metabolites has been observed to interfere with DNA isolation procedures and downstream reactions such as DNA restriction, amplification and cloning. The chemotypic heterogeneity among ...
