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| Effects of Intrapopulation
Competition on Morphological and Agronomic Characters of Jute Plant (Corchorus
olitorius. L.) |
| Corchorus is a genus of about 40-100 species of
flowering plants in family Malvaceae (tiliaceae), native to
tropical and subtropical regions throughout the World
(Nath, 1976). It has diverse common names, and is used
in different contexts, with Jute applying to fibre produced
from the plant and melokhia (alternatively spelled
molokhiya) applied to the leaves used as vegetables. The
molokhiya is also popular in Japan as vegetables, and
commonly called monoheiya. Other names include bush
okra, nalta jute, jute mallow and Jew’s mallow (Schery,
1951). It is popularly known as ewedu in the Southwestern
part of Nigeria, where the boiled and mashed
fresh leaf is a delicacy....... Click
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Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Baker ex K. Heyne growth in soils of
Korangi and Landhi Industrial areas of Karachi, Pakistan
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| Peltophorum pterocarpum
(DC.) Baker ex K. is a
moderate sized, well-shaped, perennial, a dense crowned
and evergreen tree and is a native to South India. The tree
grows fairly rapidly and easy to cultivate. Peltophorum
pterocarpum belongs to family Mimosaceae and largely
planted as an ornamental tree along road-sides (Shafiq
and Iqbal, 2007) and industrial areas (Atiq-ur-Rehman,
2007) of Karachi. Various kinds of industrial pollutants
affected the various Triticum aestivum varieties like UP-
115 (Bahadur and Sharma, 1990) and UP-262 (Habib and
Iqbal 1996). Some workers demonstrated correlation of
different soil characters with plant. The soil pH also has
an indirect effect on plants (Walter, 1971).......Click
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In vitro Hepatic Metabolism of Cinchona Antimalarials by Hamster
Enzymes |
| Malaria is the world’s most important parasitic infection
and over two million people die each year of this disease
(White, 1996 and Boele Van Henslbroek et al., 1996).
Plasmodium resistance to cholorquine and other synthetic
antimalarial drugs has led to a renewal of intrest in the
use of, quinidine , quinine and related cinchona alkaloids
to treat severe cases of falciparum malaria (Bradley, 1996
and Hien et al., 1996). Number of workers recommend
the use of quinidine ,cinchonine and quinine mixtures as
more effective antimalarial treatment (Bunnag et al.,
1987). ....Click
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| Modeling of the Ranque
Effect on the Basis of the Expanded Version of Thermodynamics |
| The phenomenon of two gas streams separated without
mechanical assistance was discovered by George J.
Ranque in 1933 and the subject of a US1 Patent in 1934.
The tube later became known as the Ranque vortex tube.
Compressed gas, air, enters the device tangentially to
create a vortex that travels through a generation chamber.
The air is then reflected with a conical valve.....
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Variation in the Essential Oil Composition of Laurus nobilis L. of Different
Growth Stages Cultivated in Iran |
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Laurus nobilis L. (Lauraceae) is an evergreen shrub
indigenous to the south parts of Europe and
Mediterranean area. This plant is cultivated in the north of
Iran (Zargari, 1990). In Iranian folk medicine, the leaves
of this plant have been used to treat epilepsy (Aqili
khorasani, 1992; Zargari, 1990), neuralgia and
parkinsonism (Aqili khorasani, 1992). The essential oil
obtained from the leaves of this plant has been used for
relieving hemorrhoid and rheumatic pains (Zargari, 1990).
It also has diuretic (Aqili khorasani, 1992; Zargari, 1990),
antifungal (Qamar and Chaudhary, 1991) and
antibacterial (Seyed et al., 1991) activities.......
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| Effect of the Methanolic
Extract of Cleome Chelidonii on Drug Metabolizing Enzymes, Antioxidant
status and Chemomodulatory efficacy in mice |
| Cleome chelidonii (L.) Linn var. (CC) (other Latin name
is Polanisia chelidonii DC) is a traditional plant
belonging to the family Capparaceae. It is grown as
perennials through out dry seasons. It has a pink rose or
white colour flowers. The leaves of CC are claimed to
have medicinal properties. CC is generally known to be
used for the treatment of colic, dysentery, headache, otitis,
and rheumatism (Kirtikar, et al., 1991). It has also been
found to possess multiple therapeutic properties such as
its use a vermifuge, the treatment of skin diseases
(Chopra, 1958) and its anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive
and antipyretic properties (Parimalakrishnan et al., 2007).
CC contains glucocapparin and glucocleomin (Songsak et
al., 2004)....... Click
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