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The genus Swietenia belongs to Meliaceae family which consists of 37 genera and about 300 species which is found in most of the parts of India. In present investigation we made an efficient effort to extract ricinoleic acid from the seed oil of Swietenia humilis, Zucc. They are used in medicine folklore to cure various diseases in Mexico, Africa and India. Physicochemical properties of Swietenia humilis Zucc seed oil were identified along with its fatty acid composition. The structure of the ricinoleic acid was confirmed by IR, NMR and Mass spectral studies. The extracted ricinoleic acid was screened for its antimicrobial and anthelmintic...
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Energy drinks (EDs) are caffeine-based beverages that commonly contains large amount of carbohydrates, sugar, health supplements and various energy stimulants, such as ginseng and vitamin B, to name a few. These drinks are marketed for young people actively involved in sports or overworking hours, as natural alternatives that increases fun and improve physical and cognitive performances such as attention, concentration and alertness. There are commonly held false perceptions that the consumption of EDs can rectify the impairment to human physiology because of alcohol consumption including visual reaction time and motor coordination, which is highly required for sports and driving activities, to name a few. The sensory analysis was done in the form of survey. The statistical analysis was done using SPSS software and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The graph was obtained between feedbacks (given by the candidates) and number of people for different sensory properties like smell, taste, flavour, texture, and...
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The long-term effects of daily consumption of benzene-contaminated water over a period of Sixty-five days on rats’ cellular system were inspected. Haematological parameters such as haemoglobin, packed cell volume etc were determined. Standard enzyme assays were conducted on some enzymes (alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase and lactate dehydrogenase) activities of the heart and serum. Significantly lower (P<0.05) enzymes activities were observed in the heart of test rats relative to control. Conversely, enzymes activities in the serum significantly increased. The white blood cell of test rats was found to be 11.3±0.5 while that of control was 9.8±0.6 suggesting infection in the test rats. Haemoglobin, red blood cell count and packed cell volume of test rats were found to be significantly lower (P<0.05) than that of control which may be indicative of anaemia. It could be inferred therefore, that consumption of benzene-contaminated water could pose serious health problems such as heart failure and abnormal haematological...
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The present investigation was under taken to find out the effect of stem bark extracts of medicinally important forest tree Oroxylum indicum (L) Kurz on silk production of Bombyx mori. Silk worms were fed with the leaves of mulberry fortified with stem bark extracts of O. indicum. The silk worms were reared up to the end of fifth instar. As the concentration of stem bark extract of O. indicum increased, there was significant increase in the average cocoon weight, pupal weight, shell weight, silk percentage and also filament length of silk. Hence, the stem bark extract of O. indicum can also be considered as cheap and abundant source to enhance the commercial characters of...
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The study describes development and subsequent validation of a reverse phase (RP) high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the estimation of sparfloxacin (SPR) in tablet dosage form. The liquid chromatographic separation was achieved isocratically using a mobile phase composed of phosphate buffer (5.3 mM) and acetonitrile in the ratio of 60:40 (v/v) adjusted to pH 3.5 using dilute phosphoric acid. The analysis was carried out using X terra column (4.6 ´ 150 mm, 5µm, C18) at a flow rate of 0.5 ml/min and the UV detection at 298 nm. The method was statistically validated for accuracy, precision, linearity, ruggedness, robustness and selectivity. The linearity of the proposed method was investigated in the range of 4 to 24 µg/ml (r2 =0.999). Quantitative and recovery studies of the dosage form were also carried out and analyzed, the % RSD from recovery studies was found to be within the limit. Due to simplicity, rapidity and accuracy of the method we believe that the method will be useful for routine quality control...
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