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Genus Urtica belongs to family Urticaceae and commonly known by name of nettles. The plant Urtica has been used as a folk medicine and as a food source from a long time. It has been used frequently for its medicinal properties since the Bronze age (3000 – 2000 B.C.) as a traditional herbal remedy in treatment of variety of diseases as rheumatism gouts, nephritis, haematuria, jaundice, menorrhagia, anemia, eczema, arthritis. It has been used for a long time as first-aid remedy in treatment of infirmities in case of bites and stings, burns, hives and breast feeding problems. Phytochemicals evaluation of the plant revealed presence of various chemical compounds like phytosterols, saponins, flavonoids, phenolic acids, tannins, proteins and amino-acids that showed beneficial potential of the plant to get commercially cultivated and get used for the natural drugs and medicine. The plant has been reported to have various pharmacological activities as antioxidants, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, anti-viral, immuno-modulatory, hepatoprotective, anti-diabetic, anti-colitis and anti-cancer...
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Posted by admin on Feb 28, 2018 in |
Single cell protein is a protein extracted from cultured algae, yeasts, or bacteria and used as a substitute for protein-rich foods, especially in animal feeds or as dietary supplements. Many types of animal feeds contain single cell proteins. It can also be called biomass, bioprotein or microbial protein. The word single cell protein which was coined in the 1960 is considered to be appropriate since most of the microorganisms grow as single or filamentous individuals. Besides its high protein content (about 60 – 82% of dry cell weight), single cell protein also contains fats, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, Vitamins and minerals. According to various investigations on the fermentations of fruit juices, it has been reported that they could be used as feed-stocks for the production of single cell protein (SCP) based on their level of sugar and ability to support the growth of yeasts. Single cell proteins thus, are the dried cells of microorganisms such as yeast that could be grown in large-scale culture systems for use as protein for...
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Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2017 in |
This study was aimed to investigate the biochemical influence of aqueous extracts of roots, stem and leaves of Zizyphus mauritiana (ZM) on silica induced toxicity in rats, with changes in inflammatory markers in liver and kidney. To test the preventive effect of extracts of Zizyphus mauritiana on development of silica induced toxicity in wistar albino rats, animals were treated simultaneously with intraperitoneal administration of silica and oral feeding of extracts, for 21 days. At the end of the experiment, blood samples were withdrawn for biochemical analysis. The results revealed that animals administered with silica and simultaneous feeding of extracts of root, stem and leaves of Zizyphus mauritiana had a significant effect and decreased serum levels of ALT, AST, ALP, urea, uric acid, creatinine and LDH, as well as pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-6 as compared with normal control group. Zizyphus mauritiana extracts treated groups had shown recoupment in the body weight which was found decreased in only silica treated animals. In conclusion, this study indicated that extracts of bark...
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Posted by admin on Nov 30, 2017 in |
Arcuate nucleus GABAergic system plays an important role in the energy balance evidenced by various studies. The present study was designed to investigate the involvement of GABA type A receptor in experimental obesity. In the present study effects of chronic administration of diazepam (0.5 and 1mg/kg/day, i.p) and bicuculline (0.6 and 1.25mg/kg/day, i.p) specific GABA type A receptor agonist and antagonist respectively for 8 weeks along with high fat diet to the obese rats which were pre-treated with high fat diet feeding for 8 weeks on the various parameters of obesity were analysed. Treatment with bicuculline (0.6 and 1.25mg/kg/day, i.p) produced significant dose dependent decrease (p < 0.05) in various parameters of obesity as compared to high fat diet group. Diazepam (0.5 and 1mg/kg/day, i.p) produced dose dependent increase in the feeding behaviour in experimental obese rats, while the other parameters were not significantly altered with chronic administration of diazepam as compared to high fat diet control group. Diazepam a negatively alter the parameters of obesity, while the bicuculline...
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Posted by admin on Oct 31, 2017 in |
Eutyphoeus gammiei (Beddard) is a large native earthworm which is commonly used as fish bait and feed of chicken in Tripura. Eutyphoeus tissue comprising of both body wall and gut wall contains 63.98% protein, 15.79% carbohydrate, 7.78% fat, 1.90% crude fiber and total ash 10.55%. The result showed that essential amino acid of earthworm tissue was dominated by lysine (1.45 g /100 g), methionine (1.56 g /100 g), valine (2.78 g /100 g) and leucine (5.52 g /100 g). The non essential amino acid of earthworm was dominated by glutamic acid (1.37 g /100 g) and ornithine (3.68 g /100 g). Interestingly, the proportion of unsaturated fatty acids was relatively high (poly unsaturated fatty acids 26%, mono unsaturated fatty acids 27.4%). In poly unsaturated fatty acids, arachidonic acid (20: 4 ω -6) and linoleic acid (18: 2 ω -6) represented 36.39% and 29.50% respectively. Importance of essential amino acids and essential fatty acids in earthworm tissue for animal nutrition has been given in the present paper. Nutritionally important several...
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