American Journal of Life Sciences

Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014

  • Isolation and Characterization of Antimicrobial Alkaloids from Plumeria alba Flowers against Food Borne Pathogens

    Sibi G., Apsara Venkategowda, Lepakshi Gowda

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6-1, November 2014
    Pages: 1-6
    Received: 04 August 2014
    Accepted: 07 August 2014
    Published: 19 August 2014
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Developments in Health Care through Plants and Microbes
    Abstract: Many plants have been identified for their applications in preventing food pathogens but identification of active compounds are yet to be defined in most cases. The objective of this study was to explore the potential alkaloids from Plumeria alba and their activity against food pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms. A total of six food borne patho... Show More
  • In Vitro Studies on Antioxidant, Hypolipidemic and Cytotoxic Potential of Parmelia Perlata

    Hafizur Rahman, Vijaya B, Soumya Ghosh, Geetika Pant, Sibi G

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6-1, November 2014
    Pages: 7-10
    Received: 13 August 2014
    Accepted: 15 August 2014
    Published: 24 August 2014
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Developments in Health Care through Plants and Microbes
    Abstract: New drug preparations of natural origin are in need due to the numerous side effects and resistance development through the continuous and uncontrolled use of synthetic drugs. Lichens are reported to have manifold biological activities and in this study, antioxidant, hypolipidemic and cytotoxic potential of Parmelia perlata were assessed. Methanol... Show More
  • Antioxidant, Cytotoxic and Hypolipidemic Activities of Plumeria alba L. and Plumeria rubra L.

    Hafizur Rahman, Vijaya Badra Reddy, Soumya Ghosh, Sandeep Kumar Mistry, Geetika Pant, Sibi G.

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6-1, November 2014
    Pages: 11-15
    Received: 12 August 2014
    Accepted: 03 September 2014
    Published: 17 September 2014
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Developments in Health Care through Plants and Microbes
    Abstract: Methanolic flower extracts of Plumeria alba and P. rubra were tested for in vitro antioxidant potential, cytotoxicity and hypolipidemic activities. DPPH assay of methanolic extract of Plumeria revealed that 81% and 72% inhibition by P. alba and P. rubra respectively and the total phenolic content was found as 173.9 µg ml-1 and 167.3 µg ml-1. Signif... Show More
  • Variations in Biochemical Attributes of Cassia tora L. and C. auriculata L. under Temperature Stress

    Geetika Pant, Sibi G., Sangeetha Annie George, Shubha Bhadran, Ugam Chauhan

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6-1, November 2014
    Pages: 16-21
    Received: 16 August 2014
    Accepted: 03 September 2014
    Published: 17 September 2014
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Developments in Health Care through Plants and Microbes
    Abstract: Plants continuously struggle for survival under various environmental abiotic stress conditions, specifically high temperature. Fourteen-day-old seedlings of Cassia tora and Cassia auriculata were subjected to differential temperature stress treatments at 30ºC, 37ºC, 42°C and 44°C for 16 h each. Various biochemical parameters viz reducing sugars, t... Show More
  • Healing Effects of Wheat Grass (Triticum aestivum L) Extracts on RBC Membrane Damage

    Sudhakar Malla, Manish Kumar Mourya, Debashree Halder, Fatemeh Gomroki, Hamzah basil Mohammed

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6-1, November 2014
    Pages: 22-27
    Received: 11 August 2014
    Accepted: 12 September 2014
    Published: 15 October 2014
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Developments in Health Care through Plants and Microbes
    Abstract: The study was mainly designed to validate the healing effects of wheat grass on RBC membrane damage. RBC membrane damage can be due to several factors, of which the free radical damage takes a major part. Many medicinal herbs have been used in study to find out their potential role in healing effects and at the same time in scavenging the free radi... Show More
  • Antagonistic Activity and Biofilm Studies on Streptomyces Species towards Nigrospora Sp

    Sudhakar Malla, Bathula Christopher, Yacharam shivakumar, Kakarapalli Nagalakshmi

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6-1, November 2014
    Pages: 28-34
    Received: 19 August 2014
    Accepted: 10 September 2014
    Published: 15 October 2014
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Developments in Health Care through Plants and Microbes
    Abstract: Plants, in contrast with vertebrates, have no immune system. So they are affected by pathogens easily leading to remarkable yield loss altogether. Fungal phytopathogens pose serious problems worldwide in the agriculture sector, and harmful and costly chemical fungicides are nowhere a match to them. A detailed study was performed to screen the coop... Show More